News – Page 449
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NewsRevealed: First ratings of all 44 STPs
STPs have been publicly rated for the first time, with five labelled outstanding and five placed in the lowest category of “needs most improvement”.
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NewsMapped: STP ratings, finances and system performance
Exploring STPs’ ratings, leadership, finances, emergency care performance and delayed transfers.
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NewsNHS England names 'ineffective' medicines for savings drive
NHS England is to consult over limiting the prescription of “low value” products costing £141m a year including homeopathy and herbal medicines.
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NewsNHS trusts' spending grew faster than GPs' in 2016-17
Current spending on general practice grew by 2 per cent in 2016-17 – the largest cash terms increase in several years, but less than NHS trusts and almost flat in real terms – annual accounts suggest.
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NewsHSJ launches new Healthcare Partnership Awards
HSJ has launched the HSJ Healthcare Partnership Awards, which look to identify, put the spotlight on and celebrate the best products and services being used by the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: 18 'high calibre' leads appointed to major NHS improvement programme
Leading consultants have been appointed to lead 14 national reviews aimed at improving efficiency and reducing unwarranted variation in NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts told to 'go further' on agency spending crackdown
Agency spending in the NHS is still “unsustainable” and trusts must “go further” in cutting costs, NHS Improvement has said.
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NewsTribunal backs CQC in row over 'shaping the market'
A tribunal has backed the Care Quality Commission after a legal challenge accusing it of acting “outside of its powers” in refusing to register a new learning disability facility.
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NewsLord Darzi weighs in to 'utterly astonishing' specialist trust row
Professor Lord Ara Darzi has weighed into the row over the future of specialist services in England.
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NewsExclusive: Financial pressure should not stop quality improvement, says report
Quality improvement is not a “pipedream” for mental health providers despite the current financial climate, a new King’s Fund report has concluded.
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News'Too much poor care' in mental health providers
The Care Quality Commission is to “strengthen” its policy on using restraint in mental health services following a new report into the sector’s performance.
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NewsRevealed: 'Strongest' STPs share £325m of new investment
National leaders have announced which health economies will receive a share of the £325m of extra capital funding that was pledged to the NHS in the spring budget.
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NewsFormer trust chief to chair STP 'undergoing refresh'
Sir Ron Kerr has been appointed as independent chair of troubled South West sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsInterview: Trust chiefs must be supported to change NHS culture
NHS regulators must do more to enable trust leaders to try and improve culture in their organisations, a leading expert on system safety and “just culture” has said.
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NewsDaily Insight: Something for everyone at STP jamboree
The must read stories in health from Wednesday
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Man guilty of NHS pension fraud
A man has pleaded guilty to claiming almost £28,000 from his dead mother’s NHS pension after being caught by a national fraud prevention programme.
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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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NewsDH reports underspend of £563m
The Department of Health has reported an underspend of £563m for 2016-17, but auditors said it was still “some way from achieving financial sustainability”.