All Performance articles – Page 110
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NewsNHS England to develop new indicator for nurse staffing
Almost half of NHS hospitals and inpatient areas recorded nursing shift ‘fill rates’ of more than 100 per cent in May, according to figures released as part of the government’s patient safety drive.
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CommentMake the missing link between quality, workforce and data
We shouldn’t consider datasets in isolation
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Revealed: CSU sector income is £50m above expectations
Commissioning support units made a collective surplus of nearly 6 per cent, HSJ can reveal after obtaining financial performance data for the entire sector for the first time.
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NewsDH creates £250m fund for elective 'resilience'
The Department of Health is to provide an additional £250m to the NHS to help providers clear their planned care waiting list backlogs.
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SupplementsThe Care Integration top 50 revealed
The people doing the most to overcome historical organisational barriers to create a new care system
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SupplementsRadiology special report: In search of a clear picture
Departments face greater demand but have less money
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CommentCommitment to change the NHS must come from within
Place more emphasis on learning best practice
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HSJ LocalBasildon removed from special measures
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the first trust to come out of special measures after what the health secretary described as a “remarkable turnaround”.
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Comment18 weeks targets force pressured trusts into perverse patient scheduling
Patients out of order
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HSJ Knowledge
Four hours in A&E: what the target tells us about trusts
Does performance reflect the leadership?
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NewsSmaller trusts outperforming larger counterparts
Smaller trusts are outperforming their larger counterparts on several measures, research by healthcare data company CHKS reveals.
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NHS England backs cancer and cardiac reorganisation
NHS England is backing clinician-led proposals which would see a reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac services across London and Essex.
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NewsCancer waiting time target breached for first time
Providers have breached the waiting time target for patients with suspected cancer starting treatment within 62 days following urgent GP referral for the first time since the target was introduced in 2009.
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CommentScotland puts the squeeze on outpatient long waits
Underlying pressures continue to build on trusts
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NewsFoundation trust recruitment tops 24k
Foundation trusts saw their surpluses plunge £358m last year as they boosted staff numbers in the overheated recruitment market, a report by Monitor indicates.
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NewsProviders fail to report waiting times data
The NHS has missed its target for starting patient treatment within 18 weeks of admission for the second consecutive month, the latest official figures show.
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CommentCCGs should authorise 18-week target breaches
We must make sure a good crisis does not go to waste
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NewsLocal commissioners given say in special administration
Local commissioners that are not directly involved with failing hospitals are to be given the chance to respond to proposals put forward by trust special administrators, after the government last night adopted an amendment to the Care Bill.
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NewsFall in public satisfaction with emergency departments
Public satisfaction with accident and emergency services dipped to a five-year low in 2013, according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey.
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Comment'England is stuck with complex and perverse waiting times targets'
The government won’t fix this system