Losing waste, finding efficiency
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Julian Winn at WCI Consulting, explains.
NHS managers have made tremendous improvements in the way they provide care. Over the past few years targets have been met and service innovations have borne fruit.
However, the march to greater efficiency continues. Some observers are already forecasting that despite best efforts the NHS will find itself with a funding gap that will not be bridged by the current value and quality improvement plans and the planned £6.5bn savings required by the end of the financial year 2007-08.
Savings have to be made; and significantly, productivity has to be increased. Additional efficiency improvement could save £2.2bn a year. More importantly, money saved by eliminating wasteful activity could be used to improve patient services and make new services possible.
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also in this series:
WasteinHealthcare.pdf
LeanHealthcareNov06.pdf