All Jim Mackey articles – Page 12
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: The road to reconfiguration
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsExclusive: Regulator may publish lists of highest earning agency staff
NHS Improvement describes workforce information that could be published in next quarterly report Provider sector is “falling short” of targets for agency spending New protocols for revising financial forecasts Trusts with “high pay bill growth” to be contacted this month Regulators have warned that NHS providers are “falling ...
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Going, going but not yet gone
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsExclusive: NHS free to 'abandon payment by results'
NHS England and NHS Improvement “entirely open” to health economies dropping payment by results, says Simon Stevens Follows planning guidance proposals for whole system control totals NHS England chief executive says alternative proposals must “stack up in the round” The NHS England chief executive has said he and ...
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NewsRevealed: Less than a third of trusts hitting revised A&E targets
Less than a third of providers have hit “reset” targets for A&E for July NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey says primary care access and school holidays were factors Less than a third of trusts have achieved the new, lower accident and emergency targets for July, which they ...
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NewsPlanning guidance: Stevens and Mackey will intervene over contract disputes
Providers and commissioners that cannot resolve contract disputes by the end of the year face “intervention” by the NHS England and NHS Improvement chief executives and may see funding withheld.
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NewsHSJ Awards 2016 shortlist unveiled
We have today revealed the shortlist for the 2016 HSJ Awards.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: It's time to publish the STPs
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsFailure to 'radically redesign' paediatric services fuels six year high vacancy rate
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health criticises NHS’s failure to reorganise services Vacancy rates for junior doctors in paediatrics have reached a six year high, according to workforce census RCPCH calls for increases in training posts including nurses and training for GPs Failure to reconfigure NHS paediatric ...
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NewsTrust chiefs told which back-office services to prioritise in savings drive
NHS Improvement sets out which back-office services trusts should prioritise in consolidation plans “In time” providers will have to look at consolidating “all corporate and administrative costs” NHS Improvement also seeks to improve “accuracy” of its efficiency data NHS Improvement has written to trust chief executives outlining the ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: The cost of Kernow
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How much money is enough?
What are the biggest challenges in making the funding settlement work? This was the question tackled by our expert panel in a recent roundtable debate. Report by Alison Moore
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NewsMackey: Pay bill growth list was 'intended to start a discussion'
NHS Improvement says its list of trusts with high pay bill growth was “intended to start a conversation” Jim Mackey says asking for total “excess” of £356m to be cut would be “unworkable and unsafe” Mr Mackey says providers will not “be penalised financially over pay growth” NHS ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: After the reset; and heads and beds
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: CCG ratings and major investments in mental health
Your essential update on the week in health
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NewsTrusts may face financial penalties for over-recruiting staff
Sixty-three provider trusts identified for excess pay bill growth since 2014 and face potential cuts of £356m This has been calculated by halving the excess growth above the level of inflation since 2015-16 One chief executive says NHS Improvement’s figures ignored the historical baseline of poor staffing More ...
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NewsExclusive: Trusts given eight days to declare 'unsustainable service' plans
Trust leaders given eight working days to submit plans for consolidating back-office, pathology and “unsustainable services” Bob Alexander letter says review of early STP submissions indicates areas can “go further” Provider source criticises letter because of “superficiality of what can be achieved” in time given Trusts and sustainability ...
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CommentHunt stays put - but faces a whole new set of challenges
Mike Birtwistle assesses how Jeremy Hunt might handle the very different demands of the new ministerial team
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LeaderMackey dares to ask: how good is good enough for the NHS?
What choices must the NHS make in a period of financial restraint? That is the primary question facing the service in 2016 and the response to NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey’s HSJ interview and following conference speech shows there is little consensus yet in how to handle this challenge.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Mackey talks tough on staff growth, and Hunt stays in health
Your essential update on the week in health