All NHS Improvement articles – Page 124

  • Jeremy_Hunt4
    News

    Hunt: my biggest mistake

    2016-03-30T00:01:00Z

    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.

  • Claire Murdoch
    News

    Transparency league table problems not a 'question of competence'

    2016-03-30T00:01:00Z

    Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has dismissed as “harsh” a suggestion that problems with the recently published “learning from mistakes” league table raised a “question of competence” over the government’s handling of improvement initiatives.

  • Stack of reports
    News

    Francis adviser to lead inquiry into 'heart breaking' baby death

    2016-03-24T11:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • King's College Hospital, Golden Jubile Wing
    News

    Revealed: Trusts told to improve bottom line by tens of millions

    2016-03-23T07:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • David_Williams
    Expert Briefing

    What's New in Care Models: A detailed look at PACS

    2016-03-22T15:16:00Z

    Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.

  • Barts
    News

    Exclusive: Hundreds more hidden patients waiting 52 weeks for treatment

    2016-03-17T17:27:00Z

    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 ...

  • Claire Murdoch
    News

    47 trust chiefs and chairs to be NHS Improvement advisers

    2016-03-17T11:05:00Z

    NHS Improvement has brought together two advisory panels composed of chairs and chief executives from NHS trusts.

  • David Williams
    Comment

    The fault is not in tendering but in how the NHS goes about it

    2016-03-11T16:54:00Z

    The collapse of UnitingCare is symptomatic of the NHS’s inexperience in tendering and a legacy of local contracting arguments

  • Jim Mackey
    News

    Trusts must apply and pay for new turnaround process

    2016-03-11T10:09:00Z

    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.

  • Royal Berkshire hospital
    News

    'Accountable care system' plan revealed for Berkshire

    2016-03-09T16:52:00Z

    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.

  • UK map
    News

    Mapped: The 44 confirmed STP footprints

    2016-03-08T17:05:00Z

    HSJ’s map reveals the configuration of sustainability and transformation plan footprints, or health systems, across England.

  • Surgical scissors
    News

    New patient safety body to carry out 'no blame' investigations

    2016-03-07T17:11:00Z

    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 ...

  • Child in A&E
    News

    Thirty worst A&E trusts called to London summit

    2016-03-04T12:09:00Z

    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 ...

  • Nick goodman3x2
    Comment

    Jim Mackey must sweep away public and staff engagement inertia

    2016-03-03T15:16:00Z

    Nick Goodman on how NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey must make people engagement a top priority

  • Jim mackey
    News

    Jim Mackey warns against 'trendy' transformation plans

    2016-03-02T12:12:00Z

    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 ...

  • handshake
    News

    Berwick: CQC can be 'engine' for spreading best practice

    2016-03-01T17:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Rob Webster
    Comment

    Look in the staff survey mirror and ask: am I the bully?

    2016-02-29T14:02:00Z

    The positivity so evident in the NHS and its staff should be celebrated - and the stain of bullying eradicated, writes Rob Webster

  • Ara Darzi
    News

    Lord Darzi calls for trusts to invest in social care

    2016-02-29T10:07:00Z

    Professor Lord Ara Darzi has said NHS providers should get into the social care business to take the pressure off acute trusts.

  • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust
    News

    Exclusive: One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red

    2016-02-25T07:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Jennifer_Dixon
    News

    Exclusive: NHS needs national centre for quality improvement, says report

    2016-02-23T07:00:00Z

    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 ...