NHS Improvement

This article is about non-departmental public body established in 2016. For the special health authority disbanded in 2013, see NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
NHS Improvement
Non-departmental public body overview
Formed1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)
Dissolved30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)
Superseding Non-departmental public body
JurisdictionEngland
HeadquartersWellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London
Non-departmental public body executives
Parent departmentDepartment of Health and Social Care
Websiteimprovement.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

NHS Improvement (NHSI) was a non-departmental body in England, responsible for overseeing the National Health Service's foundation trusts and NHS trusts, as well as independent providers that provide NHS-funded care. It supported providers to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are financially sustainable.

A previous body – also called NHS Improvement – was set up in April 2008 to drive clinical service improvement,[1] but was merged into NHS Improving Quality in 2013[2] following the Health and Social Care Act reforms.

From 1 April 2016, NHS Improvement was the operational name for an organisation that brought together Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, Patient Safety (from NHS England), National Reporting and Learning System, Advancing Change Team and Intensive Support Teams.

In 2018 it became clear that the organisation, while maintaining its statutory independence, was for practical reasons to be merged with NHS England, and seven "single integrated regional teams" would be jointly established.[3] In February 2021, the government confirmed its intention to merge NHS Improvement into NHS England in its Integration and innovation white paper.[4] The merger took place on 1 July 2022, at which point NHS Improvement ceased to exist, with its two legal entities, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority, being abolished.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Stroke Improvement Website". NHS Improvement. November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Sustainable Improvement Team". NHS England. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Seven regions planned in NHS England and NHS Improvement 'integration'". Health Service Journal. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Integration and innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all". UK Government. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.