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NHS Improvement
NHS Improvement (NHSI) was a non-departmental body in England, responsible for overseeing the National Health Service's foundation trusts and NHS trusts, as well as independent providers that provide NHS-funded care. It supported providers to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are financially sustainable. A previous body – also called NHS Improvement – was set up in April 2008 to drive clinical service improvement, but was merged into NHS Improving Quality in 2013 following the Health and Social Care Act reforms. From 1 April 2016, NHS Improvement was the operational name for an organisation that brought together Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, Patient Safety (from NHS England), National Reporting and Learning System, Advancing Change Team and Intensive Support Teams. In 2018 it became clear that the organisation, while maintaining its statutory independence, was for practical reasons to be mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-departmental Public Body
In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process of national government but are not part of a government department. NDPBs carry out their work largely independently from ministers and are accountable to the public through Parliament; however, ministers are responsible for the independence, effectiveness, and efficiency of non-departmental public bodies in their portfolio. The term includes the four types of NDPB (executive, advisory, tribunal, and independent monitoring boards) but excludes public corporations and public broadcasters ( BBC, Channel 4, and S4C). Types of body The UK Government classifies bodies into four main types. The Scottish Government also has a fifth category: NHS bodies. Advisory NDPBs These bodies consist of boards which advise ministers on particular policy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prerana Issar
Prerana Issar is the Chief People Officer at Sainsbury’s PLC. She was previously a public servant and Chief People Officer at the National Health Service. At the National Health Service, Issar was involved with the People Programme, which looks to better support members of NHS staff. She has previously worked with Unilever and the United Nations. Early life and education Issar was born in India. Her parents both worked for the Government of India. Her mother, Promilla Issar, was a senior bureaucrat, and served as Chief Secretary of Haryana. Her first degree was in psychology. She attended both Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi and the XLRI - Xavier School of Management. Issar's first job was working for Unilever in India, where she oversaw projects on global food. Career Issar spent fifteen years at Unilever. In 2013 she was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer of the World Food Programme at the United Nations, and eventually became Director of Public-Private partnerships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Agencies Established In 2016
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. In many countries, the government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 independent national governments and subsidiary organizations. The main types of modern political systems recognized are democracies, totalitarian regimes, and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with a variety of hybrid regimes. Modern classification systems also include monarchies as a standalone entity or as a hybrid system of the main three. Historically pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Non-departmental Public Bodies Of The United Kingdom Government
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Defunct may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the process of becoming antiquated, out of date, old-fashioned, no longer in general use, or no longer useful, or the condition of being in such a state. When used in a biological sense, it means imperfect or rudimentary when comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care providers in England. It was formed from three predecessor organisations: * the Healthcare Commission * the Commission for Social Care Inspection * the Mental Health Act Commission The CQC's stated role is to make sure that hospitals, care homes, dental and general practices and other care services in England provide people with safe, effective and high-quality care, and to encourage those providers to improve. It carries out this role through checks during the registration process which all new care services must complete, as well as through inspections and monitoring of a range of data sources that can indicate problems with services. Part of the commission's remit is protecting the interests of people whose rights have been restricted under the Mental Healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central And North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust in England. It provides healthcare in London, Milton Keynes, Surrey and elsewhere. It was created in 2002 by a merger between Brent, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Mental Health NHS Trust, Harrow and Hillingdon Healthcare Trust, and the substance misuse service component of Hounslow and Spelthorne Community and Mental Health NHS Trust. It subsequently won additional contracts, including Milton Keynes Community Health Services from April 2013. CNWL is a member of Imperial College Health Partners. Services The Trust provides the following services: *Mental Health and Community services for Milton Keynes and the London boroughs of Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster *Sexual Health services in London and Surrey *Health and Justice services for prisons and young offender institutions in London and South East England In 2017 the trust established a subsidiary company, Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is an NHS trust which runs Conquest Hospital in St Leonards-on-Sea, Eastbourne District General Hospital, and Bexhill Hospital, all in East Sussex, England. History The trust was established as East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust