All Jim Easton articles – Page 2
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NewsNHS 111 roll out delayed
The government has extended the deadline for the roll out of NHS 111 by up to six months following pressure from unions and clinical commissioning groups.
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SupplementsAccelerating innovation across the NHS: an HSJ supplement
This week’s special supplement, in association with the Department of Health, focuses on Sir David Nicholson’s report Innovation, Health and Wealth, and includes interviews with Jim Easton and Sir Ian Carruthers, plus articles from key DH figures and NHS directors.
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NewsNHS 111 commissioners told to protect staff or lose funding
NHS deputy chief executive David Flory has written to commissioners of the new NHS 111 non-emergency telephone number to remind them of their responsibilities regarding NHS Direct staff.
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NewsOvernight discharge data questioned as hospitals hit back
Misleading data has emerged as a possible explanation for claims that hospitals discharge large numbers of patients in the middle of the night.
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NewsInformation strategy an early example of major policy process - DH
The government’s newly launched information strategy for health and social care is an early example of how major policy will be made under its reformed system, according to the Department of Health.
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NewsJim Easton: current squeeze 'just a rehearsal'
The current financial squeeze on health services is only a “rehearsal” for a long-term push to make the NHS financially sustainable, efficiency chief Jim Easton said today.
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NewsDH reveals swift year-of-care tariff plans
The Department of Health has revealed details of its plans to “quickly but carefully” introduce year-of-care tariffs in a bid to cut hospital admissions and encourage community based treatment.
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NewsJim Easton: Board to move quickly on year of care tariffs
The NHS Commissioning Board is moving “quickly but carefully” to adopt year of care tariffs, which are considered essential if the service is to meet its £20bn efficiency challenge.
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NewsExpect years of fundamental changes and austerity, says Grant
Malcolm Grant has predicted “fundamental changes in provision of health services” driven by a “vision” covering “not less than 10 years”.
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NewsFive NHS commissioning board directors confirmed
The appointment of five NHS Commissioning Board executive directors has been announced, including Ian Dalton in the key role of chief operating officer.
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Comment'A new procurement model could fall foul of inertia'
Despite talk of opening up NHS procurement, the same old system looks unlikely to be phased out just yet, writes Noel Plumridge.
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NewsPCTs ordered to adopt single cluster board model
Primary care trust clusters must have a single board, executive team and chair, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsDH considers a country-wide push on reconfiguration
The Department of Health is considering a national drive to make the case for large scale service reconfiguration to deflect criticism from commissioners opting for local service redesign.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: checking up on the Nicholson challenge
Pressed on where the £20bn productivity gain that is now known as the “Nicholson challenge” will actually be found, the top of theDepartment of Health cites a ratio of 40:20:40.
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NewsExclusive: DH QIPP team takes over information strategy
The long-awaited NHS information strategy has been taken out the Department of Health’s informatics directorate, and is instead being led by the team responsible for the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme.
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NewsDH will 'create pressure' to ensure quality - Easton
The Department of Health will increasingly place trusts under “high pressure” not to make cuts that damage services and to “encourage” the “right” actions.
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NewsNHS Direct to get central role in NHS 111
A partnership of NHS Direct, ambulance trusts and out of hours providers has been named as a default provider for the new non-emergency NHS 111 number, charged with making sure the service achieves universal coverage by the April 2013 deadline.
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NewsEaston: no quality in many savings plans
The man responsible for driving the NHS’s £20bn quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings plan has warned that some schemes being pursued under its banner have “no semblance of quality in them at all”.
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NewsEaston to steer NHS Institute transition following Crump departure
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has unveiled interim leadership arrangements, which will see the Department of Health taking a more active role in its work.
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