All NHS Improvement articles – Page 89
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NewsAutumn budget 2017: How to tell if the NHS has won or lost
The chancellor is expected to announce new funding for the NHS in the budget. HSJ highlights what to look out for and what the government will want in return.
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CommentThe financial picture for trusts in Q2
Tim Connolly shares his insights into the latest quarterly financial and performance figures for the provider sector from NHS Improvement
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HSJ LocalBoard warned over 'burnt out' staff and vacancies
An NHS trust has increased nurse staffing levels in its acute admissions unit and is changing its shift patterns to more flexible rotas to tackle widespread nursing vacancies.
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NewsTrusts must reduce deficits by two-thirds to hit official forecast
NHS trusts must reduce their combined monthly deficit to £107m to meet the official forecast figures in the second half of 2017-18, after recording a monthly deficit of almost £300m in the first half of the year.
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HSJ LocalTop teaching trust sees major deterioration in financial position
A major trust has been forced to reforecast its finances after a £44m drop against plan in the first six months of the year.
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HSJ LocalSir Leonard Fenwick misses chance to launch tribunal
The deadline for disgraced former trust chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick to launch an employment tribunal against his former employer has expired, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Getting tough on 'indefensible practice'
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A Budget for putting politics above prosperity
We’re approaching a moment when a government that has been warned that the NHS funding situation will threaten quality, access and safety is going to choose to ignore that warning, says Andy Cowper in the runup to the Budget
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HSJ LocalMental health chief executive to take over at acute trust
A mental health trust chief executive will lead a neighbouring acute trust as part of a hospital chain, HSJ understands.
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NewsGovernment signs off London health devolution deal
London’s long awaited health devolution deal has been signed off by government, following months of delay.
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NewsNHS provider sector deficit forecast sinks by more than £150m
The year-end deficit projection for the NHS provider sector has worsened by more than a quarter, NHS Improvement’s latest figures reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts urged to review 'advanced practice' staff
NHS organisations should review staff who have been given the title ‘advanced’ as part of their role and guard against ‘unconscious incompetence’, new guidance says.
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NewsExclusive: One in four hospital trusts routinely pay suppliers late
More than a quarter of hospital trusts are now routinely delaying payments to their suppliers because of cash flow problems, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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CommentSupport local leaders or risk having no leaders in future
The NHS’s current management approach favours the stick rather than the carrot, leading to huge pressures on local leaders and could undermine the success of STPs, warns Helen Buckingham
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NewsCCGs spend millions on consultancy for stalled reconfiguration
Commissioners in north west London spent £36m on consultancy firms over the last four financial years – including millions on service redesign recently stalled by NHS Improvement.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Swimming with no trunks on
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Inadequate trust to get rating upgrade despite maternity concerns
A trust in the West Midlands is expected to have its overall rating upgraded from inadequate to requires improvement, but will keep the inadequate rating for its struggling maternity services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsQuarter of hospital patients denied rapid review – even on weekdays
More than a quarter of patients do not see a consultant within the first 14 hours of admission, new data from NHS England reveals.
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CommentDo not overlook the real achievements of PFI
Paul Ridout on the role of PFI in the improvement of NHS facilities
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NewsNew Getting It Right First Time leads announced
Clinical leads for three areas of the Getting It Right First Time programme have been announced.