{"id":173913,"date":"2024-11-13T08:46:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/league-tables-to-reveal-failing-nhs-trusts\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T08:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:46:17","slug":"league-tables-to-reveal-failing-nhs-trusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/league-tables-to-reveal-failing-nhs-trusts\/","title":{"rendered":"League tables to reveal failing NHS trusts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Failing hospitals will be revealed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they do not turn things around, the health secretary will tell health leaders at a conference in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Wes Streeting is promising a “no-holds-barred, sweeping review” of NHS performance in England. <\/p>\n

Hospitals can expect to be ranked on indicators such as care delivery and finances, so patients can see whether they are receiving a good service. <\/p>\n

And “turnaround teams” will be sent into struggling trusts, while top performers will have more freedom over spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, senior leaders will be denied pay rises if key improvements are not made.<\/p>\n

A new pay framework<\/a> for chief executives will be published in April, which will “clamp down” on poor performance while rewarding success. <\/p>\n

Streeting will tell the NHS Providers conference<\/a> there will be “no more turning a blind eye” to failure – something he has promised before, along with the idea of league tables.<\/a> <\/p>\n

“We will drive the health service to improve, so patients get more out of it for what taxpayers put in,” he will say.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur health service must attract top talent, be far more transparent to the public who pay for it, and run as efficiently as global businesses.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Department of Health and Social Care says, currently, there is little incentive for trusts to run budget surpluses, from which they are unable to benefit – but that will now change. <\/p>\n

Top performers will be given more capital and greater control over where to invest it – be that new equipment or technology or modernising their buildings.<\/p>\n

The NHS Oversight Framework<\/a>, which sets out how trusts and integrated care boards are best monitored, will be updated to ensure performance is properly scrutinised.<\/p>\n

And at poorly performing trusts, government and NHS England “deep dives” will identify the most pressing issues and how they can be resolved.<\/p>\n

NHS trusts could also be banned from using expensive agency staffing<\/a> to cover certain rota gaps. <\/p>\n

Some recruitment agencies have charged up to \u00a32,000 for a single nursing shift -and last year, temporary workers cost the NHS in England \u00a33bn, the government says. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard welcomed the accountability, saying: “The extensive package of reforms, developed together with government, will empower all leaders working in the NHS – and it will give them the tools they need to provide the best possible services for our patients.”<\/p>\n

But Patients Association chief executive Rachel Power warned the new measures must bring positive change. <\/p>\n

“We hope trusts who receive greater funding freedom will use this money wisely – to cut waiting times, make the waiting experience better for patients, and strengthen the ways they work with patients to improve services,” she said.<\/p>\n

“These are the things that matter most to people using the NHS.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents NHS trusts, said health services were already subject a lot of oversight and regulation – and the prospect of “more league tables” would concern health leaders.<\/p>\n

“NHS staff are doing their very best for patients, under very challenging circumstances, and we do not want them feeling like they are being named and shamed,” he said.<\/p>\n

“League tables in themselves do not lead to improvement.”<\/p>\n

Mr Taylor said the “devil will be in the detail around what constitutes failure”, much of which could be beyond a health leader’s immediate control.<\/p>\n

“We look forward to working with the government to make sure that any new measures don\u2019t disincentivise managers from taking on roles in struggling organisations,” he said.<\/p>\n

NHS Providers, which represents NHS trusts in England, said hospitals were already doing everything possible to boost productivity while delivering tough efficiency measures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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