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News
Provider bulletin: 7 March 2018
This weekly newsletter is sent to NHS providers’ chairs, chief executives, finance, medical, nursing and HR directors, and board secretaries.
For action
The NHS70 Parliamentary Awards are designed to celebrate the work of all NHS staff and those who work alongside them to improve and join up care in their communities.
Please nominate colleagues (an individual or team) for one of 10 awards by Friday 23 March.
To help celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS, the Royal Horticultural Society is giving one mental health trust the chance to win the Feel Good garden from this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
You can find details of how to enter in our 27 February letter.
For information
All non-specialist acute trusts that undergo a Use of Resources assessment will now receive a trust-level rating that combines quality and use of resources.
Use of Resources assessments will be considered as a sixth key question alongside CQC’s quality ratings. Like CQC’s five quality questions, Use of Resources will be given a rating of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
The GIRFT programme has published a report setting out 17 recommendations to improve the way vascular surgery is delivered in the NHS in England.
The report identifies opportunities that will save lives, deliver better patient outcomes, improve efficiency and reduce unwarranted differences between hospitals.
Events
Tuesday 13 March, 10am – 3.30pm, London
Chief executives, join Ian Dalton, Dido Harding and Simon Stevens next week at our event chaired by Chris Outram, vice-chair of NHS Providers.
All provider chief executives are encouraged to attend the event, where you’ll:
- hear the vision for NHS Improvement and how we will be working more closely with NHS England
- take part in discussion groups to shape the support we provide on leadership for improvement, the financial challenge, integrated care and productivity
- ask questions of Dido, Ian and Simon
If you are not able to make the event, please ask your chair or a senior colleague to attend in your place.
NHS England
NHS Standard Contract 2017-19: consultation on proposed National Variation
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force on 25 May, NHS England has published proposals for in-year National Variations to the NHS Standard Contract 2017/18 and 2018/19 for consultation.
Comments on the proposals should be submitted by Tuesday 3 April 2018.
Local Government Association
National strategic summit: delivering health and care in a digital age
Tuesday 27 March, Birmingham
The Local Government Association, in partnership with NHS Clinical Commissioners and supported by NHS Providers, is holding a strategic summit for senior leaders such as chief officers, directors, assistant directors and heads of service.
It features a keynote from Lord O’Shaughnessy (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health) and speakers focusing on areas such as prevention, urgent and emergency care and managing demand.