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Operational productivity and performance in English NHS acute hospitals: unwarranted variations
— an independent report for the Department of Health by Lord Carter of Coles | | Author(s) | Patrick Carter |
| Publisher | [Department of Health], [London], February 2016 |
| Pages | 88 pp |
| Source | Download at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/productivity-in... |
| Keywords | Hospital services ; Performance ; England. |
| Annotation | Lord Carter of Coles is Chair of the NHS Procurement and Efficiency Board. This review looked at productivity and efficiency in English non-specialist acute hospitals, which account for half of the total health budget. It found "significant unwarranted variation across all of the main resource areas", estimated as "worth £5bn in terms of efficiency opportunity"; but a significant proportion of this £5bn cannot be unlocked, unless delays in transfer are managed more effectively - a point discussed in the section, Quality and efficiency across the patient pathway, on delayed transfers of care. A repeated message of discussions with trusts was of the challenges faced with two wider system issues, one of which is delayed transfers of care. The report gives examples of practice which resolve problems identified. The report recommends that the Department of Health (DH), NHS England and NHS Improvement, working with local government representatives, "provide a strategy for trusts to ensure that patient care is focused equally upon their recovery and how they can leave acute hospitals beds; or transfer to a suitable step down facility as soon as their clinical needs allow, so they are cared for in the appropriate setting for themselves, their families and their carers." (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160205001 E |
| Classmark | LD: 5H: 82 |
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