All NHS Improvement articles – Page 123
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Hunt: my biggest mistake
Jeremy Hunt has said that his biggest mistake to date as health secretary was to rely too heavily on inspection to improve poor care before he realised that culture change would have a greater impact.
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Francis adviser to lead inquiry into 'heart breaking' baby death
Professor Peter Hutton will lead inquiry into care and treatment of Elizabeth Dixon National patient safety director says her parents deserve answers Health secretary Jeremy Hunt intervened after PHSO and NHS England declined to investigate An adviser to the Mid Staffs public inquiry will lead an investigation into ...
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Revealed: Trusts told to improve bottom line by tens of millions
HSJ has obtained financial “control totals” for nearly a third of acute trusts NHS Improvement has already released “sustainability and transformation funding” allocations for every provider for 2016-17 King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust must deliver the biggest improvement compared to 2015-16 Regulators are banking on a major turnaround ...
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Expert Briefing
What's New in Care Models: A detailed look at PACS
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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Exclusive: Hundreds more hidden patients waiting 52 weeks for treatment
HSJ uncovers nearly 400 more patients waiting more than a year for treatment Official data said 722 patients were waiting more than 52 weeks as of January Discovery follows revelation of 1,015 year-plus waiters at Barking, Havering and Redbridge At least 378 more patients than previously thought have ...
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47 trust chiefs and chairs to be NHS Improvement advisers
NHS Improvement has brought together two advisory panels composed of chairs and chief executives from NHS trusts.
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Comment
The fault is not in tendering but in how the NHS goes about it
The collapse of UnitingCare is symptomatic of the NHS’s inexperience in tendering and a legacy of local contracting arguments
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Trusts must apply and pay for new turnaround process
Trusts which receive turnaround support from consultancies will have to apply to Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority for it and pay for it themselves.
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'Accountable care system' plan revealed for Berkshire
Sign up for the What’s New in Care Models expert briefing NHS leaders have revealed plans to establish an “accountable care system” serving the population around Reading and west Berkshire.
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Mapped: The 44 confirmed STP footprints
HSJ’s map reveals the configuration of sustainability and transformation plan footprints, or health systems, across England.
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New patient safety body to carry out 'no blame' investigations
Evidence submitted to Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch could be protected to create a “safe space” for learning Mike Durkin says HSIB will rely on NHS Improvement for “pay and rations” HSIB will develop “exemplar model” of investigations for NHS organisations to follow locally The new body to examine ...
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Thirty worst A&E trusts called to London summit
NHS Improvement chief raised concerns over “organisations who consistently deliver very low levels of performance” January was “a very difficult month” for A&E departments, Jim Mackey said Trusts “left in no doubt whatsoever that there needs to be a sustained improvement” The 30 worst performers on the accident ...
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Comment
Jim Mackey must sweep away public and staff engagement inertia
Nick Goodman on how NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey must make people engagement a top priority
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Jim Mackey warns against 'trendy' transformation plans
STP plans must not rely on new organisational models, says Jim Mackey He cites collapsed £800m contract as example of what not to do Leaders selected to head up STPs by local areas may also be changed Local NHS organisations have been warned against building their sustainability and ...
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Berwick: CQC can be 'engine' for spreading best practice
Don Berwick welcomes CQC’s move towards more “risk based inspection” Says NHS Improvement can balance two roles to improve quality and grip finances Warns against regulators “yelling harder” and putting people’s “feet to the fire” Don Berwick has said the Care Quality Commission could become the “engine” for ...
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Comment
Look in the staff survey mirror and ask: am I the bully?
The positivity so evident in the NHS and its staff should be celebrated - and the stain of bullying eradicated, writes Rob Webster
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Lord Darzi calls for trusts to invest in social care
Professor Lord Ara Darzi has said NHS providers should get into the social care business to take the pressure off acute trusts.
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Exclusive: One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red
Majority of trusts already had large deficit plans at the start of the year, but are now even deeper in the red than expected HSJ has examined the finance reports for 136 acute trusts to reveal their latest recorded positions Of trusts reporting against original plans, Heart of England ...
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Exclusive: NHS needs national centre for quality improvement, says report
Report co-authored by Don Berwick calls for national centre of quality improvement expertise Criticises reliance on inspection for improvement as “too costly, too weak and inimical to dynamic change” Chris Ham warns that freedom of NHS organisations is being “reduced” as national bodies tighten “grip” A “national centre ...
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Comment
End Game: Hands up who’s been naughty
Get your facts right on hand hygeine – and weighty issues delay a meeting