CQUIN - Commissioning for Quality and Innovation
CQUIN and CQC quality results don't match, report finds
The results of a financial incentive scheme to improve quality do not match up with other quality measures in hospital care, a study has found.
Trusts rewarded with 'quality premium' under Future Forum plan
Trusts’ budgets will be top-sliced to fund a “quality premium” for organisations providing high quality training for NHS staff, under a proposal in a government-commissioned report.
Cost of rising emergency dementia admissions revealed
There has been a 12 per cent growth over five years in the number of people with dementia admitted to hospital as an emergency, according to a report exclusively shared with HSJ.
Trusts could receive 'unfair' penalties without pressure ulcer guidance
NHS trusts could be unfairly penalised over the prevalence of pressure ulcers unless nationally agreed guidance on recording and measuring the condition is introduced, tissue viability nurses have warned.
Penalties for providers and commissioners failing to innovate
Providers and commissioners face significant financial penalties if they fail to innovate in six “high impact” areas or follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on drugs and best practice.
Ambulance services eye savings by sending fewer ambulances
Ambulance services plan to save the NHS “tens of millions” by sending fewer patients to hospital, now the category B response target has been scrapped.
Urgent care efficiency tool to get nationwide roll out
All urgent care providers should adopt an audit tool that has helped one area to cut acute emergency spending in half.
Trusts warned not to neglect patient experience
Hospital trusts should not neglect efforts to improve patient experience, as it can lead to savings and also improve quality, according to the NHS Confederation.
Quality payment targets centred on patient safety
The majority of local quality payment targets given to hospital trusts are focused on patient safety, analysis by HSJ has found.
CQUIN used for minimum achievements
The Commissioning for Quality and Innovation framework is being used to reward the achievement of minimum standards rather than high quality care, research has found.
SHAs return to topslicing budgets
Strategic health authorities are introducing stringent financial rules and mandatory topslicing in a bid to keep the NHS in balance next financial year.
Clot prevention is 2010-11 quality priority
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has said preventing venous thromboembolism will be the top clinical priority for improving quality and productivity in hospitals in 2010-11.
Tariff puts brake on acute admissions
Acute trusts will be paid only 30 per cent of the NHS tariff price for emergency activity above their 2008-09 levels, this week’s operating framework confirms.
NHS operating framework to offer mixed blessings for hospitals
Hospitals will only be paid 30 per cent of the tariff price for emergency procedures they perform over their 2008-09 volume levels, the Department of Health has confirmed.
NHS operating framework hits hard
The NHS operating framework for 2010-11 is expected to include “hard hitting” measures to cut the cost and number of hospital procedures and tackle inefficiencies in community health services.
Labour plan puts adult social care in NHS hands as ministers seek savings
Radical proposals to give the NHS responsibility for social care are expected to be at the heart of a government “vision” of how the health service will be able to thrive in the context of restricted funding.
Commissioners must be more 'ambitious' in CQUIN schemes
Commissioners will be told to be more ambitious and avoid duplication when setting their commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) framework goals for next year.
Safety outcry is ‘mandate’ for NHS quality
Public outcry about apparently unsafe hospitals gives the health service a mandate to put quality ahead of finance in planning and providing services, the NHS medical director has said.
Treasury prepares cutback plans
Next week’s pre-Budget report will be published alongside a paper from the chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne outlining how billions of pounds will be saved through public sector efficiencies.
Next year's tariff delayed until mid-February
The Department of Health has warned the payment by results tariff for 2010-11 will be delayed due to the late publication of the pre-budget report this year.
More on CQUIN
How a 'bottom-up' approach to innovation is making service improvements easier
Adopting a bottom-up approach to driving clinical improvements in a traditionally top-down health service is making a significant difference to the collaborative projects being run in north west London by the National Institute for Health Research, writes Ganesh Sathyamoorthy.
The toolkit hoping to revolutionise the use of patient discharge data
Trusts have struggled with delivering patient discharge summaries rapidly to GPs. It is hoped that a new interactive toolkit will guide organisations through developing electronic systems that will overcome the problems, says Daloni Carlisle.
Achieving top performance through programme management
What is a programme management office? Leigh Cantero outlines the work of a department designed to put impact and power into organisational goals, and how it can bring positive outcomes in performance.
Achieving behaviour change intervention value for money
Investment in behaviour change interventions must be justifiable. Rowena Merritt and colleagues present a set of tools that help demonstrate their cost effectiveness.
Providing a quailty service to patients without English as a first language
Interpreting services are failing to meet the needs of black and ethnic minority communities, and risk dilluting the level of patient care. But despite the perceived cost, Maqs Khan explains why investment in interpreting services could safeguard a more efficient future for community care.
Enhancing recovery pathways for planned surgical care
Enhanced recovery pathways for patients following surgery have led to better outcomes and improved patient experience, as evident in the work done by Colin Berry and colleagues at the Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust.
