All NHS Improvement articles – Page 98
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News
Trusts asked to help shape whistleblower support scheme
NHS Improvement appeals for trusts to help design pilot scheme Project follows recommendation by Sir Robert Francis QC Freedom to Speak Up Report highlighted how whistleblowers lost careers A new initiative to help whistleblowers return to work in the NHS is being developed and piloted by NHS Improvement.
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HSJ Local
Joint NHS England and NHS Improvement director steps down
Joint director at NHS Improvement and NHS England Tim Rideout stood down at the end of May Mr Rideout was NHS England’s director of commissioning operations and delivery and improvement director for NHS Improvement in Cumbria and the north east He was the first director to hold a joint ...
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Trusts left 'drowning in debt' by Treasury-driven scheme
The way that sustainability funding has been distributed risks creating huge imbalances where some NHS trusts become “cash rich” and others are “drowning in debt”, experts have warned.
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Following the Money: Winners and losers from £1.8bn national fund
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Chief exec leaves US-owned NHS procurement partnership
The chief executive of a large NHS procurement partnership, owned by the Hospital Corporation of America, has left the company, HSJ can reveal.
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Mackey reveals next steps to tackle 'ridiculous' PFI deals
NHS Improvement to meet trusts with “early PFI deals”, to discuss plans for the remaining years of the contracts. The regulator has established a working group to explore the possibility of buying out some PFI schemes. Jim Mackey has previously described the profit margins within some contracts as “absolutely ...
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NHS Improvement to introduce random checks of directors' CVs
NHS Improvement is to introduce random checks of the non-executive directors’ CVs, HSJ can reveal.
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New CQC inspection model depends on £9m IT upgrade
CQC said that if the IT project fails ”we won’t be able to deliver our programme on a reduced budget” “Relatively high” risk levels surround the project due to “fundamental gaps” in current skills and technology and potential to delay roll out of inspection dashboards Work to first begin ...
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U-turn over agency staff tax rules
NHS Improvement says trusts must not take a blanket approach to new IR35 rules Regulator had previously advised all agency staff would be covered by the tax changes New guidance published today advises trusts to review each case and consider representations NHS Improvement has made a significant U-turn ...
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NHS Improvement could assess trusts on cybersecurity
An NHS Improvement committee has recommended that trusts are assessed on cybersecurity, in the wake of the cyberattack earlier this month.
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HSJ Local
Special measures trust rejects 14 per cent savings target
Isle of Wight Trust initially accepted a control total deficit of £0.4m, which required savings of 14 per cent But following further financial deterioration it now has an £18.8m deficit plan Trust was rated inadequate by the CQC earlier this year An NHS trust that is trying to ...
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Workforce app targets agency fees costing NHS up to £600m
A social networking app is aiming to cut into the hundreds of millions of pounds NHS trusts pay to temporary staffing agencies.
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Revealed: Management redundancies signed off by NHSI committee
NHS Improvement’s provider leadership committee approved nine compulsory redundancies at senior level over nine months in 2016-17, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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Comment
New care models need the right organisational delivery model
New organisational forms, planned and developed locally, will help to make integrated care the norm
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News
Revealed: The provider sector deficit due to be hidden until after election
Regulators wanted to report year-end figures for NHS providers this month, but were forbidden to do so by the Department of Health HSJ research suggests the sector’s combined deficit will be £770m and around 100 providers ended the year in the red Performance will fall well short of targets ...
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Nine out of 10 requests to pay trust managers more than PM approved
Fifty-four approvals of very senior management band salaries above the prime minister’s £142,500 wage, while five were rejected Appointments paying more than this salary must be approved by the Treasury NHS Improvement chair approached “large corporates” to ask senior managers to take on NHS non-executive jobs One “retire and ...
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NHS Improvement director appointed to board of struggling trust
A former NHS Improvement director has been made chief operating officer of a cash strapped West Midlands trust.
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Mapped: Regions with the most GPs nearing retirement
NHS Improvement has highlighted the sustainability and transformation partnership footprints with the highest proportion of GPs over 55 and facing the greatest risk of having future GP supply problems.
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Revealed: The STPs facing the biggest GP retirement risk
Eleven STPs highlighted for “high” risk of future GP supply problems In seven STP footprints more than 20 per cent of GPs are over 55 Kent and Medway has the highest proportion of older doctors Mapped: The areas with highest proportion of GPs over 55 Eleven sustainability and ...
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Avoiding private providers
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.