All NHS Improvement articles – Page 61
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Local health systems to be measured on new performance metrics
New metrics are under development to measure local health systems against the ambitions of the NHS long-term plan.
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King’s Fund chief: Regulators poised for 'huge mistake' on integration
National leaders are threatening to make a “huge mistake” in the NHS long-term plan by imposing a national blueprint for integrated care systems, the King’s Fund chief executive has said.
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Regulators 'refuse to back' research investment at deficit trust
A London teaching hospital has found itself unable to “secure regulator support” for a new research institute because of its financial problems, a board report reveals.
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Expert Briefing
Greater Manchester eyes 52 NHS sites for 1,700 new homes
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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Regulators to reveal new management structure next week
NHS regulators are set to unveil their proposals for a new merged structure for hundreds of senior managers next week after a one week delay, HSJ can reveal.
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Fire service to ferry winter hospital patients home
A local fire service has stepped in to help a struggling hospital trust ferry patients home as part of its winter plans.
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NHS blocked from accessing apprenticeship levy funds
Government rules are blocking NHS trusts from accessing the apprenticeship levy funds, an NHS Improvement director has said.
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NHSE chief’s concerns over struggling trust laid bare in leaked minutes
A senior system leader’s concerns about the “significant problems” facing a struggling ambulance trust are laid bare in meeting minutes obtained by HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The price of parity
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Hancock to 'look' at safe staffing legislation
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has said he will “look at” the possibility of introducing safe nurse staffing legislation in England.
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Primary care funding boost key to prevention strategy, says Hancock
Primary and community care’s share of the NHS England budget will rise in the long-term plan, health and social care secretary Matt Hancock announced today.
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Slow progress on gender balance for NHS boards
Achieving an even gender balance on NHS organisations’ boards by 2020 is now a “much harder task” than it was a year ago, as only a quarter of providers have so far met the target.
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Waste firm seeks £15m over NHS contract terminations
The company embroiled in the clinical waste stockpiling controversy is seeking £15m from the NHS after accusing 17 trusts of unlawfully terminating their contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: 20 trusts face financial loss from new national efficiency scheme
Around 20 NHS trusts face losing money in 2019-20 from a new procurement model which sees cash withheld from organisations in exchange for savings through centralised procurement.
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Regulators missed chance to stop care scandal - report
Disjointed regulators failed to prevent a major patient safety failure over winter, a new report reveals.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Don’t despair for public health, training and capital
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Preferred bidder named for controversial £450m contract
A London trust has been named as the preferred bidder for a £450m community services contract that has been criticised for not offering enough money to meet its service obligations.
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London Eye: No white smoke
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Spike in safety incidents reported by ambulance trusts
The number of incidents reported by ambulance staff last winter jumped 33 per cent compared to the year before.
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Doubling the number of medical students is ‘not affordable’
Doubling the number of medical students is “not affordable”, the chief executive of Health Education England has said.