All Efficiency articles – Page 4
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NewsInefficient block contracts reviewed by ICBs
NHS England has asked commissioners to review how much they are paying for non-elective care, to tackle the widely varying rates which have developed under block contracts.
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NewsNHS ‘too focused on cost-cutting, not productivity’
The NHS’s efforts to maximise productivity have been characterised by cost-cutting, rather than a coherent long-term strategy, a leading health economist has said.
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NewsExclusive: Govt abandons commitment to hit cancer, mental health and A&E targets
The government cannot commit to meeting national cancer, A&E, diagnostic, mental health and ambulance waiting time targets by the end of this Parliament, Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
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CommentHospitals are suffering from an identity crisis
The hospital model is outdated and struggling. It’s time to rethink its role, structure, and integration within a prevention-focused healthcare system, writes Rosie Beacon
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NewsCourt clears way for ICB to award £40m UCC contract
An integrated care board has been allowed to award a £40m urgent care centre contract to a new provider following a High Court judgment which marks the latest chapter in the commissioner’s ongoing legal row with its incumbent supplier.
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NewsWe’re not complacent over finances, NHSE insists
NHS England has accused an influential Parliamentary committee of “factual inaccuracies” after MPs criticised national NHS officials for “complacency” over financial planning.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: PFI is overdue a comeback
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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CommentHolding the NHS and its leaders to account needs a rethink
Trust chair Matthew Swindells argues NHS managers must be held accountable for efficiency and quality, but transparency, fair funding allocations, and a balanced performance regime are also key to driving improvements
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HSJ LocalICB pays consultants £230,000 to help it escape deficit
An integrated care board has hired external consultants in a bid to improve its finances, and support one of its trusts to exit the highest rung of national oversight.
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NewsHalf of ICBs sued over £168m waste procurement
Half of England’s integrated care boards are being sued by a waste management firm over the procurement of healthcare waste collection and disposal services for primary care.
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CommentThe use of volunteers is no longer just a 'nice to have'
From its pandemic origins, the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders programme has evolved to tackle broader healthcare challenges in the NHS, delivering promising results
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CommentThe NHS must take back control of its data
Robust data infrastructure and language AI could transform the NHS, addressing the challenges of unstructured data and the critical need for ethical, transparent data governance in healthcare, writes Dr Joe Zhang, head of data science at the Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value-Based Healthcare
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NewsFour more ICSs told to hire consultants to review finance plans
Four more integrated care systems have been told to bring in management consultants to review their savings plans by NHS England. North West London is required to enter I&I programme to access cash support Birmingham, Leicestershire and Dorset also in financial oversight tier four
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NewsNHSE downgrades commercial leadership
NHS England’s commercial team is to be downgraded following the imminent departure of the organisation’s chief commercial officer.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: How to shift money out of hospitals
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsTrust ‘support and admin staff’ targeted for cuts in 2025-26 by NHSE
NHS England will hold discussions with every trust about the potential for cutting of its non-clinical workforce early next year.
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NewsFresh legal challenges further delay £4.4bn contract
NHS Supply Chain’s effort to award a multi-billion-pound logistics contract has been delayed by more legal challenges.
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NewsCompany drops legal action after ICB files defence
A private provider has dropped its legal claim against an integrated care board after the ICB filed its defence in the High Court.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2024: Driving Efficiency through Technology Award
WINNER Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust Liverpool Women’s Hewitt Centre Digital Transformation Initiative Fertility Patient Portal
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NewsGovernment spend controls causing ‘considerable’ delays to ‘critical’ contracts
Government spending rules are causing “considerable” delays to the signing of “critical contracts” and “interrupting” patient care, NHS procurement leads have warned.