“QIPP, I believe, was launched with the best of intentions to harness innovation and improvement in a harsh financial environment. It suffered from being perceived as being a cost-cutting programme as ...

Primary care trusts are not slashing the drugs budget as a cost-cutting move under the NHS’ quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) programme, a leading Department of Health official ...

The state will funnel more than a billion federal dollars to nursing homes this fiscal year, through the Quality Incentive Payment Program, or QIPP. Like its name suggests, nursing homes in the ...

The results of a survey of over 600 doctors from across the UK reveal the extent to which comprehensive engagement with clinicians will be key to the success of the NHS’ QIPP (quality, innovation, ...

The UK's Department of Health has announced the launch of the Urgent Care Clinical Dashboard – part of QIPP related structural changes The UK’s Department of Health (DH) has announced the launch of ...

Exclusive: GPs are facing a new round of efficiency targets and swingeing cuts to referrals until the end of the financial year as PCTs and clinical commissioning groups fall behind on QIPP targets, a ...

Delivering the QIPP targets is proving a tough challenge for GP practices. Paul Cook offers some practical ideas on how to remove the obstacles in the way. The publication of the Deloitte report ...

The main objective of any cost-reduction programme is to positively redirect patients into the right services of care, while changing the behaviour of general practice, and to get a grip on acute ...