Independent provider bulletin: March 2016
Published 24 March 2016
Applies to England
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1. For information
1.1 The launch of NHS Improvement: what you need to know
On 1 April 2016, NHS Improvement launches, bringing together Monitor, NHS TDA, Patient Safety, the National Reporting and Learning System, the advancing Change team and the Intensive Support Teams. NHS Improvement will seek to deliver what we know NHS patients, carers, staff and organisations want and need: better healthcare, transformed care delivery and sustainable finances. NHS Improvement will realise this through leadership of the sector and by supporting providers and local health systems to improve.
We will build on the best of what our predecessor organisations have been doing, but with a change of emphasis: first and foremost we will offer real support to providers and local health systems. We will, of course, hold boards to account, and sometimes it will still be necessary to intervene. But our emphasis is clear: our first and most important purpose is to support providers and local health systems to improve.
Please continue to liaise with the teams and individuals that you do now within Monitor and the NHS TDA.
1.2 NHS Improvement email addresses
From 1 April, all NHS Improvement staff will be using nhs.net mail. Please note that there will be no mail forwarding from old email accounts in action, so we do encourage you to save and use the new email addresses. Any NHS Improvement staff who haven’t been on nhs.net mail before will include their new email address on all their emails.
To help you find our staff, from 1 April, you’ll be able to search within the nhs.net mail directory under ‘NHS Improvement’.
1.3 The 2016/17 national tariff has been agreed
Monitor and NHS England have now agreed the 2016/17 national tariff which comes into effect 1 April 2016.
We considered all of the consultation responses before finalising the new set of prices and rules to help NHS providers and commissioners provide best value to their patients.
If you have any queries on any aspect of the 2016/17 national tariff please contact us at pricing@monitor.gov.uk.
2. External updates
2.1 From NHS Leadership Academy:
Support for healthcare employees looking to move into their first formal leadership role
The Mary Seacole programme is for healthcare employees who are looking to move into their first formal leadership role. The programme helps candidates to use their success to encourage consistent success across their team and lead on delivering compassionate patient care; it has been redesigned for 2016 to make it more accessible and useful for candidates.
Visit NHS Leadership Academy’s website to find out more or contact seacoleprogramme@leadershipacademy.nhs.uk or 0113 322 5699 with any questions.
Share your experience of the NHS with future NHS leaders
If you have a story of working within the NHS that you think could help colleagues to develop their leadership skills, the NHS Leadership Academy would like to hear from you. You’ll be asked to share specific examples of your healthcare experiences in a supportive and confidential environment. To register your interest please get in touch.
New indicator to help reduce delayed transfers of care
NHS England has launched a new local Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) indicator aimed at increasing the proportion of patients who are discharged to their usual place of residence within 7 days of admission.
Using the framework could improve patient flow and lead to better patient outcomes while reducing the financial pressure within your trust.
Visit NHS England’s website to see how you may be able to apply the CQUIN to your organisation.
2.2 From NHS England: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) providers: volunteers required
NHS England is asking for CAMHS providers to get in touch if you are interested in participating in a pilot project to test and refine needs-based CAMHS currency groupings.
The pilot period will be 2 years and you can find out more on NHS England’s website.
2.3 From Future Focused Finance and The King’s Fund: new toolkit for collaborative teamwork across clinical and finance teams
Future Focused Finance and The King’s Fund have launched a toolkit to enable finance and clinical teams to reflect on how they work together and make improvements where necessary.
The toolkit has 7 stages and includes examples from pilot sites of clinicians working with finance colleagues.
Find out more and register to access the toolkit.
3. Getting in touch
3.1 Questions or feedback
If you have any questions about the information in this bulletin, please email licensing@monitor.gov.uk.
3.2 News alerts
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3.3 Publications
All of our publications for independent providers are available to download from our website.