All NHS Improvement articles – Page 78
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Comment
Why peer to peer learning is key to improving mental health services
Adam Sewell-Jones on how trusts facing challenges with respect to mental health services can learn from others who have faced similar issues
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HSJ Local
Trusts and NHS Improvement reach hospital takeover deal
One of the biggest hospital trusts in the country will form on Sunday following a deal being reached after months of wrangling with NHS Improvement.
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Leader
Why the NHS England and NHS Improvement integration plans matter
The convoluted nature of the NHS’s national oversight is the product of the bungled Lansley reforms.
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News
NHSI: Sacking leaders and quick savings 'endanger improvement'
Sacking leaders when mistakes are made and “salami slicing” budgets to make quick savings “endanger improvement” and risk system failure in mental health, a new NHS Improvement report says.
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Leader
Updated: May makes a bid for her place in NHS history
Time will tell if Theresa May’s intervention buys her a place alongside Thatcher and Blair in NHS history, writes Alastair McLellan.
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News
Seven regions planned in NHS England and NHS Improvement 'integration'
NHS England and NHS Improvement are creating seven “single integrated regional teams” and will decide by September which national roles and functions will be combined, staff have been told today.
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News
Former trust chief ordered to repay £11,000 after conviction
A former hospital chief executive has been ordered to repay around £11,000 to the NHS or go to prison.
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HSJ Local
Specialist trust set for £27m STF bonus in wake of insurance claim
A specialist trust is set to receive a £27m bonus payment from regulators after a one-off insurance claim boosted its forecast surplus for the year.
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HSJ Local
Trust accuses CCGs of 'completely nonsensical' approach to contract rows
A financially struggling acute trust has accused its commissioners of taking a “completely nonsensical” approach to resolving contract disputes over three years.
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HSJ Local
Investigation launched into how jobs were found for discredited NHS managers
NHS Improvement has commissioned an independent investigation into the way jobs were “found or facilitated” for former directors at the scandal hit Liverpool Community Health Trust.
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News
Hospital chain trust expects nearly £100m deficit
The founder trust of a hospital group has declared its “underlying deficit” is likely to be more than £95m this financial year.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: How to solve a King's sized problem
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Comment
Halt the use of consultancies to improve efficiency
Management consultants are more likely to generate inefficiency, hence spending less on management consultants could improve outcomes in the healthcare system
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News
NHS Improvement: 'Investigation fatigue' prevents trusts learning from mistakes
NHS trusts could be experiencing “investigation fatigue” because they are using incident investigations as a tool for performance management instead of a way to learn from mistakes, NHS Improvement has warned.
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News
In depth: Trusts respond to vascular GIRFT review
HSJ approached all the trusts that were at or beneath the threshold for one or more of the GIRFT vascular activity measures. Many gave candid descriptions of their issues and what they planned to do, or had done, about them.
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News
Trusts urged to take 'just culture' approach to investigations
NHS Improvement has published a “just culture” guide to help NHS trusts make decisions following an incident of patient harm.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Turning the corner on DTOCs?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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News
Drugs switch saves NHS £170m in 10 months
The NHS is estimated to have saved £170m in the first 10 months of this financial year by switching to cheaper versions of just three drugs.
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Expert Briefing
Risk Register: The CQC should remain separate from the NHS
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus our take on the most important under the radar stories. This week’s briefing is by bureau chief David Williams and senior correspondent Shaun Lintern.
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News
Fire and IT risks heightened as capital squeeze 'comes home to roost'
NHS trusts have been forced to rein in plans for “essential” maintenance and infrastructure projects – leading to “significantly higher” fire risks and IT system vulnerability.