All NHS Improvement articles – Page 124
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News'Very few' NHS contracts agreed after 'challenging' negotiations
Regulators say planning round for 2016-17 has been “very challenging” Few providers have signed contracts with commissioners Deadline for operational plans pushed back by a week Regulators have extended the deadline for NHS providers to submit their operational plans for the current financial year because “very few” have ...
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NewsExclusive: Mackey intervenes in escalating contracts row
NHS Improvement chief executive issues strong statement on row over 2016-17 contracts and incentive payments Commissioners given until Friday to issue “reasonable” contract offers Jim Mackey acknowledges providers “very unhappy” about NHS England CQUIN proposals NHSI in discussion with NHS England to “find a solution” The chief executive ...
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HSJ LocalTrust chief stands down after 19 years to lead success regime
Angela Pedder to stand down as chief executive of Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust after 19 years Ms Pedder to become “lead chief executive” for northern, eastern and western Devon success regime Also named as “sustainability and transformation plan” lead for overall Devon footprint Angela Pedder is ...
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NewsFormer DH finance chief joins NHS Improvement board
Former Department of Health finance chief Richard Douglas has been named as a non-executive director at NHS Improvement.
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NewsNew rules planned to prevent 'blacklisting' of NHS whistleblowers
New regulations will be created after powers granted to the health secretary in 2015 following the Freedom to Speak Up Review Sir Robert Francis QC said his review heard evidence from whistleblowers suggesting some were being blacklisted by NHS organisations Regulations covering all NHS trusts and national bodies will ...
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NewsRegulators unlikely to support 'block contracts' for elective care
NHS organisations that want to switch their payment system away from tariff based contracts for elective care are unlikely to be supported by regulators, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMonitor authorises FTs in last wave before 'revised approach'
Monitor has authorised two community trusts as part of what could be the last wave of new foundation trusts.
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CommentLord Carter: improved medicines management is key to achieving the vision
Lord Carter has thrown down the gauntlet to pharmacy departments
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CommentSustainability and transformation plans: an opportunity to see the wood for the trees
STPs are the first time the NHS has got serious about populations, rather than organisations
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NewsHunt: my biggest mistake
Jeremy Hunt has said that his biggest mistake to date as health secretary was to rely too heavily on inspection to improve poor care before he realised that culture change would have a greater impact.
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NewsTransparency league table problems not a 'question of competence'
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has dismissed as “harsh” a suggestion that problems with the recently published “learning from mistakes” league table raised a “question of competence” over the government’s handling of improvement initiatives.
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NewsFrancis adviser to lead inquiry into 'heart breaking' baby death
Professor Peter Hutton will lead inquiry into care and treatment of Elizabeth Dixon National patient safety director says her parents deserve answers Health secretary Jeremy Hunt intervened after PHSO and NHS England declined to investigate An adviser to the Mid Staffs public inquiry will lead an investigation into ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts told to improve bottom line by tens of millions
HSJ has obtained financial “control totals” for nearly a third of acute trusts NHS Improvement has already released “sustainability and transformation funding” allocations for every provider for 2016-17 King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust must deliver the biggest improvement compared to 2015-16 Regulators are banking on a major turnaround ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's New in Care Models: A detailed look at PACS
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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NewsExclusive: Hundreds more hidden patients waiting 52 weeks for treatment
HSJ uncovers nearly 400 more patients waiting more than a year for treatment Official data said 722 patients were waiting more than 52 weeks as of January Discovery follows revelation of 1,015 year-plus waiters at Barking, Havering and Redbridge At least 378 more patients than previously thought have ...
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News47 trust chiefs and chairs to be NHS Improvement advisers
NHS Improvement has brought together two advisory panels composed of chairs and chief executives from NHS trusts.
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CommentThe fault is not in tendering but in how the NHS goes about it
The collapse of UnitingCare is symptomatic of the NHS’s inexperience in tendering and a legacy of local contracting arguments
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NewsTrusts must apply and pay for new turnaround process
Trusts which receive turnaround support from consultancies will have to apply to Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority for it and pay for it themselves.
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News'Accountable care system' plan revealed for Berkshire
Sign up for the What’s New in Care Models expert briefing NHS leaders have revealed plans to establish an “accountable care system” serving the population around Reading and west Berkshire.
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NewsMapped: The 44 confirmed STP footprints
HSJ’s map reveals the configuration of sustainability and transformation plan footprints, or health systems, across England.