Windmill 2009: NHS Response to the financial storm
A simulation run by the King’s Fund. Cheery reading. Read more.
It is clear that the era of unprecedented investment in health care is over, and prospects for future funding now look bleak. But just how the NHS will respond to this is uncertain. To test how those in the system might respond, we used a behavioural simulation – Windmill 2009, designed by Loop2. From this event, and discussions with policy-makers, regulators, commissioners and providers, managers and clinicians, we developed an analysis of what will be required if health and social care systems are to respond effectively to the major challenges that lie ahead. We identify key themes and recommendations for action in each of these.
Add comment December 6, 2009
Academic Health Sciences Centre Meeting
Another meeting coming up on December 9th.
Details here.AHSC 3 flyer-1
Add comment December 3, 2009
Beyond Practice-based Commissioning:
With the future of PbC in the balance, this joint paper by the Nuffield Trust and the NHS Alliance examines how PBC can be developed. While there may be many ways this could happen, this paper considers one broad model – that of multi-specialty groups of clinicians – for example GPs as well as hospital-based specialists – taking responsibility for the provision and commissioning of local healthcare.
Could it be called a poly…?
Add comment November 28, 2009
London Regional Innovation Fund
£1.94 million up for grabs for bright ideas in the next couple of weeks.
More details from NHS London
The RIF will be used to support innovation meaning that existing resources will not be diverted from patient care. The RIF will be the catalyst to support, incentivise and reward innovative work that has the potential to transform services in the whole region. This year NHS London will be targeting the fund at some of the main challenges the capital faces in delivering the vision of better and more local healthcare:
- Developing integrated care models that deliver the polysystem vision;
- Developing sustainable diagnostics in polysystems;
- Transforming the patient experience; and
- Designing and testing models for the rapid and sustainable spread of successful innovations.
Closing date 11 12 09
Add comment November 25, 2009
Quality Alerts To Go Live
Quality alerts via this site will officially go live on 1st December 2009.
Thanks to those who have used already and for feedback.
Discussions have been had in all the appropriate places, I think.
Please use the quality alerts to report on things that are not good enough.
This is not intended as a replacement for existing significant event reporting via Sentinel, or where complaint procedures are more appropriate.
The aggregated reports will be fed back to providers and commissioners, as well as reporting practices.
Add comment November 23, 2009
More for Less?
This analytical briefing looks at how NHS money has been spent, whether primary care trusts have been successful in keeping more patients out of hospital, and whether hospitals have become more efficient. It highlights that the NHS is treating more patients at lower cost and trusts are starting to meet the challenges of the future. It suggests NHS trusts are increasing productivity and reducing unit costs. But overall, there is no sign yet that primary care trusts have been successful in moving care from hospitals closer to patients’ homes.
The briefing also includes a look at the first quarter of 2009/10.
Add comment November 13, 2009
More Good News
The final count is awaited, but the vote across all Lambeth Practices regarding the collaborative and BSU seems to have produced a hugely positive response.
Looks like we’re sticking around.
Add comment October 20, 2009
Good News
We have now successfully recruited to Executive Officer post. Sara White will be joining us in January 2010 from Guy’s & St Thomas’ where she has been working for 2 years in the Trust’s Strategy team.
Sara also has experience of primary care having previously worked for a large GP fundholding group in Surrey, moving on to a Primary Care Group (PCG) for 3 years when fundholding ceased. Since then she has also worked for King’s College Hospital in their primary care team and in an acute Trust in Surrey where she worked in Business Development.
Sara has significant experience and transferable skills in the development of business cases and in business planning. She also brings with her a good level of business acumen and understanding of NHS policy. One of her additional strengths is in the effective sourcing and application of data from different parts of the health system.
Add comment October 20, 2009
Feedback from Consultation on Polysystems
Add comment October 20, 2009
