All NHS Improvement articles – Page 78
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HSJ LocalThree STPs to share leader and form integrated care system
Three northern sustainability and transformation partnerships have appointed a single leader and are aiming to become an integrated care system by April 2019.
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts spending on agency staff by half
A trust has cut its spending on agency staff by half through greater use of electronic rostering.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement criticises 'strength of leadership' at teaching trust
The medical director of a Shelford Group trust was singled out in criticism of its leadership by NHS Improvement, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.
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CommentThe importance of a proportionate regulatory system
The regulatory framework needs to respond to the changing NHS system architecture with the advent of STPs and ICSs, writes Ella Jackson
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NewsNHS Improvement drops back office efficiency target
NHS Improvement has dropped a target in the Carter efficiency review for trusts to cut their back office costs, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders new ambulance handover plan following 'unacceptable' delays
Jeremy Hunt has told system leaders to draw up new plans to tackle handover delays this month after efforts to curtail ambulance queues outside hospitals failed this winter, HSJ understands.
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NewsGender pay gaps revealed at NHS arm's length bodies
The gender pay gaps at the NHS arm’s length bodies have been revealed in new data published by the government.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: February in A&E
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsSafety warning over oxygen cylinder deaths
A “persistent” problem with the design and use of oxygen cylinders could be behind hundreds of patient safety incidents, including six deaths, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has found.
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CommentThe case against consultancies is far from proven
Richard Lewis argues that the research asking trusts to stay the use of management consultants has simplified a complex subject
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NewsData errors barely affected national A&E performance, NHS England claims
NHS England has insisted the national headline figure for accident and emergency performance was not significantly altered by inaccuracies in trusts’ data returns this winter.
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NewsHarding: 'Joint venture' with NHS England may not lead to redundancies
The chair of NHS Improvement has said her organisation’s coming together with NHS England was a “joint venture”, not a merger.
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NewsManagers who 'cross moral line' will be barred, warns NHS Improvement chair
NHS Improvement chair Baroness Harding has called for a much “firmer” fit and proper person test and pledged the regulator would stop “recycling” senior NHS managers who cross “a moral line”.
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CommentWhy 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 LocalTrusts 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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LeaderWhy 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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NewsNHSI: 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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LeaderUpdated: 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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NewsSeven 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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NewsFormer 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.