All QIPP 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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News
Exclusive: inquiry launched as £25m black hole opens up in PCT accounts
An independent “forensic” inquiry has been launched after a £25m financial black hole opened up in NHS Croydon’s accounts.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: new faces for financial frugality
There are essentially three approaches to the branch of corporate governance that is concerned with ensuring compliance.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow e-learning has helped define better induction for new doctors
Providing e-learning modules to streamline induction for doctors gives them the opportunity to train in areas that are more appropriate, and brings induction processes up to date. The benefits are being felt by both the doctors and patients, says Kamal Nathavitharana.
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Comment'The success of integrated care depends upon our commitment to innovation'
The importance of integration to health and social care is undoubted, but there is still some confusion over how it will work. It is up to leaders at both a national and local level to develop new approaches that will ensure integrated care is a success, says Dr Rebecca Rosen.
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NewsExclusive: Mid Staffs needs £80m to avoid financial collapse
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust may need as much as £80m government support to pull it out of the financial hole created by its care quality scandal, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFinance directors 'optimistic' on savings plans but local fears persist
NHS finance directors are “cautiously optimistic” about their savings plans but increasingly pessimistic about the finances of their local health economies, a King’s Fund survey has revealed.
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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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HSJ KnowledgeBetter buying: how to achieve value for money procurement
Under pressure for savings, NHS organisations need to focus on best value supplies, and not just lower costs, warns Jonathan Wedgbury.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a weather forecasting service can reduce COPD hospital admissions
Hospitals are routinely troubled with rising admissions and demand during the winter months, but using a Met Office forecast alert can help patients stay healthier, and help hospitals better manage their services.
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NewsNicholson: trusts' procurement costs will have to be 'explained'
NHS trusts that spend more on goods and services than their peers will have to “grow up” and justify why they are doing so, under a scheme announced last week by Sir David Nicholson.
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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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Comment'After destructive debate, the case for reform needs to be rebuilt'
The government needs to find a way to make the ingredients of reform seem like opportunities for positive change rather than threats, writes Asthma UK chief executive Neil Churchill.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to coordinate integrated care across multidisciplinary groups
An integrated care pilot in London is linking up services for people with complex health problems and social issues. Andrew Steeden and Aumran Tahir demonstrate the benefits.
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NewsExclusive: Keogh warns NHS against 'blanket' treatment bans
NHS medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has warned that commissioners must not bring in “outright bans” on treatments or interventions.
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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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News'No evidence' that collaborative procurement lowers prices, FT Network says
The Foundation Trust Network has published a study which it says found “no evidence” that collaborative purchasing leads to lower prices for medical supplies.
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HSJ Local
£11.9m savings still short of target for South West Essex
FINANCE: South West Essex primary care trust made £11.9m of savings in the first four months of the financial year, or 92 per cent of their planned savings for the year to date, according to board papers.
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NewsGrowing financial pressure on most-challenged acutes
The financial position of the most challenged acute providers is falling further behind that of their peers, the first NHS-wide financial reports for 2011-12 reveal.
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NewsMid Staffs to close 165 beds on road to recovery
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to close nearly 40 per cent of its beds as part of a recovery plan designed to tackle its growing deficit.