All Efficiency articles – Page 9
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CommentThe NHS needs a new and improved PFI programme
Matthew Custance explains how amid the NHS infrastructure crisis, revisiting private finance initiative funding addresses the £30bn New Hospital Programme, but it necessitates a revamped approach considering past pitfalls and reforms
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NewsNHSE to curb ‘completely out of control’ procurement routes
Local leaders’ use of different procurement routes has been ‘completely out of control’, NHS England’s chief procurement officer has said, as she revealed there will be new restrictions from April.
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News‘Instrumental’ NHSE director departs
One of the architects of NHS England’s new commercial strategic framework is leaving the organisation this month.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Financial plans, take four
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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News£100m national accounting system delayed by up to six months
The delivery of a ‘business critical’ accounting system for the NHS has been delayed because the stretched programme team wants more time to ensure readiness in light of a similar project being deemed ‘unachievable’ by a government watchdog, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew strategy will be led by service, not consultants, claims NHSE procurement chief
NHS England has introduced another national commercial strategy to try to get local procurement teams working more consistently.
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News‘We’re overwhelming people with efficiency asks’, says NHSE director
Local leaders are likely being ‘overwhelmed’ by centrally driven efficiency programmes, according to an internal NHS England document.
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NewsICSs told to prepare ‘nuclear’ service cuts as NHSE plays ‘hardball’
Health systems are still struggling to meet their financial plans, despite hundreds of millions being raided from investment budgets to help balance the books.
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NewsExclusive: National tech budget slashed by £350m to plug deficits
The health service in England is cutting more than £300m from central tech budgets to fill local financial gaps at trusts and commissioners, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNational team in £600k senior management recruitment drive
NHS England’s commercial directorate is bringing in six new directors and senior managers with a combined salary package of at least £600,000 to help it deliver £1.5bn in savings over the next five years.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Driving Efficiency Through Technology
Winner University of Leeds, University of East Anglia, NHS England, DiabetesTechnologyNetwork-UK, Diabetes UK and Local Maternity Systems CONCEPTT-2-Care: Improving Pregnancy Outcomes For Women With Type 1 Diabetes Through Nationwide Implementation Of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technology
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NewsPritchard defends NHS productivity levels
The NHS is doing ‘far more’ than it was pre-covid but this is not being reflected in standard measures of productivity, NHS England’s chief executive told MPs today.
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NewsCancer, prevention and learning disabilities set for ‘sensible’ budget raids
Local leaders will be permitted to cut spending on the development of cancer, prevention, learning disabilities and autism services, as they bid to deliver their financial plans this year, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: ICS shuns ‘payment by results’ in favour of own model
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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NewsSpecialised delegation delayed again for largest ICBs
Several of the largest integrated care boards will not be given responsibility for specialised services – as was previously planned — in April next year, they have said.
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NewsTrust’s £9m gift to charity reveals governance ‘weakness’
A trust donated £9m to its charity without the permission of NHS England or the Treasury.
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News‘Management bandwidth’ is slowing integration, says minister
Integration is being slowed down in some areas by a lack of ‘management bandwidth’ in systems dealing with competing pressures, a minister has said.
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NewsTeaching trust accused of unfair treatment by supplier
A major London teaching trust has seen its decision to award a five-year waste management contract challenged by an unsuccessful bidder.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: There’s no ‘reset’ for ICS finances
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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NewsNHS wastes ‘equivalent of 100,000 meals a day’
NHS England is throwing away the equivalent of 100,000 meals every day, its net zero food lead has said.