All QIPP articles – Page 6
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HSJ Knowledge
Use IT and drive real improvements in efficiency
High quality IT is essential if the NHS is to be effective in future
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News
Warning on patient care 'rationing'
The government should take “a more active interest” in ensuring that patient care is not being rationed, a report suggests.
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News
'Technology QIPP' needed to transform NHS efficiency
The NHS would be “crazy” not to try and realise the cost savings available through greater use of technology, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge
Community care is a means to a better end
Community services can improve the quality of end of life care
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HSJ Local
North Staffordshire facing shock £23m deficit
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has revealed a dramatic deterioration in its finances from a predicted surplus of £2m to a £23.8m deficit by the end of 2012-13.
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HSJ Knowledge
South Staffordshire’s approach to surge planning
Working collaboratively to address winter pressures
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HSJ Knowledge
Is bigger better for the NHS?
Economies of scale do exist in the NHS – so how do we reap the benefits?
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News
Information governance blamed for holding up QIPP integration
A “computer says no” attitude to information governance is hampering attempts to draw up a “year of care tariff” by stopping trusts sharing costings data, HSJ has been told.
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News
Health budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
George Osborne today committed to extending the health budget’s relative protection from government spending cuts to 2015-16 – the first year of the next spending review period.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 6 December 2012
Support for Jeremy Hunt’s “technology revolution”, and an assertion that NHS providers are better placed than independent ones to provide integrated secure services
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HSJ Knowledge
Liaison psychiatry can bridge the gap
A joint approach to managing physical and mental care is a prime example of integration
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News
Commentary: Quality can be achieved while keeping costs low
The financial pressures on the NHS mean that it is no longer enough to simply look at the quality of care provided by our hospitals
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News
Can clinical decision support technology help hospitals deliver their QIPP goals? FREE HSJ webinar
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HSJ Knowledge
The principles behind integrated care for older people
How South Warwickshire FT transformed older people’s services
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News
EXCLUSIVE: Technology sidelined in QIPP plans
Only one in six local NHS innovation and efficiency schemes explicitly mentions adopting or extending the use of new technologies, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ Knowledge
All aboard for NHS exports?
The are potentially significant rewards for NHS organisations expanding overseas, but there are also risks
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News
Restrict friends and family test to hospitals, says DH
The new friends and family patient satisfaction test should initially be largely restricted to acute care settings rather than rolled out universally, according to a Department of Health cost-benefit analysis.
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News
Hunt puts 'technology revolution' in his top four priorities
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has identified a “technology revolution” as one of his top four priorities for the NHS for the first time.
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News
QIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
Providers and commissioners need to focus on making sure they achieve value for money on drugs rather than cutting overall spend, the government’s pharmaceutical spending efficiency expert has told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge
How King's made the most of a commercial break
A commercial arm is helping one foundation trust enhance care