Healthcare
Newton specialise in improving service profitability and quality of care through business intelligence and operational efficiency.
After enjoying unprecedented increases in funding over the last decade, the NHS now faces the significant challenge of meeting increasing demand while improving both value-for-money and the quality of the services that are offered.
The operating framework for 2010/11 highlights the scale of the challenge ahead: with 0% growth in tariff, providers are required to make greater efficiency savings than ever before, with 3.5% increase in productivity required to merely balance inflationary pressures.
There is no change in specific priorities – reducing health-care acquired infections and maintaining waiting times – however the tariff is clearly being adapted to incentivise Trusts to reduce the number of admissions.
Newton’s offering
Newton specialise in delivering real, and financially measurable improvements across a Trust: from capacity and resource planning, to improving inpatient and outpatient care quality and productivity, to re-designing patient care pathways. At the core of Newton’s offering is theatre and outpatient clinic efficiency improvements. Projects in one of these two areas save, on average, over £1 million p.a. per Trust; results are typically visible within 3 months of the start of the project.
Newton is now one of the major players working to deliver productivity savings and improve business intelligence within NHS organisations, and has a proven track record of both financial and care quality improvements across over 10 Trusts.
The key to Newton’s success is a unique approach: developed over a number of years within the private sector, Newton are expert at increasing productivity in a sustainable and measurable way. The strength of the methodology allows Newton to commit to the delivery of results, and clients see long-term value from projects because staff are fully engaged as part of the improvement process.
Across Newton’s engagements, the identification of common problems and weaknesses has led to the development of systems and practices that support best practice, including performance measures and patient safety systems. Newton have developed a number of information systems that can be integrated with client systems in a modular fashion to deliver some outstanding results.
Key Areas of Performance Improvement
Click below to learn more about areas in which Newton deliver significant financial and performance gains:
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