All Lord Carter articles – Page 3
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The next Forward View for Mental Health
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsTrusts face wait until 2019 for savings from procurement shake-up
NHS trusts should not start planning for savings through the new national procurement model until 2019-20, a senior Department of Health official has said.
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HSJ LocalTrusts consider new pathology hub at university
NHS leaders in Lancashire are hopeful that four acute trusts will agree to consolidate pathology services on a university site in the north of the county, in a project that would cost £31m.
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NewsTrust subsidiary companies are not 'VAT scam', minister says
Hospital trusts have set up 39 wholly owned subsidiary companies to run parts of their estate and back office functions.
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NewsRevealed: FT redundancy pay outs fall by more than a quarter
The amount spent on redundancy payments by foundation trusts has fallen significantly over the past three financial years, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsLatest Carter review identifies nearly £200m in back-office savings
Findings from Lord Carter’s efficiency review into mental and community health services has identified almost £200m of potential savings through scaling up trusts’ corporate services.
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HSJ KnowledgeUplifting NHS estates to build quality care
Graham Spence on the quiet revolution helping people transform their wellbeing
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NewsMcNeil: Trust boards not looking at e-prescribing 'need to be sacked'
NHS’s top digital clinician has said acute trust boards that are not looking seriously at electronic prescribing should be sacked.
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CommentCowper's Cut: Productivity and pressure
With Jeremy Hunt saying that future pay rises might be partly linked to productivity improvements, Andy Cowper points out that measuring productivity in healthcare is hard, even as the pressure increases cheating instances
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NewsNine trusts plan pharma network to save £17m
Nine acute trusts are collaborating on a pharmaceutical network that could achieve efficiency savings estimated at more than £17m.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Goodbye CCGs, hello SCFs
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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CommentNHS trusts may have held their own in Q1, but risks are growing
Savings have been made and costs reduced, but the deficit forecast remains troubling
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust raises concerns over tie up with smaller hospitals
Concerns have been raised by a teaching trust that consolidating its back office with two smaller local trusts may not deliver direct savings for the larger provider, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRegulator shifts costs of 'hugely successful' efficiency tool to trusts
NHS trusts will be asked to partly fund a price comparison tool that helps deliver savings in procurement, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: Major expansion of 'model hospital' to STPs and CCGs
The “model hospital” system for measuring trusts’ productivity and efficiency is to be expanded over the next two years to CCGs, STPs and ACOs, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Carving up Greater Manchester
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England from Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalThree trusts merge departments in efficiency drive
Procurements chiefs are hoping collaboration between three acute trusts will lead to millions of pounds of savings, after winning permission to set up a “cluster”.
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NewsFuture unclear for key NHS efficiency tool amid questions over funding
The future of price comparison tool that has helped NHS trusts generate significant savings is uncertain, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS 'running ahead' of procurement savings plan, says DH director
The NHS’s new procurement model could result in greater savings than planned, a Department of Health official has said.
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NewsRevealed: Consultancy paid up to £20m to set up new NHS procurement body
A consultancy firm will be paid up to £20m to help set up the body managing the new NHS procurement model, HSJ can reveal