All NHS Improvement articles – Page 36
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NewsTeaching trust finances ‘at significant risk’ from savings shortfall
A teaching trust has said there is “significant” risk it will miss its deficit control total for 2019-20, as it tries to plug a £5.4m savings gap.
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NewsLeaked report reveals depth of failures in troubled maternity service
A leaked report on maternity failings at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust outlines extensive care failings linked to the deaths of 42 babies and three mothers, over a period of 40 years.
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NewsRegulator plans greater oversight of local investigations
The General Medical Council is planning to work more closely with NHS trusts and other organisations on how they investigate staff conduct locally.
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NewsHEE chief to step down after eight years
Health Education England’s chief executive has announced he is leaving the education and training provider at the end of next March.
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NewsTrusts missing out on tens of millions from overseas patients
Providers are failing to recover tens of millions of pounds from overseas visitors despite a major clampdown on so-called health tourists.
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HSJ LocalFormer success regime CCG’s finances plummet
One of England’s largest clinical commissioning groups has increased its planned deficit by nearly £40m.
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NewsCelebrated trust rethinks subsidiary plans amid strike action
An acute trust may abandon its plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in the face of union opposition.
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Expert BriefingTipping point for the tariff
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsTrust predicts 10pc deficit for at least next four years
One of England’s smallest trusts is facing a £7m annual deficit — roughly 10 per cent of its turnover — for at least the next four years, and is struggling to access sustainability funding.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: System plans face domino effect delays
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsNHS ‘preparing’ for contractors’ tax status row
NHS England and Improvement are reviewing contractors’ tax statuses, and say they are “prepared for every possible outcome”, after NHS Digital was hit with a £4.3m IR35-related bill.
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NewsSTP and ICS plans still being ‘refined’ as deadline pushed back
Finalisation and publication of five-year system plans – setting out how each area will implement the NHS long-term plan – will be delayed by at least a month, officials have told HSJ.
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NewsLong-serving hospital chief takes over national agency
A former long-serving NHS chief executive has taken over the NHS Leadership Academy as interim lead.
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HSJ LocalMerging trusts target £20m annual savings
NHS chiefs in Somerset say a merger between the county’s main acute and community and mental health trusts will deliver annual recurrent savings of nearly £20m.
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NewsPensions crisis ‘washing away’ medical students boost, says top doctor
The NHS pensions crisis has almost “washed away” the benefit from the government expanding medical trainee numbers and opening new medical schools, one of the UK’s top doctors has warned.
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NewsTrust and NHSI investigating weekend death rates gap
An acute trust is investigating a “significant” gap between mortality rates for patients admitted at weekends and those admitted during the week – which it says could be partly due to lack of “wrap around” services in the community on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Outsourcing, the Moors murderer, and £260k-a-year
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsRegulators call for overhaul of professional misconduct rules
NHS England is working to develop a single framework for all professional regulators when dealing with a conduct complaint.
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NewsENT surgery readmissions “much higher than reported”
Ear, nose and throat surgery in the NHS suffers from “significant unwarranted variation” in outcomes, a new study has found.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Takeover will create largest mental health trust
A mental health trust in the north west is set to become the largest in England through the acquisition of a neighbouring provider.