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4 Feb 19
Hospitals could carry out more than 290,000 extra routine operations each year if they improved the way they schedule surgeries, according to a health watchdog.
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3 Jan 19
CIPFA members Jon Thompson, chief executive of HMRC, and former NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey were among a host of public servants named in the Queen’s New Year Honours...
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27 Nov 18
NHS Improvement guidance on wholly owned subsidiaries places “unwelcome extra administrative burden” on trusts, according to sector bodies.
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13 Nov 18
In these times of financial constraint, setting up a wholly owned subsidiary should continue to be a tool in the box health trusts can use, argue NHS Providers’ David Williams and Adam Wright....
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3 Aug 18
Switching to cheaper NHS medicines does not impact the effectiveness of treatment, according to the agency responsible for overseeing health care providers.
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29 Nov 17
Ian Dalton will take over as chief executive of NHS Improvement at the start of next week, replacing Jim Mackey who has held the post for the past two years.
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25 Oct 17
Hospitals are wasting two hours of operating time a day due to avoidable factors such as late starts, details released from a forthcoming NHS Improvement study have suggested.
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11 Aug 17
Health watchdogs will soon grade NHS hospital trusts on how efficiently they use their resources alongside reviews of the standard of care they provide.
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21 Jul 17
Richard Douglas has been named interim chair of NHS Improvement until 31 December, or until the appointment of a new permanent chair is that is earlier.
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16 Jun 17
NHS providers have succeeded in cutting their deficit by two-thirds over the financial year just ended, however the service missed its target by more than £200m, official figures have shown.
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9 Dec 16
Widespread variation and excessive medical locum costs continue to hamper the NHS’s financial performance, NHS Improvement head Jim Mackey has said.
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21 Nov 16
NHS providers recorded a deficit of £648m in the first six months of the financial year, almost £1bn lower than in the same period last year, according to figures from NHS Improvement.
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21 Nov 16
Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS Improvement, talks exclusively to PF about deficits, determination – and thinking outside the silos
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18 Oct 16
Three more hospital trusts are to enter a financial special measures programme run by NHS Improvement due to “significant concerns” about their finances, the regulator has announced.
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17 Oct 16
Spending by hospital trusts on agency staff is to be published in annual league tables under plans issued by NHS Improvement today.
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23 Sep 16
New spending limits for regional health systems have been proposed in a two-year blueprint for the NHS, which expands the use of Sustainability and Transformation Plans to drive reforms across the...
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14 Sep 16
Hospital trusts will be able to earn increased autonomy under a new regulatory framework published by NHS Improvement, which could also see hospitals outwith the special measures regime receiving "...
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24 Aug 16
NHS trusts need to reset their financial performance to tackle deficits, and NHS Improvement and others are working with them to achieve this
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19 Aug 16
Four foundation trusts have been accredited by watchdog NHS Improvement to lead the creation of hospital chains intended to help share best practice across the health service.
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3 Aug 16
The plan by national NHS bodies to get NHS finances back on track is welcome. But there is a danger it could give the impression that the problem is all down to financial management
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2 Aug 16
National NHS bodies have proposed creating a two-year payment tariff in the health service in a bid to increase certainty across the sector following the announcement of a financial reset.
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21 Jul 16
National NHS bodies today intervened to “reset” the health service’s finances and put them on a sustainable footing.
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29 Apr 16
NHS Improvement has called on hospital finance chiefs to do more to help “get a grip” on agency spending as part of efforts to improve the financial sustainability of the health service.
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11 Feb 16
The NHS’s new watchdog has revealed how it intends to help providers “get a grip” on the finances of the health service.
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16 Dec 15
Nearly half of the £3.8bn funding increase for the NHS next year is being ringfenced in a sustainability and transformation fund intended to improve the financial health of the service.
4 Feb 19Hospitals could carry out more than 290,000 extra routine operations each year if they improved the way they schedule surgeries, according to a health watchdog.
3 Jan 19CIPFA members Jon Thompson, chief executive of HMRC, and former NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey were among a host of public servants named in the Queen’s New Year Honours...
27 Nov 18NHS Improvement guidance on wholly owned subsidiaries places “unwelcome extra administrative burden” on trusts, according to sector bodies.
13 Nov 18In these times of financial constraint, setting up a wholly owned subsidiary should continue to be a tool in the box health trusts can use, argue NHS Providers’ David Williams and Adam Wright....
3 Aug 18Switching to cheaper NHS medicines does not impact the effectiveness of treatment, according to the agency responsible for overseeing health care providers.
29 Nov 17Ian Dalton will take over as chief executive of NHS Improvement at the start of next week, replacing Jim Mackey who has held the post for the past two years.
25 Oct 17Hospitals are wasting two hours of operating time a day due to avoidable factors such as late starts, details released from a forthcoming NHS Improvement study have suggested.
21 Jul 17Richard Douglas has been named interim chair of NHS Improvement until 31 December, or until the appointment of a new permanent chair is that is earlier.
16 Jun 17NHS providers have succeeded in cutting their deficit by two-thirds over the financial year just ended, however the service missed its target by more than £200m, official figures have shown.
21 Nov 16NHS providers recorded a deficit of £648m in the first six months of the financial year, almost £1bn lower than in the same period last year, according to figures from NHS Improvement.
21 Nov 16Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS Improvement, talks exclusively to PF about deficits, determination – and thinking outside the silos
18 Oct 16Three more hospital trusts are to enter a financial special measures programme run by NHS Improvement due to “significant concerns” about their finances, the regulator has announced.
17 Oct 16Spending by hospital trusts on agency staff is to be published in annual league tables under plans issued by NHS Improvement today.
23 Sep 16New spending limits for regional health systems have been proposed in a two-year blueprint for the NHS, which expands the use of Sustainability and Transformation Plans to drive reforms across the...
14 Sep 16Hospital trusts will be able to earn increased autonomy under a new regulatory framework published by NHS Improvement, which could also see hospitals outwith the special measures regime receiving "...
24 Aug 16NHS trusts need to reset their financial performance to tackle deficits, and NHS Improvement and others are working with them to achieve this
19 Aug 16Four foundation trusts have been accredited by watchdog NHS Improvement to lead the creation of hospital chains intended to help share best practice across the health service.
3 Aug 16The plan by national NHS bodies to get NHS finances back on track is welcome. But there is a danger it could give the impression that the problem is all down to financial management
