All Performance articles – Page 109
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LeaderHunt’s ‘managed breach’ points to need for new thinking on targets
SOS’s speech didn’t propose changes
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NewsConcern grows over tight timetable for waiting list cuts
An official timetable for clearing planned care waiting lists over the summer has sparked concern among NHS managers.
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CommentWe'll have to wait and see what Hunt's waiting time intentions will bring
It could all go pear shaped
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NewsHunt: care targets to suffer 'managed breach'
The health secretary has announced a “managed breach” of key waiting times targets for several months while the service treats extra patients to tackle its backlog.
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NewsShortcomings in ambulance response times
Ambulances in three regions of England are ‘failing’ to get to some of the most critical patients on time, new figures suggest.
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CommentPatients, not politics: don't let talk distract from providing local care
Sustainability is key
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HSJ KnowledgeHow turning around Northampton Hospital's failures inspired belief in a brighter future
How one failing trust’s turnaround has been sparked by some outside help
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NewsCQC to slow inspections amid staff pressures
The Care Quality Commission has scaled back its inspection ambitions for the rest of 2014-15 as it seeks to ease pressure on its hard pressed workforce and struggles to recruit enough high calibre staff.
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NewsInspection notice periods could treble
Hospitals, GP practices and care homes could see pre-inspection notice periods trebled under a new Care Quality Commission approach.
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NewsKeogh trusts have progressed one year on, says Richards
Strong leadership and good clinical engagement are the essential qualities for turning around failing trusts, chief inspector of hospitals Sir Mike Richards has told HSJ.
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NewsTDA investigates why winter pressures have continued into summer
The NHS Trust Development Authority is undertaking “urgent work” to investigate the “unexpectedly high” demand for acute services that has seen winter pressures continue into the summer.
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CommentWays to reduce the increasing NHS pay bill remain elusive
2.6pc spending increase was not part of the plan
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NewsHunt dismisses Keogh trusts' finance struggles
Lack of money is no excuse for poor care, the health secretary has said
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CommentNHS leaders must be more confident in tackling waiting lists
How localism could provide the solution
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NewsHealth spending sees sharpest rise in current parliament
Department of Health spending rose by 2.6 per cent in real terms last year – by far the greatest annual rise in health spending of the current parliament
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HSJ LocalColchester 'failed to tell CQC' about further waiting list allegations
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has criticised the trust at the centre of a scandal over cancer waiting data manipulation for failing to tell inspectors it had received further allegations of waiting lists being manipulated.
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NewsTwo further Keogh trusts leave special measures
Two further trusts placed in regulatory “special measures” last summer have been removed from the regime, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsSurgeons call for review of 18 week waiting target
The NHS commitment to carry out routine operations within 18 weeks of referral by a GP should be reviewed, the new president of the Royal College of Surgeons said.
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NewsDalton calls for providers to be driving force of reform
The creation of new organisational models should be driven by providers rather than the government, Sir David Dalton has said
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CommentElection 2015: 18 week waits remain at risk
The national waiting list is nothing like a simple queue