All Performance articles – Page 108
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Blogs
Do the CQC and Monitor understand 18 week waits?
The regualtors are applying the target in ways that deter hospitals from treating long waiting patients. Let’s hear the reasons why.
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HSJ Local
Taunton investigating weekend mortality
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is investigating why deaths have been higher than expected at weekends, commissioner board papers reveal.
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CommentNHS complaints procedure is a cause for grievance
The NHS needs a more compassionate approach
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NewsDetails of £3.8bn integration fund revealed
The amount of progress clinical commissioning groups and councils make in working together next year will help determine their area’s share of the £3.8bn fund for health and care integration from 2015, it has been revealed.
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Blogs
Unexpected rise in August waiting list
The waiting list put on a surprising growth spurt in August. Yet long-waits performance remained steady.
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CommentThe NHS: An institution on life support?
Examining if the UK’s public services have lost their way
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NewsRise in 'avoidable' NHS admissions
The number of emergency hospital admissions for conditions that could be avoided has risen 48 per cent in 12 years, according to a new report.
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NewsMP seeks checks on NHS 'fraudsters'
Convicted fraudsters could infiltrate the NHS unless more is done to ensure that private healthcare providers are subject to the same scrutiny requirements as their public sector rivals, a Labour MP has said.
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NewsChoices to change friends and family presentation
NHS England has agreed to change the way the results of the friends and family test are presented online by NHS Choices following complaints from trusts, HSJ has learned.
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NewsA&Es facing 'intolerable pressures'
Urgent action must be taken to ensure that emergency departments remain safe and sustainable, doctors have warned.
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CommentHealthy teams lead to healthy cultures
The time is right for rapid cultural change across the NHS workforce
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NewsExclusive: Delayed hospital discharge to blame for A&E pressure
Poor accident and emergency performance this year has not been caused by GP out of hours provision, increased attendances or a lack of doctors, exclusive analysis shared with HSJ shows.
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CommentPatient feedback is essential to the NHS's future
The friends and family test is helping to drive local improvements
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HSJ Local
Below par PLACE scores for Medway FT
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust scored below average for all four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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NewsMonitor warning on foundations' A&E performance
The number of NHS foundation trusts failing to meet the target for seeing patients within four hours of arriving at accident and emergency departments has doubled in the last year.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe role of CCGs following the Francis report
What CCGs should aim to do in light of the Mid Staffs inquiry
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: July 2013 data
All the local detail on 18 weeks by provider, commissioner and specialty, with interactive maps
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NewsMost popular quality premium targets revealed
Improving care for circulatory diseases and reducing emergency admissions are the targets most commonly chosen by clinical commissioning groups to be linked to their income, research has found.
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Blogs
English waiting list peaking just below 3 million
The English waiting list peaks just below 3 million: the largest reported list size since April 2008. But 18 weeks performance remains steady.
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BlogsOutpatient waits take the pain in Scotland
Scotland does well against its two main waiting times targets. So why are outpatient waits soaring?