News / Carter launches new efficiency review
Lord Carter has extended his review of efficiency and productivity in the NHS to mental health and community trusts.
Lord Carter, now a non-executive director of NHS Improvement, published a report on acute hospital efficiency last February, finding unwarranted variation in areas such as running costs, sickness absence and procurement. He will mirror the approach used in his acute trust productivity and performance review. But NHS Improvement said his assessment would be tailored to community and mental health providers.
The oversight body added that the review would specify an optimal model for community or mental health trusts. It aimed to understand: what good looks like in mental health and community trusts; approaches already in place and how these can be extended; and the metrics and indicators required to support the development of the models for the sectors.
A cohort of 23 trusts will engage in detail with the review team over the next six months. Lord Carter will also examine the potential to extend the new review to all other providers, such as ambulance and specialist acute trusts.
The HFMA is conducting a survey of mental health providers and CCGs, looking at investment needed to meet the Five-year forward view priorities and how this has been reflected in the 2017/19 contracting round. Members should receive an email inviting them to take part.
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