Policy

NHS efficiency

• From: Department of Health
• Applies to: England (see policy for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales)

What the government’s doing about NHS efficiency.

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• NHS procurement standards

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 22 July 2016

• Plans for changing healthcare education funding

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 21 July 2016

• Social Partnership Forum: partnership agreement

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 8 July 2016

• Procurement of external auditors for NHS trusts and CCGs

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 7 July 2016

• Data collection for health and social care: burden reduction plan

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 29 April 2016

• Help for NHS to recover costs of care from visitors and migrants

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 28 April 2016

• Healthcare student funding consultation launched

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 7 April 2016

• NHS Outcomes Framework 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 1 April 2016

• Mutuals in Health: Pathfinder Programme

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department of Health and 1 others
  • Updated: 23 March 2016

• Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and external meetings: 2015

  • Display type: Transparency data
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 17 March 2016

• NHS IT: Local Service Provider contracts letters

  • Display type: Correspondence
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 10 March 2016

• New GP contract agreed for 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 19 February 2016

• Review of information technology in NHS

  • Display type: News story
  • From: National Information Board and 1 others
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Review shows how NHS hospitals can save money and improve care

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 5 February 2016

• NHS foundation trusts: documents and guidance

  • Display type: Collection
  • From: Closed organisation: Monitor
  • Updated: 1 February 2016

• DH departmental spending over £25,000: 2015

  • Display type: Transparency data
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 29 January 2016

• Information for the NHSPRB: pay round 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: NHS Pay Review Body and 1 others
  • Updated: 15 January 2016

• Information for the DDRB: pay round 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration and 1 others
  • Updated: 15 January 2016

• DH senior officials travel and accommodation data: 2014 to 2015

  • Display type: Transparency data
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Hospitals get £1.8 billion for sustainability and transformation

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 16 December 2015

• Overseas visitors and migrants: extending charges for NHS services

  • Display type: Closed consultation
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 7 December 2015

• Measures to improve the GDC’s processes on fitness to practise

  • Display type: Consultation outcome
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 18 November 2015

• NHS commissioners: documents and guidance

  • Display type: Collection
  • From: Closed organisation: Monitor
  • Updated: 13 November 2015

• NHS in Wales uses SBRI scheme to improve healthcare planning

  • Display type: Case study
  • From: Innovate UK
  • Updated: 4 November 2015

• Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and external meetings: 2014

  • Display type: Transparency data
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 19 October 2015

• Clampdown on NHS staffing agency costs

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 13 October 2015

• Monitor approves temporary health staff agreements

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Crown Commercial Service
  • Updated: 6 October 2015

• New agreement will provide the NHS with a flexible, single solution to recruit temporary healthcare staff

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Crown Commercial Service
  • Updated: 10 September 2015

• Response to Welsh Affairs Committee report on cross-border health

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 10 September 2015

• Help me achieve my vision for transformative health technology

  • Display type: Speech
  • From: Accelerated Access Review
  • Updated: 13 August 2015

• Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards: triennial review

  • Display type: Consultation outcome
  • From: Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards and 1 others
  • Updated: 21 July 2015

• Selected summaries of investigations by the PHSO Dec '14-Jan '15

  • Display type: Transparency data
  • From: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • Updated: 20 July 2015

• Improving access to medical technologies: an international review

  • Display type: Independent report
  • From: Accelerated Access Review
  • Updated: 10 July 2015

• Medical treatment innovation: barriers and opportunities

  • Display type: Independent report
  • From: Accelerated Access Review
  • Updated: 10 July 2015

• Updating the NHS Constitution

  • Display type: Consultation outcome
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 1 July 2015

• NHS estates strategies: a framework for commissioners

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 18 June 2015

• Hospital productivity report shows how NHS can make large savings

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 11 June 2015

• How can we afford the kind of care we all want?

  • Display type: Speech
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 2 June 2015

• Clampdown on staffing agencies charging NHS extortionate rates

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 2 June 2015

• 2010 to 2015 government policy: NHS efficiency

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department of Health
  • Updated: 8 May 2015

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government