Edward Jones

The forthcoming 10 Year Health Plan could be make or break for the NHS. So was does it need to do to put the NHS back on its feet and deliver the government’s commitments? Check out our @nhsconfed.org long read 👇

Our Care Closer to Home: Primary and Community Care Conference 2025 is in full swing today in Birmingham 👏

We're pleased to host over 400 attendees who are eager to hear from national and local experts and participate in discussions about the future operating model for care.

Pioneers of reform Six proposed shifts to achieve strategic commissioning that will drive public service reform and ensure a sustainable health and care system.

The Health Secretary tasked NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to be “pioneers of reform” through “strategic commissioning”. Commissioning is how ICBs spend £164 billion of public money to improve health. Our new @nhsconfed.org report sets out what strategic commissioning should be. 👇

Amanda Pritchard said on BBC Radio: “We need to think much more radically, particularly about capital…I think we now must consider private capital investment in the NHS…if we don’t fix our buildings, if we don’t fix our technology we’re not going to... really drive that long term improvement"

NHS leaders call for use of private finance to build hospitals NHS Confederation says such funding is needed to fix dilapidated infrastructure

Very welcome to hear the NHS England CEO say today that we need to think about private capital investment to support the NHS - two days after our @nhsconfed.org report said exactly this (covered in FT)
www.ft.com/content/8ce9...

NHS leaders call for use of private finance to build hospitals NHS Confederation says such funding is needed to fix dilapidated infrastructure

And great to see the report's findings covered in today's @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/8ce9...

Capital efficiency 16 practical recommendations across five key areas for reforming the NHS capital regime.

Pleased our new @nhsconfed.org report proposing an overhaul of the NHS capital regime - to cut delays and speed up investment in modern estate, equipment and digital technology - out today. This is vital to improving value for tax-payers' money.
nhsconfed.org/publications/capital-efficiency

Important to note, that both measure only the volume of activity hospitals do, not actual health outcomes. Therefore any NHS investment which keep people healthier and out of hospital in the first place (what most of us want) just count as a cost and would, perversely, lower the productivity figure.

This is both fascinating and exasperating. NHS England say NHS acute hospital productivity us up +2.4% on last year, ONS says it's down -3.6%. Have we ever had such widely varying official data informing policy-making?

Unlocking reform and financial sustainability Exploring the advantages and disadvantages of different payment mechanisms in healthcare.

Really welcome to see the proposed NHS Payment Scheme for 25/26 commit to launch “pilots to test out new payment mechanisms to support NHS priorities” - as our @nhsconfed.bsky.social report proposed last March #NHSreform

www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

2025/26 NHS priorities and operational planning guidance: what you need to know Summary and analysis of NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance.

Kudos to @ejcjones93.bsky.social and the rest of the @nhsconfed.bsky.social team for this everything-you-need-to-know analysis of the planning guidance published today. Enjoy.

www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

How can the government fix the NHS? It can start by aligning its own levers - Future Governance Forum Delivering Labour’s Health Mission will require a more coherent approach from central government.

As we get stuck into the New Year - and I get stuck into Bluesky - and work on NHS reform continues at pace, this feels like a good time to reshare some thoughts for @futuregovforum.bsky.social on what the government needs to do to make change happen www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2024/10/14/h...