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CF has appointed Catherine Skilton as a managing partner for health systems » https://lnkd.in/e_e76GB8

Our latest snapshot covers a recent review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and its single assessment framework, commissioned by the CQC board to complement Dr Penny Dash's report released last week. This review dives into the changes made since the CQC’s 2021 strategy and looks at how these have impacted their operations. Key focus areas include: 🔍 A major organisational restructure 📋 The introduction of a single assessment framework across all sectors 💻 Development of a new IT system, known as the regulatory platform Although initial proposals for these initiatives were well received, the review highlights that they have not delivered the benefits everyone hoped for, leading to some significant challenges. You can find the main issues and recommendations summarised below ⤵️ Click here to find out more: https://lnkd.in/gaZYf25i #CQC #Healthcare #Regulation

We are delighted to welcome Catherine Skilton to the team, joining CF as Health Systems Managing Partner. ⭐ Catherine’s 20+ years of experience spans all levels of the UK health and care system, from national to local, including partnerships with both NHS and private healthcare organisations. Major cost improvement and transformation for providers and systems will play a huge part in transforming the wider healthcare challenges we face. Catherine’s expertise will serve as huge value to our clients as they navigate these challenges and we are thrilled to have her on the team! Find out more here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e4fyzYzC

Earlier this week, the Management Consultancies Association hosted their 2024 Awards, and we were delighted to celebrate industry colleagues and achievements within CF. 🏆 We were shortlisted for three awards: - The fantastic work of a team led by Asha Patel was recognised in the ‘Performance Improvement in the Public Sector’ category, who collaborated with colleagues at Manchester University Foundation Trust to dramatically improve elective services. - Will Fryer was a finalist in the Rising Star category, highlighting his achievements during the early years of his consulting career, having started at CF as a graduate Analyst.   - Finally, we were incredibly proud to see Liberty Dixon awarded Highly Commended in the Young Consultant of the Year category. A real testament to her talent and commitment to her clients: https://lnkd.in/eDvNApJm What a brilliant evening, and a huge congratulations to this year’s finalists and winners! 🌟 

NHS-industry partnerships have the potential to enhance patient care and bring substantial benefits to the NHS. In recent years, these collaborations have experienced significant growth. Despite the progress, there remains unrealised potential to scale these partnerships further. 🚀 Our latest snapshot explores healthcare outcomes from NHS-industry partnerships using key insights from our recent report with The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). ⤵️ Discover more here: https://lnkd.in/eep63bbv

Penny Dash report into the Care Quality Commission is out. CF snapshot below. As she notes in her forward “the health and care sector accounts for around 12% of the economy and 21% of public expenditure, and is one of the most significant drivers of health, public satisfaction and economic growth”2. It therefore needs - and deserves - a high-performing regulator.” Digging in to the report is not pretty reading. As someone interested in the use of data to improve healthcare it’s little short of damning. The headline message is assessments fell by 50% while staff rose by 5%. And in face of capacity crunch assessments were pooled over multiple years is methodologically curious to say the least. Weakness in analytical methods were unfortunately reinforced with a remarkable decision to adopt a generalist inspectors and so now the call to reappointment of chief inspectors of hospitals, primary care, adult social care and mental health. A good idea, but we had those 11 years ago? It remains hard to understand what exactly happened to make these decisions about methods which seem so nonsensical.  The other key question to consider here is how did this drop in the quality of regulation coincide with the increase in staffing with a decrease in output in the acute sector? The report does make clear some key priorities for a better approach to regulation and a lot of work to do to create an expert, data-driven regulator that seeks to improve quality. Looking forward -- if the CQC made use of the world’s best longitudinal data in acute and primary care it could use routinely collected data to drive its work. This could be used to create regular feedback on an ongoing basis, at least in these areas. In the gigabytes of data routinely collected there is remas of data on safety and effectiveness and even patient safety experience which we use as an organisation every day to help improve health and health care. The most important data we configure into tools that automatically update each month and can explore performance comparatively and longitudinally—especially making use of the excellent acute a primary care data. To note this isn’t possibl for other settings due to the poor level of data completion in community mental health and social care will need to be addressed to achieve this. Finally, pleased to see this point from our work with NHS Confed on the importance of especially community and primary care in driving economic growth and this being something that needs to be considered in regulatory approach. It seems to me that we will need to both reestablish expertise in each sector and also consider how high quality care is delivered across the pathway. NHS NHS England Department of Health and Social Care Local Government Association NHS Confederation NHS Providers Tom Kibasi Royal College of General Practitioners https://lnkd.in/gx2KjVUe

Dr. Penny Dash's full review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been published today, highlighting significant failings in its ability to identify poor performance across hospitals, care homes, and GP practices. Our latest snapshot ⬇️ reveals key findings from the report, along with an overview of CQC’s response. Discover more here: https://lnkd.in/gEcMmZ6s

🚀 New CF opportunity! We are looking for a Director of Life Sciences Consulting to lead high-impact projects with global life sciences companies, helping to shape healthcare systems and drive the adoption of cutting-edge solutions. This role will be pivotal in delivering value to clients across the UK and EMEA, contributing to sustainable growth and innovation. Do you have extensive experience in life sciences consulting, strong leadership skills, and a passion for improving healthcare? We’d love to hear from you! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eMegJdFX Find out more about CF careers and all current vacancies here: https://lnkd.in/eQXPzcHF #ConsultingCareers #Healthcare #Hiring