the truth
11-06-2015, 03:43 PM
I take my hat off to Lord Carter , this is an exhaustive research and his studies will save our NHS billions in the long term. Its galling to think how the NHS broken up into these trusts has been paying vastly inflated prices to suppliers of equipment and staff for decades. Irrespective of party politics getting on top of the vast waste and mismanagement that has gone on too long and prematurely cost so many patients their lives.
I hope every single part of the nhs is studied and pulled up root and branch so see if theres a better way for the state to run the nhs. I am 100% in favour of spending more on getting all scanners working far far more hours 7 days a week and as with the hip operations, in the long term the investment in quality and in staffing scanners will save massive amounts of money and lives.
Bravo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33071066
Lord Carter has spent a year studying 22 hospitals in England and finds £5 billion per annum savings, with improved staff organisation and a better approach to bulk purchasing.
He found a wide variation in spending across medicines, everyday items and on facilities, such as heating.
He also identified huge inefficiencies in the way staff were managed, with one hospital losing £10,000 a month through workers claiming too much leave.
The report, which will be published in full later, will also say hospitals need to make better use of staff through flexible working and better rostering.
Meanwhile, better use of medicines could also have a substantial impact, the efficiency review said.
Lord Carter found one hospital had managed to save £40,000 a year by using non-soluble versions of a tablet for liver failure that cost 2p instead of the soluble versions at £1.50.
He also said major savings could be made on everyday items such as syringes and aprons with prices varying by as much as a third.
The review recommended a single electronic catalogue be created for the purchasing of such goods.
◾By 2019-20, the review believes £5bn a year could be saved across staffing, medicines, everyday items and estates.
◾Some £2bn of that could come from changes to improving the way rosters are run and making sure non-productive time such as training and annual leave is better managed.
◾Meanwhile £1bn each could be saved from the bills of medicines, estates and procurement of everyday goods.
◾The NHS uses 500,000 different lines of everyday items with the price between similar goods varying by over 35% compared to 1% to 2% in other health systems.
Lord Carter also found that hip operations were costing some parts of the NHS more than double the amount they should.
And the hips used did not last as long as less expensive versions, meaning patients needed more replacements and follow-up care.
That difference costs the NHS up to £17m extra every year.
Lord Carter said the gains could be "significant".
Lord Carter will publish a template for an efficient "model hospital" during the summer followed by a report by September in which he and the Department of Health will set out what each hospital is expected to save by putting in place the report's recommendations.
Nuffield Trust chief executive Nigel Edwards said: "Lord Carter is right that there is waste within the health service and that enormous savings could be made through standardisation.
"But this has been a long-standing issue in the NHS. Spending public money better has been the holy grail of public-sector spending reductions over the past 20 years.
"Diagnosing the problem is the easy bit. Getting solutions to stick is much, much harder."
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I hope every single part of the nhs is studied and pulled up root and branch so see if theres a better way for the state to run the nhs. I am 100% in favour of spending more on getting all scanners working far far more hours 7 days a week and as with the hip operations, in the long term the investment in quality and in staffing scanners will save massive amounts of money and lives.
Bravo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33071066
Lord Carter has spent a year studying 22 hospitals in England and finds £5 billion per annum savings, with improved staff organisation and a better approach to bulk purchasing.
He found a wide variation in spending across medicines, everyday items and on facilities, such as heating.
He also identified huge inefficiencies in the way staff were managed, with one hospital losing £10,000 a month through workers claiming too much leave.
The report, which will be published in full later, will also say hospitals need to make better use of staff through flexible working and better rostering.
Meanwhile, better use of medicines could also have a substantial impact, the efficiency review said.
Lord Carter found one hospital had managed to save £40,000 a year by using non-soluble versions of a tablet for liver failure that cost 2p instead of the soluble versions at £1.50.
He also said major savings could be made on everyday items such as syringes and aprons with prices varying by as much as a third.
The review recommended a single electronic catalogue be created for the purchasing of such goods.
◾By 2019-20, the review believes £5bn a year could be saved across staffing, medicines, everyday items and estates.
◾Some £2bn of that could come from changes to improving the way rosters are run and making sure non-productive time such as training and annual leave is better managed.
◾Meanwhile £1bn each could be saved from the bills of medicines, estates and procurement of everyday goods.
◾The NHS uses 500,000 different lines of everyday items with the price between similar goods varying by over 35% compared to 1% to 2% in other health systems.
Lord Carter also found that hip operations were costing some parts of the NHS more than double the amount they should.
And the hips used did not last as long as less expensive versions, meaning patients needed more replacements and follow-up care.
That difference costs the NHS up to £17m extra every year.
Lord Carter said the gains could be "significant".
Lord Carter will publish a template for an efficient "model hospital" during the summer followed by a report by September in which he and the Department of Health will set out what each hospital is expected to save by putting in place the report's recommendations.
Nuffield Trust chief executive Nigel Edwards said: "Lord Carter is right that there is waste within the health service and that enormous savings could be made through standardisation.
"But this has been a long-standing issue in the NHS. Spending public money better has been the holy grail of public-sector spending reductions over the past 20 years.
"Diagnosing the problem is the easy bit. Getting solutions to stick is much, much harder."
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