All Productivity articles – Page 26
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NewsScotland saves £3m in on demand nursing costs
The cost of employing bank and agency nursing staff in the Scottish NHS has fallen by more than £3m, official statistics show.
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NewsLost theatre time opportunity
Acute foundation trusts lose a third of their operating theatre time to late starts and early finishes by clinical teams, according to research presented by the Foundation Trust Network.
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NewsNHS leaders ‘must support’ clinical practice change
NHS leaders are being urged to support changes to clinical practice it is hoped will save more than £9bn a year.
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CommentThe bones of a PCT recovery plan
PCTs’ plans for the tough times ahead need both the right ‘anatomy’ and ‘physiology’
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NewsDo not cut specialist roles, warns SHA chief
Specialist members of the NHS workforce must not be sacrificed in order to find efficiency savings, a government advisor and strategic health authority chief executive has warned.
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News'Fundamental weaknesses' in budget spending questioned
MSPs have raised concerns about “fundamental weaknesses” in the way NHS managers are spending their budgets.
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NewsC diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
NHS boards in Scotland are being asked to meet an increased target in the reduction of over-65s catching Clostridium difficile in their hospitals - placing the figure now at 50%.
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NewsObama’s ‘chief mobiliser’ working with NHS
The man behind Barack Obama’s presidential election campaign is working with the NHS Institute on a campaign to engage frontline staff on improving productivity.
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NewsProductivity gains unlikely without clinician 'buy in' and better information
Improving information quality and getting clinicians “on board” are crucial if the NHS is to improve its productivity, a management consultant has warned.
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NewsConservatives warming to vertical integration, says Nuffield director
The Conservatives are warming towards the vertical integration of community services, the director of the Nuffield Trust has told a meeting at the NHS Confederation annual conference in Liverpool.
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NewsManagers need to be 'open' with staff about redundancy risk
NHS managers must be honest with staff about the possibility of redundancies when they talk to them about the need to improve productivity, workforce experts have told delegates.
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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