Acute Care – Page 157
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News£2bn acute deficit may mean ‘real trouble’ for frontline services
Experts have warned that patients could end up waiting longer for treatment as acute trusts try to tackle an expected overall deficit of more than £2bn this year.
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NewsEverington: 'Equal number' of consultants as GPs should sit on CCGs
As many medical consultants as GPs should sit on the governing bodies of their local clinical commissioning groups, a member on HSJ’s Future of NHS Leadership inquiry has said.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ LocalBarts’ problem waiting times data will take 18 months to fix
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has revealed it will take 18 months to sort out problems with its waiting times data.
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NewsNICE safe staffing decision not about money, says chief nurse
NHS England chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has said the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will continue to be used for evidence reviews on safe staffing ‘where appropriate’.
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NewsMonitor and TDA to join under new chief
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are to work much more closely together and under a single leader, with a new chief executive due to be appointed by the end of the summer.
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NewsKeogh: 'Quality should define finance' for chief execs
The NHS England medical director has said the quality agenda ‘should define the financial strategy’ for NHS chief executives, amid growing pressure to make cost savings.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief speaks out over commissioning 'disaster'
COMMISSIONING: The chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has urged the NHS to learn from the commissioning mistakes which led to the collapse of the trust’s dermatology service.
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NewsBids to test 'at scale' innovation sought by NHS England
NHS England is seeking bids from providers to take part in a new ‘test bed’ programme for innovations which can be applied on a large scale and promise to improve value to the service.
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NewsIn case you missed it: Ten must-knows from a pivotal week
A round up of our must-read coverage in a pivotal week for healthcare leaders
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NewsCarter to unveil hospital efficiency 'index'
A landmark review of NHS productivity is to produce a new measure for rating every hospital in England on the efficiency with which it uses staff and resources.
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NewsBehan: CQC must ensure trusts balance quality and finance
Boards need to move from “putting all their investment into quality and safety” to achieving a better “balance” with financial success, the chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has said.
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CommentKeogh has cut out the most glaring target perversities
NHS England has strengthened the 18 week standard
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NewsCQC would ‘love’ to rate whole health systems, says chief inspector
The chief inspector of hospitals said he would ‘love’ the Care Quality Commission to rate local health systems, rather than specific providers, but suggested there were potential obstacles to inspecting clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsHunt: Trusts to be given procurement savings targets
Hospitals will be expected to make set savings in their procurement processes from January, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsTwo key waiting time targets abolished
Two headline waiting times targets for planned care are being dropped by the NHS on the basis they are creating ‘perverse incentives’, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Knowledge'If vanguards work, the return on investment is to the wider NHS'
Interviews with three vanguard trusts
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NewsKeogh to review elective waiting time targets
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to review the current waiting times standards for elective care, the organisation’s chief executive Simon Stevens has announced.
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NewsEmergency care to be 'completely redesigned' within three years, says Stevens
Urgent and emergency care will undergo a “complete redesign” and be in “a very different place by the middle of this Parliament”, the NHS England chief executive has announced.