All NHS Improvement articles – Page 87
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Getting tough on 'indefensible practice'
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A Budget for putting politics above prosperity
We’re approaching a moment when a government that has been warned that the NHS funding situation will threaten quality, access and safety is going to choose to ignore that warning, says Andy Cowper in the runup to the Budget
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HSJ LocalMental health chief executive to take over at acute trust
A mental health trust chief executive will lead a neighbouring acute trust as part of a hospital chain, HSJ understands.
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NewsGovernment signs off London health devolution deal
London’s long awaited health devolution deal has been signed off by government, following months of delay.
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NewsNHS provider sector deficit forecast sinks by more than £150m
The year-end deficit projection for the NHS provider sector has worsened by more than a quarter, NHS Improvement’s latest figures reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts urged to review 'advanced practice' staff
NHS organisations should review staff who have been given the title ‘advanced’ as part of their role and guard against ‘unconscious incompetence’, new guidance says.
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NewsExclusive: One in four hospital trusts routinely pay suppliers late
More than a quarter of hospital trusts are now routinely delaying payments to their suppliers because of cash flow problems, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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CommentSupport local leaders or risk having no leaders in future
The NHS’s current management approach favours the stick rather than the carrot, leading to huge pressures on local leaders and could undermine the success of STPs, warns Helen Buckingham
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NewsCCGs spend millions on consultancy for stalled reconfiguration
Commissioners in north west London spent £36m on consultancy firms over the last four financial years – including millions on service redesign recently stalled by NHS Improvement.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Swimming with no trunks on
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsQuarter of hospital patients denied rapid review – even on weekdays
More than a quarter of patients do not see a consultant within the first 14 hours of admission, new data from NHS England reveals.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Inadequate trust to get rating upgrade despite maternity concerns
A trust in the West Midlands is expected to have its overall rating upgraded from inadequate to requires improvement, but will keep the inadequate rating for its struggling maternity services, HSJ has learned.
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CommentDo not overlook the real achievements of PFI
Paul Ridout on the role of PFI in the improvement of NHS facilities
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NewsNew Getting It Right First Time leads announced
Clinical leads for three areas of the Getting It Right First Time programme have been announced.
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NewsTrusts could face regulatory action over out of area placements
Trusts could face regulatory action for not reducing the time people spend being treated at mental health inpatient units miles away from home, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: NHSI condemns trust's 'significant' financial governance failings
A confidential report into a large acute trust has uncovered ‘significant’ financial governance failings over how it agreed its control total for this year, alongside irregularities in its consultancy spend, contracting and use of interim managers.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Shelford Group trust risks £96m deficit
A Shelford Group trust has revealed a £31.8m deterioration in its financial position after carrying out a re-forecast ordered by NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalNHS England and NHS Improvement recruit regional 'winter director'
NHS England and NHS Improvement have appointed a joint “winter director” to oversee London’s accident and emergency performance.
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NewsEfficiency rating could make it 'easier' for trusts to be inadequate
NHS trusts’ financial efficiency will be included in their overall ratings, despite the fact it could then be “slightly easier” for providers to be rated inadequate as a result.
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CommentProtect trainee doctors to protect patient safety
Annual trainee quality panels can help address bullying and other cultural and safety issues within local hospitals and training posts, say Zoe Oliphant and Iona Thorne