Publications - Developing FTs

Toolkit 1: Working towards service-line management: a how-to guide

Thu, 15 November 2012 9:53:19 +0000

This how-to guide showing how managing by service lines can be implemented in a health setting.

Director-governor interaction in NHS foundation trusts: A best practice guide for boards of directors

Tue, 30 October 2012 11:51:50 +0000

Monitor, working in conjunction with PA Consulting, conducted a research project to identify the key factors for establishing strong director-governor interaction within foundation trusts. The findings are encapsulated in this best practice guide, which is aimed at existing foundation trusts and aspirant foundation trusts.

Delivering sustainable cost improvement programmes

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:08:51 +0000

This guide looks at the evidence from cost improvement plans (CIPs) across the NHS to identify important lessons and provides examples of how NHS trusts and foundation trusts can deliver CIPs whilst improving patient care, patient satisfaction and safety.

Service-line reporting: How SLR can improve productivity and performance in NHS foundation trusts

Tue, 2 November 2010 14:35:45 +0000

This document provides an overview of the benefits of service-line management.

The role of boards in improving patient safety

Tue, 15 June 2010 14:57:12 +0000

This publication offers guidance to boards on delivering improvements to patient safety

Service-line management: An overview

Mon, 10 May 2010 14:03:58 +0000

This document provides an overview of service-line management (SLM), including the four key elements which create the SLM framework, the benefits of SLM and putting SLM into practice.

Toolkit 5: Working towards service-line management: using service-line data in the annual planning process

Mon, 26 April 2010 15:35:03 +0000

This report describes how service-line reporting can be used in the annual planning process.

Toolkit 2: Working towards service-line management: organisational change and performance management

Mon, 26 April 2010 15:34:19 +0000

The reports describe how service-line reporting can be used to incentivise staff.

Toolkit 3: Guide to developing reliable financial data for service-line reporting

Mon, 26 April 2010 15:33:54 +0000

This guide describes how to generate the information required for service-line income and expenditure reporting in NHS foundation trusts.

Toolkit 4: Working towards service-line management: a toolkit for presenting operational service-line data

Mon, 26 April 2010 15:29:37 +0000

This document explains the service-line toolkit and how you can use it to present data about the financial performance of service-lines.