All NHS Improvement articles – Page 120
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NewsRegulators warned over 'mixed messages' to success regime
UCLPartners boss sets out concerns to Jim Mackey after experience with Essex success regime Sir David Fish cites unrealistic targets and insufficient central support for areas driving major reconfiguration Warns regulators that “old style” approaches would hamper collaboration However, he says he is “very impressed” with recent changes made ...
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NewsNHS Improvement: Trusts lost £65m of activity during strikes
Provider sector lost £65m of activity during strike days Emergency department performance improved on full walkout days NHS Improvement says it cannot be certain there were no clinical incidents for several weeks Strike action by junior doctors cost the NHS provider sector £65m in lost in activity, NHS ...
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NewsTrusts named for consultancy turnaround programme
NHS Improvement has revealed the 16 trusts in the first wave of its £25m turnaround programme.
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NewsRevealed: The best and worst financial performers in your region
Data collected by HSJ has revealed the acute trusts with the deepest financial problems, including three providers with a deficit of around 20 per cent of their turnover.
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Official figures reveal £2.45bn NHS provider deficit
Figures published by NHS Improvement show the provider sector ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £2.45bn.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: 2015-16 is the year that won't end
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Regulator to probe 'whistleblower' ambulance trust
REGULATION: NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust, following allegations made by a whistleblower.
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CommentThe firebreak is not enough and the plan is unravelling at frightening speed
All parts of the NHS must work together if the cataclysmic financial storm is to be survived
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NHS providers end year with £2.7bn deficit, HSJ research reveals
NHS providers have fallen almost £1bn short of their revised financial target for 2015-16, according to locally reported figures This is despite the positive impact of dozens of “capital to revenue transfers” Risk that Department of Health will breach its spending limit for the year, experts warn Charlesworth: DH ...
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NewsStevens warns trusts must make more savings this year
Some trusts were “mistaken” in believing they could choose their own level of deficit for 2016-17, Stevens says He warns that some trusts have still not agreed control totals and are forecasting “pretty big” deficits Warns that some trusts with large deficits in 2015-16 will need to “make more ...
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CommentWhy the DH may still have to reach into its pocket
Many trusts and CCGs may turn to the Department of Health for additional financial support in 2016-17
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News'Safe harbour' promise for NHS leaders planning controversial changes
Simon Stevens promises “safe harbour” for NHS leaders making controversial changes as part of STPs He says “support and shelter” needed to prevent “lots of leadership churn” as plans are implemented Cites Lancashire’s A&E downgrade as “a responsible set of actions under difficult circumstances” NHS leaders planning to ...
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News'Not true' that CCGs must always use competitive tenders, says regulator
NHS Improvement issues procurement guidance to CCGs Briefing note confirms new EU rules will force new contracts to be advertised Regulator emphasises alternatives to competitive tendering NHS Improvement has told commissioners that competitive tenders are not always needed to choose a provider, following the introduction of a strict ...
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HSJ LocalCambridgeshire trusts could merge by 2017
Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke to consider merging by April 2017 Outline business case says merging would deliver £9m savings a year The recommendation will be discussed by both trust boards next week Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust will consider a merger of the ...
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust to appoint new chief executive and chair
HSJ understands CEO and chair from neighbouring Ipswich Hospital are to replace incumbents at Colchester The duo will retain their Ipswich roles, it is understood Move follows regulators announcing trusts were to form a new “long term partnership” If confirmed, Ipswich CEO would become fifth chief at Colchester in ...
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NewsNHS Improvement reveals plans for major staff shake-up
NHS Improvement has begun consultation on new staff structure with 1,113 full-time equivalents, down from 1,244 last year Large number of vacancies means it expects to make only a few redundancies Regulator aims to move to single oversight model for trusts and FTs in 3-6 months, staff told It ...
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LeaderThe Carter review is not motoring, it is stuck in the garage
HSJ makes no apology for returning to the question of how the NHS is expected to deliver the punishing efficiency targets it has been handed for this parliament. There is no greater challenge and failure to deliver poses no greater threat for the health service.
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CommentThe public needs to know where the buck stops
One year as an MP and I’m still none the wiser about lines of accountability in the NHS
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NewsProblems at Southern Health 'not a one off'
NHS England’s national clinical director for learning disability says problems identified at Southern Health not confined to one provider Dominic Slowie says failure to properly investigate and learn from the deaths of people with learning disabilities reflect “societal attitude” NHS England has launched the world’s first national review of ...
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NewsExclusive: Southern Health could be split up, sources say
Southern Health Foundation Trust could be broken up or another inquiry ordered Health secretary was due to consider the options for the trust’s future Future of Southern Health’s leadership unclear The trust at the centre of a care quality row could be broken up, HSJ understands. This is ...