Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Core knowledge
- Section 2 Core skills
- Section 3 Important bodies
- Section 4 Information, evidence and research
- Section 5 Money
- Chapter 28 NHS financial flows
- Chapter 29 The contract
- Chapter 30 The quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) agenda
- Chapter 31 The budget
- Chapter 32 Writing a business plan
- Section 6 NHS structures
- Section 7 Operations
- Section 8 Safety and quality
- Section 9 Staff issues
- Index
Chapter 30 - The quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) agenda
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Core knowledge
- Section 2 Core skills
- Section 3 Important bodies
- Section 4 Information, evidence and research
- Section 5 Money
- Chapter 28 NHS financial flows
- Chapter 29 The contract
- Chapter 30 The quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) agenda
- Chapter 31 The budget
- Chapter 32 Writing a business plan
- Section 6 NHS structures
- Section 7 Operations
- Section 8 Safety and quality
- Section 9 Staff issues
- Index
Summary
In the face of public sector cutbacks there is a drive to improve efficiency but not at the expense of quality. A number of national work streams have been initiated to drive this forward. This approach, when combined with service targets, has been very effective at cutting hospital-acquired infection by MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The national work streams fit into three key areas: commissioning, provider efficiency and system enablers.
Commissioning
Safe care – will cut pressure ulcers, catheter-acquired urinary tract infections and falls
Right care – will focus commissioning on high value, whole system pathways and networks rather than institutions. A key is the analysis of unexplained variations in spend on healthcare and health outcomes for the commissioners' population
Long-term conditions – target management of those at risk to prevent disease progression, maximizing self-management, providing joined up and personal services and workforce development
Urgent care – seeks a 10% reduction in the number of patients attending accident and emergency
End-of-life care – aims to improve provision of services and management of the cohort of end-of-life patients.
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- Management Essentials for Doctors , pp. 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011