All King's Fund articles – Page 15
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat do NHS financial pressures really mean for patients?
Understanding how financial pressures can affect patients is key to minimising their negative impact
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Who wants to be a combined authority?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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CommentLet's focus on care and quality rather than numbers
Better outcomes, teamwork and efficiency cannot be measured but are vital
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NewsChief executives criticise CQC treatment of 'inadequate' teaching trust
Chief executives criticise the CQC’s approach and the reputational damage it causes Sir Mike Richards defends the regulator King’s Fund report says chief executives can feel unsupported A current and former chief executive have both criticised the process that saw a trust leader removed after a negative Care ...
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CommentComment: Systemic bullying has to stop
Positive organisational cultures need supportive leaders
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CommentManchester’s devo deal is a huge opportunity for clinician-led change
Manchester can put clinicians at the centre of better care
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NewsTrust chiefs speak out against 'bullying' regulators
Chief executives find job rewarding but warn of lack of support from national bodies and regulators “Oppressive” scrutiny hampers innovation, King’s Fund report finds NHS England summit described as “ritual humiliation and bullying session” by one former trust boss Health Act 2012 criticised for ‘disastrous’ impact on the system ...
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CommentMaking improvement accessible to all
Why upcoming initiatives to improve healthcare could just succeed
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CommentHow NICE has been a 'terrible beauty'
The National Institute for Health and Care Exellence has been doing the balancing act despite sticking to its cost effective agenda, Nick Timmins writes
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Forty-four shades of grey
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat’s up, Doc: where are all the medical leaders?
Despite high levels of job satisfaction, the NHS is failing to convince doctors to take up leadership roles
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CommentNow quality improvement can finally have its day
A new King’s Fund paper offers thoughts on how to formulate a long overdue strategy for quality improvement
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NewsBerwick: Government ‘should apologise’ to junior doctors over dispute
Don Berwick says government “should apologise” to junior doctors and impose three year “moratorium” on new contract “You cannot achieve excellence in combat with your future workforce,” says former government adviser Also says it may be “impossible” for NHS to deliver acceptable standard of care at current funding level ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS needs national centre for quality improvement, says report
Report co-authored by Don Berwick calls for national centre of quality improvement expertise Criticises reliance on inspection for improvement as “too costly, too weak and inimical to dynamic change” Chris Ham warns that freedom of NHS organisations is being “reduced” as national bodies tighten “grip” A “national centre ...
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HSJ KnowledgeCCG Barometer: confidence higher on STPs than on planning
Sustainability and Transformation Plans and the achievement of financial balance feature prominently this quarter
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NewsNHS England ‘tightly in control of the purse strings’ for devo Manc
Details of the devolution arrangements for 2016-17 show key changes affecting specialised services Main changes involve budgets being delegated to a Greater Manchester chief officer, an employee of NHS England. Local leaders say arrangements are “consistent with what we set out to do by this point” King’s Fund experts ...
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NewsCarter savings ‘won’t be enough’, experts warn
The Carter report has illustrated how difficult it will be to extract further savings from the hospital sector, think tanks have warned.
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CommentGetting the measure of this year's NHS planning guidance
The planning guidance comes amid a backdrop of balancing finances and patient safety
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CommentMoves to rescue the DH's bottom line look increasingly desperate
As the NHS approaches the end of one of the toughest years in its history, the Deparment of Health is going to desperate measures not to bust its budget, writes Crispin Dowler
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CommentHow will services access the new Sustainability and Transformation Fund?
The Sustainability and Transformation Fund bears closer scrutiny and comes with a sting in the tail