'Very significant and encouraging' – NHS beats productivity target

'Very significant and encouraging' – NHS beats productivity target

By Lee Peart 23 September 2025

News the NHS beat the Government’s 2% productivity target with growth of 2.7% between April 2024 and March 25 has been welcomed.

Healthcare professionals 'left waiting' for productivity gains from digital technologies

By Liz Wells 09 September 2025

Healthcare professionals feel digital health technologies fail to help them deliver more care with fewer resources, new research reveals.

Left-shift views - increasing productivity

05 May 2025

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare

NHS

Left-shift views - productivity

07 April 2025

Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare.

Streeting to set out further reforms to drive up NHS productivity

By Lee Peart 27 March 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting will soon set out further reforms to reduce NHS costs and improve productivity.

Missing productivity target could cost £13bn, warns think-tank

By Lee Peart 05 March 2025

Failing to meet its 2% productivity target could cost the NHS £13bn, a think-tank has warned.

ONS

Healthcare productivity down 18.5% on pre-pandemic peak, ONS reveals

By Lee Peart 11 February 2025

ONS analysis has revealed healthcare productivity is 18.5% below its pre-pandemic peak in 2019.

Thinktank - More bang for your buck

By Liz Wells 09 December 2024

Restoring NHS productivity to pre-pandemic levels could unlock billions of pounds in funding, the IPPR has said.

IFS

NHS hospital productivity starting to rebound, IFS finds

By Lee Peart 15 November 2024

NHS hospital productivity in England has begun to improve, according to new analysis by The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

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Senior Social Worker/AMHP - Enhanced Team East

Career Grade 10 to 11

Wakefield, West YorkshireCareer Grade 10 to 11

RECRUITER: Wakefield Council

Care Assistant

£11,062.92 - £11,238.49, Grade 4, 16 hours, Permanent

Wakefield, West Yorkshire£11,062.92 - £11,238.49, Grade 4, 16 hours, Permanent

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Occupational Health Adviser

£42,839 - £47,181

Northallerton, North Yorkshire£42,839 - £47,181

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