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27 Jul 15
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has set out the next step for reforms to urgent and emergency care in the health service, with eight parts of the country being chosen to trial widespread...
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22 Jul 15
The NHS in England needs a ringfenced transformation fund, separate from the £8bn increase already planned by government, to support the essential transformation of services as part of the Five Year...
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20 Jul 15
A new cancer strategy for England aims to save an additional 30,000 lives by the end of the decade through a series of care improvements and a renewed focus on public health initiatives.
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16 Jul 15
Spending controls being introduced in the NHS, including restrictions on the use of agency workers, are unlikely to result in savings, health service finance directors have warned.
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13 Jul 15
Health payment systems are not fit for the purpose of providing integrated, patient-centred care. What should be done?
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10 Jul 15
Successful changes in past practice point the way to future improvements in the cost-effectiveness of healthcare, according to the King’s Fund
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8 Jul 15
The NHS needs clarity on when the £8bn funding boost for health service confirmed by the chancellor today will be available for service transformation
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8 Jul 15
The National Health Service is to get an extra £8bn in funding, chancellor George Osborne said in his Budget speech.
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8 Jul 15
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has urged local councils to reach out to their communities to talk about the importance of health and prevention.
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7 Jul 15
The NHS internal market has become a barrier to collaboration. The health service must become less transactional and focus more on adding value for patients
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3 Jul 15
Nine out of ten NHS hospital trusts are expecting to be in deficit at the end of the current financial year, a poll by the King’s Fund has found.
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25 Jun 15
A renewed focus on cost management across the NHS is needed as part of efforts to deliver reforms set out in the health service’s Five Year Forward View, the Health Foundation said today.
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22 Jun 15
If the NHS is to rise to the efficiency challenge, it needs to start tracking what it has got, who it employs and where everything and everyone is.
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22 Jun 15
Government changes to UK immigration rules could “cause chaos” in the NHS and cost the health service millions of pounds, the Royal College of Nursing has warned today.
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19 Jun 15
Jeremy Hunt has launched a review of the measures used to assess the quality of care in GP practices, with performance scorecards set to form part of “a new deal” for primary care.
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18 Jun 15
It may only be five weeks since the general election, but there has already been a veritable blizzard of announcements coming from the Department of Health and national NHS organisations. So many in...
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11 Jun 15
A NHS productivity review has found that as much as £5bn could be saved annually across the health service through procurement improvements and changes to rotas to minimise the use of agency...
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11 Jun 15
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is to merge the chief executive posts at Monitor and the Trust Development Authority as part of an effort to improve the coordination between the NHS watchdogs.
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9 Jun 15
The current commissioning system for health and social care is “unsustainable” and councils and NHS clinical commissioning groups should be tasked with developing local integration plans from 2017, a...
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8 Jun 15
Clamping down on the costs of NHS agency staff misses the wider problem: hospital trusts are finding it very difficult to fill nursing posts.
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5 Jun 15
Better measurement of the outcomes from NHS spending will be a key factor in meeting the efficiency target in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View. Finance professionals must focus on driving...
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4 Jun 15
NHS England is to intervene directly in the running of health services in three areas of England in an attempt to overcome systemic issues that are hindering improvement in regional health economies.
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4 Jun 15
Scottish health secretary Shona Robison has promised further reform of the NHS in Scotland, following a joint warning from the major medical and nursing colleges that the current target-driven...
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3 Jun 15
A poll of more than 300 NHS chief executives has found that nearly all believe that reductions in social care funding are leading to increased pressures on the health service.
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2 Jun 15
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a crackdown on the use of agency staff in the NHS, accusing agencies of ‘ripping off’ the health service.