All Nuffield Trust articles – Page 12
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NewsNHS breaches main waiting target for first time since 2011
The NHS in England has officially breached the main waiting times target for elective treatment.
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NewsCarter savings ‘won’t be enough’, experts warn
The Carter report has illustrated how difficult it will be to extract further savings from the hospital sector, think tanks have warned.
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CommentShare data without falling foul of information governance
Data sharing is essential to improve patient care but appropriate governance arrangements need to be in place. By Marc Farr
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NewsNew data suggests agency price cap is working
Monitor data suggests 40 per cent drop in number of agency shifts breaching new price caps Largest fall was in nursing, where breaches dropped by 47 per cent Lower levels of pay and new rules to roll out over next few months The number of NHS shifts by ...
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NewsElective performance declines as national waiting list balloons
The total waiting list for patients awaiting elective treatment has ballooned to its highest level in seven years.
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CommentIt is high time we stopped dying for a drink
Kailash Chand puts a question mark on the historical cultural acceptability of alcohol in view of the healthcare admissions, illnesses and trauma it causes
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HSJ KnowledgeEasy does it: why slow but sure is the key to redesigning patient pathways
Redesigning patient pathways is a process that must be handled with care but the results are worth the trouble
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CommentKeep 'em peeled for the many dangers of the CCG surpluses
NHS England’s plan to ask CCGs to withhold funds from hospital providers has worrying ramifications
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NewsHEE chief: Removing our budget ringfence would hit frontline care
Removing Health Education England from the protected NHS budget would result in cuts to frontline NHS services, its chief executive has warned.
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NewsTreasury may redefine NHS ringfence, think tanks warn
The Treasury may redefine the ringfence on NHS spending to apply only to NHS England’s commissioning budgets – leaving billions spent on public health, training and research unprotected in the coming spending review, health think tanks have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeSeven day services: Setting up shop on the high street
What GPs can learn from vet practices
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News'Fundamental change to how the NHS is run': reaction to the letter
Measures announced by regulators today have signalled a ‘fundamental change’ to the way the NHS is run, an expert said.
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NewsExperts question financial implications of seven day working
Leading health thinktanks have questioned where the money for seven day working will come from, following the health secretary’s ultimatum to doctors on the issue this morning.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs need to ‘radically evolve to have a future’
Clinical commissioning groups would need to ‘radically evolve’ to be sustainable once new care models are developed, according to a report commissioned by the Nuffield Trust.
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NewsPrior: Tax funded NHS 'has to be questioned' if economic growth lags behind demand
A health minister has said the premise of a tax funded NHS ‘has to be questioned’ if future economic growth lags behind rising healthcare demand for a long time.
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NewsCQC’s new efficiency role could ‘taint’ quality focus
There is a risk the Care Quality Commission’s new responsibility for rating hospitals’ efficiency could ‘taint’ its focus on quality, senior health policy experts have said.
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SupplementsSupplement: Enhancing the independent sector's role can ease pressure
Waiting times, delayed discharge and other strains
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NewsGP sector sees 'boom' in large provider companies
There has been a ‘boom’ in large scale GP provider organisations being set up in recent months.