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Researchers Jeremy Hurst and Sally Williams outline the findings from a study into what is needed to achieve greater hospital efficiency.
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Improving hospital efficiency
Authors: Jeremy Hurst and Sally Williams Selected figures
January 2012
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Why does efficiency matter?
• The NHS needs to make unprecedented savings up to 2015 and beyond.
• As the Government tries to shift more care into the community, the pressure facing hospitals will be even greater.
• Improvements in hospital efficiency in England during previous times of financial constraint have come from treating more patients, as well as from saving money.
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Key findings
• International comparisons suggest the UK still has some way to go to catch up with the best health systems
• There is scope for the considerable variation in performance across English hospitals to be reduced
• Commissioners should focus on how they can incentivise local hospitals into adopting good practice.
• New technology holds the greatest potential for increasing productivity
• Merging hospitals will not automatically lead to efficiency savings
• The report reaffirms the crucial role that good management plays in achieving high productivity.
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Productive efficiency of hospital services
Reproduced from Can NHS hospitals do more with less?
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Determinants of productive efficiency in hospitals
Reproduced from Can NHS hospitals do more with less?
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Determinants of productive efficiency in hospitals
Reproduced from Can NHS hospitals do more with less?
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Determinants of productive efficiency in hospitals
Reproduced from Can NHS Hospitals do more with less?
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Determinants of productive efficiency in hospitals
Reproduced from Can NHS hospitals do more with less?
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