All NHS Improvement articles – Page 57
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NewsDalton: 'Definitive and decisive' action to return trusts to financial balance
There will be “significant changes to the architecture of the NHS and its finances” in 2019-20, according to NHS Improvement chief executive Ian Dalton.
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NewsNew fines for leaving patients waiting more than a year
NHS providers and commissioners will both face fines for each patient waiting more than a year for treatment, according to new plans.
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NewsMental health trust chief to lead ICS
The chief executive of a mental health trust has been appointed to lead one of the first integrated care systems.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Seven things you might have missed in the long-term plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: New year, new appointments
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Long term plan offers short term fix
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsNHS long-term plan: Full coverage
HSJ’s comprehensive full coverage of the important changes proposed in the NHS long-term plan,which was published today.
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NewsNHS to incentivise more doctors to become generalists
Doctors will be provided with new incentives to take on more generalist roles and shift dominance away from “highly specialised” ones, according to the long-term plan for the NHS.
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NewsNo commitment on waiting time targets in long-term plan
The NHS long-term plan has set no commitment on when the service will get back to meeting its core statutory access targets.
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New regime revealed for trusts with biggest financial holes
The 30 worst financially performing NHS trusts will be subject to a new regulatory regime as part of plans to bring the provider sector into the black by 2020-21.
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NewsAll of England to become ICS by 2021
The whole of England is to be covered by integrated care systems in just over two years, the NHS long-term plan has said.
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NewsAmbulance handover delays down by almost a third last month
Ambulance handover delays were down by nearly 30 per cent in December, data from acute providers published today suggested.
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NewsNational strategy aims to save half a billion pounds and 6,000 lives
Up to 6,000 lives and £500m in costs could be saved by the NHS under reforms set out in the new NHS patient safety strategy, HSJ has been told.
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NewsCCG accused of using 'flawed' test to cut spending on elderly
A clinical commissioning group has been accused of blocking potentially eligible patients from receiving continuing healthcare funding under a programme supported by NHS England.
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NewsFirm at centre of stockpiling scandal ceases operations
The company which stockpiled dozens of NHS trusts’ clinical waste, including human body parts, has ceased operations and made its staff redundant.
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NewsBest of 2018: HSJ's most read stories
It is that time of the year when we look back at the past 12 months and highlight some of HSJ’s most popular articles. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s ‘integration’, NHS directors under investigation for fraud, and trust chief executives’ resignations were among the most read stories of 2018.
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NewsRegional director takes hospital chief exec role
A departing NHS Improvement regional director will take the chief executive post at a district general hospital, the trust announced.
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Every health economy to get 'system control total'
Every health economy must produce a “system operating plan” and will be set a shared financial “control total” for 2019-20.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS contingency plans for clinical waste disposal
NHS Improvement has hired consultants from Mott Macdonald to help NHS trusts and primary care staff whose facilities have lost their clinical waste disposal provider, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts and CCGs to pick Brexit leads as NHS steps up ‘no deal’ prep
All NHS organisations must nominate a senior responsible officer for Brexit preparation as soon as possible, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.