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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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Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Recent research indicates that the “weekend effect” is a systematic phenomenon in the quality of healthcare, which impacts upon mortality rates in hospital care internationally. 2,982,570 hospital records from 28 hospitals in England, Australia, the USA and the Netherlands … 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 →

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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

Glossary of NHS Finance and Governance Terms (HFMA)

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This briefing from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) covers commonly used terminology for commissioners and healthcare providers. Key areas of NHS finance and governance covered by this glossary include: Budgets. Commissioning. Costing. Contracts. Financial performance. Financial planning. Governance. … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Budgets, Contracts, Costing, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Glossary of NHS Finance and Governance, Glossary of NHS Finance and Governance Terms, Governance, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Healthcare Providers, HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, NHS Finance and Governance Terms, Statutory Duties | Leave a comment

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Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)

Glossary of NHS Finance and Governance Terms (HFMA)

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