on 1 April 2002, taking its current name on 13 May 2011. In 2021 the trust bought the private hospital Spire Sussex Hospital, which is physically linked to the trust's Conquest Hospital in Hastings. It has 22 beds and two operating theatres and 129 employees. It was leased to Spire Healthcare and operated as a private hospital since 1997. The trust will continue to provide private patient facilities at the site. Overview East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provide acute hospital and community health services for people living in East Sussex and surrounding areas. Their services are mainly provided from two district general hospitals, Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH both of which have Emergency Departments and provide c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which provides hospital and community health services in North Tyneside and hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland. History The trust was established as the Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust on 1 April 1998. Hospitals The Trust runs services at: *Alnwick Infirmary - Alnwick *Berwick Infirmary - Berwick-upon-Tweed *Blyth Community Hospital - Blyth, Northumberland, Blyth *Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital - Haltwhistle *Hexham General Hospital – Hexham *Morpeth NHS Centre - Morpeth, Northumberland, Morpeth *North Tyneside General Hospital – North Shields *Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital - Cramlington *Rothbury Community Hospital - Rothbury *The Whalton Unit - Morpeth *Wansbeck General Hospital – Ashington Brian Flood, former leader of North Tyneside Council was Chairman of the Trust from 1998 to 2016. The Chief Executive, Jim Mackey (Chief Executive) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Behan
Sir David Behan (born November 1955) is a British public servant who was previously the Chair of Health Education England. Following the merger of Health Education England into NHS England, Behan, now serves as a Group Non-executive Director and Chairs the Workforce, Training & Education Committee. Career Sir David was born and brought up in Blackburn in Lancashire and graduated from Bradford University in 1978. Behan began his career as a social worker, progressing as a manager in Wakefield, Avon and Cleveland. He was appointed to Director of Social Services posts in Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Greenwich. He was the President of the Association of Directors of Social Services between 2002 and 2003. Behan was the first Chief Inspector of the Commission for Social Care Inspection in 2003. In 2006, he was appointed to the Department of Health as the Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships working on personalised care, carers learning and disabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Carter, Baron Carter Of Coles
Patrick Robert Carter, Baron Carter of Coles (born 9 February 1946) is a Labour life peer in the House of Lords. Early life and career Carter was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, where he was a contemporary of Jack Straw. In his autobiography, Straw described Carter as his closest friend. Carter then studied economics at Durham University and joined an investment bank as a trainee after he graduated. In 1985, Carter founded Westminster Health Care, which provided radiology services as well as care to the elderly and those with special needs. He sold the healthcare provider in 1999. Carter has served on the boards of several US and UK healthcare, insurance and information technology companies. He was president of McKesson Corporation's International Operations Group and was responsible for the company's product portfolio. He is currently the chair of Primary Insurance Group and Health Services Laboratories. Public service Carter has advised the UK government o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Valentine Morris
Sir Andrew Valentine Morris Hon FRCP (born October 1955) is a former British hospital administrator who was the chair of NHS Improvement from October 2021 until the body's abolition in June 2022. Career He was until February 2018 the Chief Executive of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. His career within the English NHS spanned more than 40 years, joining as a hospital porter aged 19. Following stints in Leicester, Nottingham and Hereford, he was appointed unit general manager at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey in 1989. He became its first chief executive in 1991 and remained in post till his retirement in 2018, making him one of the longest-serving chief executives in the NHS. In 1996, he amalgamated the Cambridge Military Hospital with Frimley Park, leading to the incorporation of a Ministry of Defence hospital unit (MDHU) within the Trust. In 2005, Frimley Park Hospital was awarded foundation trust status and in 2014 it was the first NHS Trust to be awarded "outstanding" by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dido Harding
Diana Mary "Dido" Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe (born November 1967) is a British businesswoman and life peer who served as chair of NHS Improvement from 2017 to 2021, and as interim chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and head of NHS Test and Trace from 2020 to 2021. She was the chief executive of the TalkTalk Group from 2010 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, Harding is married to John Penrose, a Conservative former member of Parliament, and is a friend of former Prime Minister David Cameron. Harding was appointed as a member of the House of Lords by Cameron in 2014. She holds a board position at the Jockey Club, which is responsible for several major horse-racing events including the Cheltenham Festival. In May 2020, Harding was appointed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock to head NHS Test and Trace, established to track and help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in England. In August 2020, after it was announced that Public Health Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
