All Productivity articles – Page 16
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HSJ KnowledgeEquipped for the future: the advantages of a long term technology plan
Replacing high value equipment can be expensive - but thinking of the future now shows that worthwhile savings are possible, once total cost of ownership has been assessed, writes Jeremy Knight.
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NewsNHS savings measures needed until 2020, King's Fund warns
The financial squeeze driving the NHS’s £20bn savings programme will not end in 2015, and the service faces a “productivity gap” of half as much again in the subsequent five years, the chief economist of the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsWaiting targets being missed by one in three PCTs
A third of NHS trusts are breaching waiting times for treating patients - almost four times the number this time last year, figures show.
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NewsNHS 'holding up well' but pressures growing, report warns
The NHS is “holding up well” at a national level but there are significant pressures in some organisations, according to a new report.
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CommentCourage, leadership and public support are needed to avoid nightmare scenarios
We all know that the financial situation facing the NHS is the greatest challenge the health service has faced. Courage and public support are vital if the NHS is to survive, says Mike Farrar.
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HSJ Local
Peterborough and Stamford breaches FT authorisation terms
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has found that Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals plans £50m workforce saving
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals plans to make savings from its workforce totalling £54m over the next three years.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park aims to save £0.5m to allow ward closure
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust hopes to be able to close one of its surgical wards this year.
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HSJ Local
Ashford and St Peter’s sets 4 per cent savings targets
FINANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital FT wants to deliver annual recurring savings of 4 per cent until 2013-14.
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NewsSupply chain faces challenges on two fronts over legal concerns
The procurement service for the NHS is facing challenges on two fronts, HSJ can reveal, amid claims some of its frameworks could put trusts at risk of legal action.
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Comment'We cannot tolerate incompetence in the search for sustainability'
The turnaround of one factory into an efficient, clean, collaborative and effective faciility should shame healthcare organisations into doing more to make sure sustainability in the NHS becomes less an ideal and more a way of working, writes Sir John Oldham.
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SupplementsAchieving efficiency in the NHS - a special HSJ supplement
This week’s HSJ features a special 27-page supplement devoted to efficiency in the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow mobile computing can maximise the performance of community health teams
With all the talk of a potential funding black hole that will impact all areas of the NHS, any IT investment will need careful consideration and have to demonstrate considerable operational value. Paul Ridden looks at why mobile computing technologies are worth backing.
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Comment'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'
Looking back to the healthcare revolutions that helped transform practices in the past identifies the strength of ambition and passion that is needed to rescue modern day elderly care. But most importantly, it shows it is achievable, argues Mark Goldman.
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CommentHow public and private sector partnerships could stimulate efficiency improvements
The slow uptake of technology is restricting much needed improvements in quality and efficiency. Creating partnerships between NHS organisations and private companies could speed things up, reports NHS graduate management trainee Maxine Miles.
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NewsFinancial challenge facing NHS is 'unprecedented' - Farrar
The “unprecedented financial challenge” facing the NHS that may force service cuts and reductions in the numbers of hospital beds, the NHS Confederation chief executive has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeLearning from lean: the techniques transforming pathology services
Pathology services at a general hospital are being transformed by activities and approaches utilising lean techniques. Sue Stanley and Mark Eaton explain.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow community based diagnostic services can improve patient care and cost-efficiency
Technological advances mean diagnostic services can move into community settings, say Lisa Hollins and colleagues.
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CommentDebate: is general practice pulling its weight in the efficiency challenge?
On 30 June, HSJ columnist Noel Plumridge suggested primary care should carry its share of the £20bn Nicholson challenge, alluding to the Nuffield Trust’s March recommendation that primary care “should become a key focus of the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention agenda”. Noel’s article led to this correspondence with Pat ...
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HSJ Local
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT records deficit for Q1
FINANCE: The foundation recorded a deficit of £424,000 for the first three months of 2011-12, against plans to have made a surplus of £11,900 by that point in the financial year.