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| Hospitals can save around £5bn by reducing variation in care and improving the way they care for patients. The call is part of Lord Carter’s review into how savings can be made by the NHS. Activity carried out by all NHS hospitals has been reviewed together and broken down by clinical speciality. The results show huge variations in clinical costs, infection rates, readmission rates, litigation payments and device & procedure selection. |
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DH: Lord Carter: reducing variation in care could save NHS £5bn We have known this for years so why hasn’t NHS management ‘reformed’ its purchasing? But are the NHS & LAs flexible enough to make the necessary changes to service delivery? |
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