All Nuffield Trust articles – Page 16
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CommentLet's recruit, develop and plan leadership differently
Senior roles in NHS organisations can be performed collectively
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NewsHospital chiefs give thumbs down to purchaser-provider split
Hospital chief executives believe there is little value in separating the NHS into commissioners and providers, a new HSJ survey has found.
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CommentMichael White: the NHS's birthday presents
As a 65 year old, the NHS should also have someone caring for it
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CommentThe ultimate squeeze of NHS funds
How much, and for how long, can the prices paid to NHS providers be tightened?
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CommentWhy specialist hospitals aren't like Hilton hotels
The limitations of using the ‘friends and family’ test in emergency care
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NewsNon-foundation trusts to face 5.1 per cent saving target
The NHS trust sector is looking to cut £1.5bn from its cost base this year in a squeeze that could prompt questions about the viability of some organisations, David Flory has revealed.
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CommentLessons from key leaders departing the NHS
Advice from a generation of NHS leaders for their successors
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CommentOfsted-style ratings can only work with conditions
Hospitals are too complex for a simple ratings system
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News'Star rating' style system back on the agenda for NHS
Hospitals and care homes will receive single quality ratings under plans being developed by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNuffield Trust: Patient views vital post-Francis
The Nuffield Trust has given its strong backing to the Francis Report’s call for better engagement with patients across the health service.
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NewsGPs could be first for Ofsted ratings
GPs could be the first healthcare providers to be subject to new Ofsted-style ratings but it could take up to five years to develop the system for hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
More thought and action is required to improve
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NewsCommunity services to be focus of extended competition
Community services worth billions of pounds are likely to be made subject to increased competition by guidance to be developed under controversial new secondary legislation, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersWebinar: should the NHS use Ofsted-style ratings?
The challenges and benefits of Ofsted-style ratings
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NewsMonitor could regulate managers in response to Francis
Robert Francis QC’s proposal to extend the scope of the “fit and proper person” test for directors of NHS providers could lead to Monitor regulating individual managers, the chief executive of the regulator has told HSJ.
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CommentPodcast: 'Commissioners have to deliver quality care'
Judith Smith responds to the Francis report
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NewsAt least 10 PCTs to be bailed out by peers in 2012-13
At least 10 primary care trusts would face finishing 2012-13 in the red without loans or bailouts from their neighbouring commissioners, HSJ research has found.
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CommentSize vs quality? Examining hospital mergers
Reviewing the evidence into the effectiveness of mergers
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NewsOfsted rating approach 'too simple' for the NHS
The group asked to look into Ofsted-style ratings in health and social care may set out a long term “road map” for the introduction of a system, but believes a comparison with the schools’ regulator is “too simple”.