All Productivity articles – Page 3
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NewsCarter sets out £500m emergency care efficiency opportunity
The NHS could deliver around £500m of annual savings by squeezing out unwarranted variation in ambulance performance, operations and procurement, a major review published today concluded.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Starting from underwater
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentMore intelligent approach needed to redesign outpatient services
With outpatient activity often ignored in policy creation, Nigel Edwards delineates the learnings from an event held to hear from people who have fundamentally changed outpatient services
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NewsConsultants 'singled out for special punishment' says BMA leader
Medical consultants were “singled out for special punishment” by the government’s “disappointing” pay offer, a leading member of the British Medical Association has told HSJ.
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CommentRunning to stand still
In light of the extra £20.5bn NHS funding, Anita Charlesworth outlines the various cost pressures that will likely consume most of the extra funding before improvements in quality and access can materialise
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NewsStandalone community trusts meet safe staffing plans more often
One third of community hospitals missed their safe staffing plans every month for at least three years, HSJ analysis suggests.
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CommentOne year waiters up 13 pc in June
The rise in one year waiters has accelerated, with most of these ultra long waiters highly concentrated in a small number of providers, warns Rob Findlay
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NewsMore suppliers may benefit new NHS buying model, says purchasing chief
The drive to centralise how the NHS buys products will not necessarily mean reducing the number of suppliers, according to a procurement leader.
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Trust debts could be written off says Dalton
Ian Dalton says NHS providers will need to achieve higher levels of productivity than those achieved last year, despite the extra funding provided by the government.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Taking the financial hit from the pay deals
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentLeadership vacancies in the NHS
An upcoming report has found that the role of leaders is changing as we move towards integrated care with significant efforts needed to build a pipeline of leaders, say Saffron Cordery and Suzie Bailey
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CommentWhat the NHS can learn from the Battle of Britain
The NHS can learn from Britain’s iconic national battle but only if we understand what really happened and ignore naive popular myths, writes Stephen Black
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CommentIn the debate over AI access to patients, the consumer’s voice is critical
Access and appropriate use of healthcare could be improved and people could have more control of their health with the use of artificial intelligence, writes Halima Khan
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The Treasury’s new financial rules for the NHS
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsCarter review: NHS can save £1bn in community and mental health services
Lord Carter’s efficiency review into community and mental health services has suggested the sector can save £1bn by 2020-21.
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NewsCarter: Integrated acute and community trusts are more efficient
EXCLUSIVE: NHS productivity tsar Lord Carter has said integration of acute and community trusts would improve efficiency.
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CommentWhat does the NHS's new medicines savings drive mean for pharma?
Steve How and Sue Thomas, of Wilmington Healthcare, explore how pharma should engage with CCGs on prescribing saving targets
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NewsGIRFT looking for three new clinical leads
The Getting It Right First Time programme is recruiting clinical leaders to head its new mental health workstreams.
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts spending on agency staff by half
A trust has cut its spending on agency staff by half through greater use of electronic rostering.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How to solve a King's sized problem
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover