All Productivity articles – Page 18
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HSJ Local
Doctors urge Cameron to speed Hinchingbrooke takeover
STRUCTURE: Consultants and GPs have written to the Prime Minister asking him to unblock the process that has seen the private franchise management of the hospital delayed.
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NewsCentralising blood services could help trusts achieve huge savings
The number of full service transfusion laboratories in England could be cut from 220 to just 30 if a system about to be piloted by NHS Blood and Transplant in partnership with NHS trusts proves successful.
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Comment'I'm more excited than ever about the healthcare marketplace'
Competition on everything including price is not only the most practical solution to the growing pressures facing the NHS, it is also virtually inevitable, according to the chief executive of the UK’s largest private healthcare provider.
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HSJ Local
Productive ward success for Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The trust has adopted the Productive Ward progamme across all its wards and been commended by regulators for its work on the initiative, according to board papers.
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NewsNHS waste costing millions of pounds annually
The NHS can save millions of pounds a year on the products it buys by making a concerted effort to tackle waste, MPs have said.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy regional projects are leading the way on innovation in the NHS
Case studies from the frontline are highlighting how NHS organisations are innovating services using Regional Innovation Funds. Sarah McGeehan looks at the evidence.
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HSJ Local
NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan outlines £13.4m savings plans for 2011-12
FINANCE: The primary care trust has identified £13.4m of “firm savings” it can make to bridge its 2011-12 “funding gap”, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Derby City 'sharing' QIPP savings with consortia
FINANCE: Shadow commissioning budgets in Derbyshire for 2011-12 will allocate quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings to GP practices along primary care trust boundaries.
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NewsMonitor chair sets out case for competition
Monitor’s chair has set out a passionate case for increasing competition, choice and local autonomy in order to improve productivity and patient care.
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NewsNHS funding model is no longer 'resilient' - Britnell
Mark Britnell, a member of the group called in to advise prime minister David Cameron on the NHS reforms, writes for HSJ on why a serious debate is needed over the way the NHS is funded.
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CommentMark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
A sophisticated discussion on how – and how much – the health service should be funded is badly needed to avoid undoing two decades worth of progress.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe smoother pathways leading to reduced length of stay
Speeding up admission and smoothing discharge has reaped rewards in reducing length of stay. Mark Eaton explains.
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HSJ KnowledgeGrand designs: enhancing recovery on a bigger scale
Enhanced recovery pathways have worked well in individual trusts, but an innovative implementation approach is delivering results across an entire London sector, write Caroline Grace and colleagues.
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NewsNHS finance bosses 'concerned' over productivity targets
NHS finance directors are already warning their plans to improve productivity in 2011-12 may not be met, less than a month into the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire PCTs to pilot productivity scheme for general practice
PERFORMANCE: A new GP scheme aiming to increase efficiency is being trialled in Derbyshire.
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NewsWaiting times rising amid cuts, King's Fund finds
NHS waiting times are rising as financial strain on the healthcare system begins to show, according to a report published today.
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HSJ KnowledgeStepping up: the collaborative approach to becoming a model of innovation
A group of organisations has developed a stepped approach for healthcare services to identify the best ways of joining forces in the search for bigger savings.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a leaner integrated approach improved older person services at a reduced cost
Gateshead has taken a joint approach to improving services and reducing costs, with a particular focus on older people’s services and long term conditions. Sue Mundy and Eirian Lewis explain the leaner approach.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorkforce productivity and the role of consultant nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists
A study in the North West on the merits of non-medical consultant roles has produced major insight into how these position can improve workforce productivity. Consultant Chris Mullen and NHS North West colleagues Juliette Swift, Ann Gavin-Daley and Helen Kilgannon report.
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Comment'By 2030, when many need it most, healthcare will be in meltdown'
The long-term effect on healthcare will be catastrophic if we do not change things now, writes Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry director general Richard Barker.