All Health Service Journal articles in 16 June 2011 – Page 6
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CommentLondon's commissioner-provider relationships set on edge
Which bit of London has the worst commissioner/provider relationships?
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CommentMichael White: reform concessions do little to soften Tory image
It would be an exaggeration to suggest that Nick Clegg hired Wembley Stadium to celebrate his party’s triumph in helping rewrite Andrew Lansley’s Health Bill and “saving the NHS.” But Lib Dem boasting caused resentment among Conservative MPs of all stripes.
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NewsPFI rethink stalls hospital building plans
Plans to build a number of new hospitals have stalled as trusts await a ministerial decision on whether the government will underwrite private finance initiative deals.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: breaking up is hard to do
Hanging on to the title deeds of the community estate must have seemed such a neat idea last year, as primary care trusts pondered the future of their soon to be departing provider arms.
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NewsRare cancer drugs budget underspent by nearly half
Only 56 per cent of the money allocated for cancer drugs normally unavailable on the NHS was spent in the first six months of a high profile fund, a report has found.
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NewsLower qualified pathology workforce ‘could make 25 per cent savings’
The government’s pathology tsar has said the discipline could save 15-25 per cent of its costs by reducing the proportion of highly qualified staff it uses to perform junior tasks.
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CommentProvider trouble brewing in the East
A number of concerns were raised in a report from the East of England provider development board last month.
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NewsTrusts face readmissions penalties totalling £600m
Trusts stand to lose an average of 3 per cent of tariff income as a result of penalties for emergency readmissions, analysis gathered exclusively for HSJ reveals.
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HSJ KnowledgeReducing readmissions could save more than £600m in PBR penalties. Sg2 explains how
Changes to the Payment by Results policy in April 2011 are intended to incentivise trusts to reduce emergency readmissions - or face damaging financial penalties. Analysis by healthcare intelligence specialists Sg2 shows how preventing readmissions could save the health service more than half a billion pounds.
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HSJ Knowledge
Video: Sg2 senior vice president on the financial challenges trusts face over readmission penalties
Sg2 senior vice president Joan Moss talks about the major financial impact trusts in the UK face through readmission penalties, under changes to the Payment by Results policy.
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NewsNicholson: I feared Lansley’s competition rules
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has confirmed he was against the government’s original proposal for a regulator promoting competition in the NHS, which was dropped this week.
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NewsCommissioning board shouldn’t become ‘greatest quango’ – Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson says he will prevent the NHS Commissioning Board becoming “the greatest quango in the sky” by maintaining an “ambition” for the whole country to be covered by active clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsSteve Field warns of clinicians' concerns over health reforms
The chair of the NHS Future Forum has warned that clinicians fear the government’s changes to the Health Bill will slow down the pace of reform in some parts of the health service.
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HSJ Local
Durham and Darlington FT blows surplus target
FINANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has exeeded its planned surplus in 2010-11 by £4.25m.
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HSJ Local
SE London cluster seeks QIPP savings worth £126m from providers
FINANCE: The South Eeast London primary care trust cluster is to take £126m out of its providers in quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings over the next four years.
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HSJ Local
Contractual problems cause Bexley to record worst chlamydia screening rate in cluster
PERFORMANCE: The south east London borough had a screening rate of 12.3 per cent, less than half most of its neighbouring boroughs.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham Healthcare Trust to lose £16m on QIPP over next four years
FINANCE: The south London acute faces a disinvestment worth £16m due to the local commissioning cluster’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans up to 2015.
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HSJ Local
South Devon Healthcare looks to lead on workforce development
WORKFORCE: The board of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has agreed to seek to become a host for a Provider Skills Network in the South West.
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HSJ Local
CQUIN cash risk at Durham and Darlington
FINANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has rated “amber/red” its performance against commissioning for quality and innovation pay-for performance measures.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire Healthcare over target on infections
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust far exceeded its C Difficile and MRSA targets for April.