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Seven Day Working and Much More: Aiming for a More Patient-Centred, Transparent and Safe NHS (Department of Health)

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has re-asserted his intention to pursue the New Deal for GPs, and seven day NHS services generally; if necessary by removing the weekend working opt-out in new hospital consultants’ contracts. NHS Improvement Plans for the … Continue reading →

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Balancing Quality and Finance (NHS Confederation)

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This NHS Confederation briefing summarises a round table discussion about how NHS might achieve the best balance between the need to control or reduce costs and the aim of providing better care. This briefing was produced in partnership with … Continue reading →

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Seven-Day Services Across the NHS (NHS England / HFMA / BBC News)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England’s National Medical Director, Sir Bruce Keogh, has made available more information about plans for seven day services across the NHS (based on findings from the Forum on NHS Services, Seven Days a Week) to be introduced over … Continue reading →

Payment by Results: Payment Systems in the NHS (HFMA / Kings Fund)

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The King’s Fund, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and Monitor held a workshop for finance leaders to debate the NHS payments system. While the benefits of payment by results (PBR) are acknowledged, the system governing payments is said to … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK | Tagged Affordability, Ageing Population, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Best Practice Tariffs, Capitation, Chief Finance Officers (CFOs), Emergency Admissions, Financial Fragmentation in the NHS, Financial Incentives, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Fragmentation of Services and Commissioning, From Penalties Towards Collaboration, Funding and Admissions, Health Funding, Health: Financing, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, Incentives and Investment, Local Discretion and Experimentation, Local Discretion and Innovation, Long-Term Conditions, Marginal Rate Emergency Tariff, Monitor, National Tariff, NHS Finances, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Payments System, NHS Tariffs, Outcomes-Based Contracts, Partial Coverage, Payment by Results (PbR), Payment for Outcomes Not Outputs, Payments to Incentivise Service Transformation, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Public Health Funding, Readmissions, Rules-Based Systems, Service Transformation, Tariff Income, Variations in Quality of Care, Whole-System Approaches | Leave a comment

HFMA and GPhC Responses to the Francis Report (HFMA)

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This briefing and policy statement from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is a response to the Francis Inquiry report. It proposes changes to the culture of the NHS finance profession, which came under some criticism in the inquiry, … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Best Use of Resources, CFOs, Chief Finance Officers (CFOs), Clinical Engagement in Financial Management, Commercial Acumen, Corporate Leadership and Management, Culture, Culture Change, Culture of Zero-Harm, Efficiency, Efficiency Savings, Finance, Finance Departments, Financial Constraints, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Pressures, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), HFMA Response to the Francis Report, HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, Honesty, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Integrity, Leadership, Leadership and Culture, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, NHS Chief Finance Officers, NHS Culture, NHS Finance Profession, NHS Finances, No Harm Culture, Objectivity, Openness and Transparency, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Positive Culture, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Selflessness, Shaping Culture, Stewardship and Accountability, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Value for Money | Leave a comment

Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report (Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry)

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary High mortality rates and poor standards of care provided at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust resulted in concern about services and management in the Trust. This three-volume Francis Inquiry report investigates the causes and lessons learned. “…[the widespread] disconnect between … Continue reading →

Developing a Payment Mechanism for Mental Health (HFMA)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) mental health faculty has published a discussion paper on the development of mental health payment by results. The aim is to develop a reimbursement system, based upon need, which delivers and incentivises quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Clinician Rated Outcome Measures (CROMs), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, HFMA’s Mental Health Faculty, Mental Health Clustering Tool / HoNOS Ratings, mental Health Payment by Results, Mental Health Services, National Mental Health PbR Programme Team, National Quality and Outcome Group, Patient Rated Experience Measures (PREMs), Patient Rated Outcome Measures (PROMs), Payment by Results (PbR), Payment Mechanisms, Payment Mechanisms for Mental Health, PROMs: Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Rebasing Contracts | Leave a comment

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