All CQUIN articles – Page 3
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NewsPressure grows for action on sepsis
Identifying and treating sepsis could soon be given the same attention as reducing pressure ulcers or hospital acquired infections, with campaigners claiming Sir Bruce Keogh is “supportive in principle” of increased national focus on the condition.
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NewsSuccess of hospital cash incentive scheme tails off
A project that aimed to reduce death rates in hospitals using financial incentives has seen its initial period of success tail off, research reveals.
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NewsSimon Stevens' NHS Confederation speech: 'I'll accelerate redesign of care'
Simon Stevens has said he wants to “accelerate the redesign of care delivery” and create “far greater local flexibility” in services, structure and system rules.
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NewsPrince Charles backs hospital income link to food quality
Prince Charles has encouraged NHS organisations to introduce pay for performance for the quality of hospital food.
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HSJ Knowledge#StopPUDay2013: a million tweets for hospital transformation
#StopPUDay2013: eliminating avoidable pressure ulcers
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HSJ KnowledgeOpen market: Let patients in on commissioning
Highlighting the benefits of collaboration
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NewsCQUIN bar 'set too low' says innovation chief
The standards required by trusts to receive incentive payments designed to drive innovation were “probably set too low”, NHS England’s innovation chief said last week.
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HSJ KnowledgeThree ways NHS England's review can improve incentives
How do we ensure incentives improve quality of care?
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NewsSome commissioners setting 'unachievable' targets, NHS England admits
NHS England is floating the possibility of scrapping the complex array of financial penalties and incentives currently imposed on NHS providers and replacing them, from 2015-16, with a single pay-for-performance premium.
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NewsCommissioning board sets out 'zero-tolerance' approach to provider performance
Hospitals face a “zero-tolerance” approach to MRSA and long waits for treatment, as well as new fines, under the NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance.
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CommentWhy the friends and family test won't work
The test will overload NHS leaders with more meaningless data
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Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
For all the talk of easing top-down control of trusts, the mandate mentions some levers that could hit providers.
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NewsNicholson: More funding will be linked to quality
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed that more of providers’ income will be linked to quality and innovation next year.
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NewsRevealed: extent of harm to patients under NHS care
More than 20 per cent of patients suffer avoidable harm during their care at some trusts, a national survey of frontline NHS services has revealed.
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NewsNHS urged to think long-term to save
NHS organisations need to think more long term to innovate and release more savings, NHS South of England chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeA safer approach to hospital pharmacy
Pharmacy teams are a vital safety net to avoiding prescribing errors and maintaining the quality of patient care, write Clive Newman and Alison Brailey
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HSJ LocalSolent and Southampton trusts explore joint working
STRUCTURE: Acute and community providers in Southampton are exploring new joint working arrangements in a bid to cut demand for emergency services, HSJ can reveal.