All QIPP articles – Page 20
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HSJ Local
NHS Blackpool to consult on possible closure of four hospitals
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is planning to consult on a savings plan which could result in the closure of four community hospitals across the Fylde coast area, board documents show.
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HSJ Local
NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan outlines £13.4m savings plans for 2011-12
FINANCE: The primary care trust has identified £13.4m of “firm savings” it can make to bridge its 2011-12 “funding gap”, board papers show.
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NewsHow good is the NHS at improving quality?
HSJ is conducting a survey of healthcare managers, senior professionals and decision makers in the sector to understand the application of, and barriers to, quality systems in the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe smoother pathways leading to reduced length of stay
Speeding up admission and smoothing discharge has reaped rewards in reducing length of stay. Mark Eaton explains.
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NewsUnder pressure trusts prepare financial cuts
The impact of this year’s significant savings plans on wards, beds, pay bills and staff at some of England’s most financially vulnerable trusts have been revealed in an analysis of 2011-12 business plans.
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Comment
The barriers to achieving cost effective interventions
A lack of clarity around the effectiveness of out of hospital interventions is preventing their potential cost efficiencies from being realised. But, says Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon, there are reasons to be cheerful.
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HSJ KnowledgeEmpowering clinicians and nurses to drive QIPP best practice
In a climate that sees medical professionals operating under conditions of extreme uncertainty, gaining a willingness from them to assess proactively and further change areas of their practice requires a clear demonstration of the benefits – both to the patient and the clinician.
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NewsNHS finance bosses 'concerned' over productivity targets
NHS finance directors are already warning their plans to improve productivity in 2011-12 may not be met, less than a month into the financial year.
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HSJ KnowledgeStepping up: the collaborative approach to becoming a model of innovation
A group of organisations has developed a stepped approach for healthcare services to identify the best ways of joining forces in the search for bigger savings.
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NewsUnitedHealth pulls out of UK primary care provision
American private health insurance giant UnitedHealth is pulling out of the UK market for primary care provision, saying it wants to focus on its commissioning support business.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a leaner integrated approach improved older person services at a reduced cost
Gateshead has taken a joint approach to improving services and reducing costs, with a particular focus on older people’s services and long term conditions. Sue Mundy and Eirian Lewis explain the leaner approach.
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NewsFoundation trust advised to 'run down' hospital
Lawyers advised a cash-strapped foundation trust wanting to close a community hospital that it could bypass public consultation by “running down” the service on “efficiency” grounds.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorkforce productivity and the role of consultant nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists
A study in the North West on the merits of non-medical consultant roles has produced major insight into how these position can improve workforce productivity. Consultant Chris Mullen and NHS North West colleagues Juliette Swift, Ann Gavin-Daley and Helen Kilgannon report.
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NewsVariation in surgery rates hints at savings potential
There is a “persistent and widespread” variation in the proportion of NHS patients undergoing operations in different areas in England, a King’s Fund report has found.
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HSJ Local
Southport and Ormskirk plans £8.6m savings for 2011-12
FINANCE: The trust aims to make efficiency savings of 5 per cent in 2011-12, or £8.6m, its draft budget for the year states.
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News
Consortia to handle PCTs' savings burden
Primary care trusts with some of the toughest financial challenges in England are handing responsibility for the huge savings they must make this year to pathfinder commissioning consortia.
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HSJ KnowledgeMaking lean improvements to drive up the quality of mental health care
Two years ago, the Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust focused on a project to drive quality and performance based on a lean improvement framework. The resulting patient care quality has been ‘remarkable’.
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NewsNHS productivity increases by 0.7 per cent
NHS productivity has crept up slightly after more than a decade of overall decline, figures suggest.
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HSJ KnowledgeChanging information into valuable data for the new, local NHS
As the government’s reforms being to take shape, embracing change and utilising information to drive UK healthcare forward is central for general practices, trusts, managers and clinicians. Paul Fitzsimmons explains the role business intelligence must play in enabling organisations to understand the new health economy.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow e-learning helps empower clinicians to drive down infections
With managers facing up to the challenges posed by reform, alongside the “do more, better, for less” mantra of the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention agenda, the NHS is eager to find ways to further focus clinicians on the need to drive through improvements in patient care and outcomes.