Monday 3 July 2017

Hospitals should stop asking for cash and focus on getting better

Hospitals should stop asking for cash and focus on getting better Too many NHS hospitals equate more spending with higher quality. Lean, efficient systems deliver better care

Just as sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) and new care models show signs of faltering, a clinician-focused approach to driving costs down and quality up could make a difference.

Delegates at the BMA’s annual meeting have just voted for STPs to be abandoned. While some of the language around the vote was the usual conspiracy theory about it all being a plot to privatise the NHS, it was harder to argue with pleas for STP decisions to be based on robust, publicly-available evidence. Continue reading... The Guardian

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