All Productivity articles – Page 25
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Awards 2010: Quality and Productivity
Take a look at last year’s winners to help you put together a winning entry
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NewsPool NHS and social care budgets, says Confed acting chief exec
Pooled health and social care budgets should be considered in order to help get through the public sector spending squeeze, NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards has said.
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NewsTrusts should be ‘thinking big’ in their savings plans
Organisations making cash-releasing savings must embrace large scale change and “think big”, a myth-busting report by the NHS Confederation warns.
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NewsLeeds NHS trust 'may cut 300 jobs'
Bosses at an NHS mental health trust plan to save £11.4m by cutting 300 jobs over the next three years, the Yorkshire Post has reported.
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HSJ KnowledgeMental health innovation: how to drive quality from pilot to practice
Mental health services are providing the NHS with clear examples of quality and productivity projects that have significant outcomes, says Andy McKeon
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HSJ KnowledgeEssential items for your NHS recession survival kit
The lean thinking needed during hard economic times is an eye opener for better management, says Phil Kenmore
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NewsRobot hospital workers testing under way
A fleet of robots is to carry out day-to-day tasks at an NHS hospital, it has been revealed.
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NewsUK lagging on health efficiency efforts
The NHS is less efficient than other similar healthcare systems around the world, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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SupplementsIncreasing NHS efficiency: it's time to get tough
Enforcing savings while raising quality is not easy - but that is the challenge
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Comment'Don't doubt the government’s commitment to radical NHS reform'
It would be wise not to underestimate the government’s commitment to radical NHS reform.
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NewsPFI hospitals 'may have to cut services'
NHS trusts that have hospital building contracts with private firms may be forced to cut services, a report has said.
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NewsNHS consultants rely too heavily on trainees
Trusts are “frequently” failing to change the way consultants work, leading to an over-reliance on junior doctors, an independent review has found.
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NewsNHS budget 'should not be protected'
NHS spending should not escape the impending budget cuts that will affect the rest of the public sector, a think tank has said.
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NewsPCTs to lose responsibility for GPs
Primary care trusts will have their responsibilities radically stripped back under plans being developed by health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsPCTs falling out of love with management consultants
More than half of primary care trusts feel they “rarely” or “only sometimes” get an acceptable return on their investment in commissioning advice from management consultants.
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NewsHospitals to face financial penalties for readmitting patients
Hospitals will face financial penalties if patients are readmitted as an emergency within 30 days of being discharged, under government plans to be announced today.
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CommentJohn Deffenbaugh: let us exploit our canny GPs
Let’s tap into local doctors’ famous entrepreneurial nous - and pay them to manage demand on the NHS
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CommentMark Britnell on increasing NHS productivity
The new health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has already gone on public record to suggest that £15-20bn in efficiency savings may be needed.
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NewsHuge A&E attendance gaps revealed
The proportion of patients attending accident and emergency departments who are not sick enough to require an admission varies widely across England, unpublished data seen exclusively by HSJ reveals.
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LeaderMcKinsey report: unthinkable solutions set scene for NHS cuts
What lies behind the governments’s decision to publish the McKinsey report into NHS cost savings this week?