All Performance articles – Page 114
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CCGs will choose own improvement areas for quality payment
Clinical commissioning groups will be able to choose some of their own targets for the “quality premium” pay for performance scheme, the NHS Commissioning Board’s first planning guidance reveals.
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Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
Discussion on changes to bonus payments for consultants look set to begin in earnest next week with the publication of a long awaited report into clinical excellence awards.
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BlogsOrthopaedics scrapes inside waiting target for first time
Long waits are down again, but the total number waiting is a bit higher than usual. This will become worrying, if it carries on.
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CommentA timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
Acute trusts cannot prevent overcrowding but they can reduce demand
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HSJ KnowledgeWireless brings night-time care out of the dark ages
How Nottingham uses technology to enhance night-time care
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NewsNHS bed occupancy figures queried
A health minister has said he does not recognise figures on bed occupancy used in an influential report to show NHS hospitals are dangerously full.
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NewsA&E waiting times rising - survey
Accident and emergency waiting times are getting longer, new research suggests.
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CommentWhy the friends and family test won't work
The test will overload NHS leaders with more meaningless data
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NewsHandover guidance expected as ambulance services face challenges
The Ambulance Service Network is about to issue guidance and highlight good practice on reducing delays.
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NewsAnalysed: Ambulance service performance
We look at moves to improve the ambulance service’s performance amid relentless rising demand, though no extra money is available
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NewsDistrict general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeClinical engagement and improved care
Moorfields has transformed its approach to clinical governance and staff engagement
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CommentIs the government doing enough?
Experienced leaders will have to prevent cracks in the system as the NHS changes
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NewsPatients Association criticises care
A report giving examples of substandard care in hospitals and care homes is calling for changes to be made to the health service.
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: September 2012 data
Interactive maps show where the long-waits are, the waiting time pressures and where the most “clock pausing” is happening: by specialty, by trust and independent sector provider and PCT.
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Blogs
What's so hard about saying sorry?
Most people who complain just want an apology or explanation. They are not looking for compensation or staff to be disciplined.
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NewsUPDATED: Basildon children's services slammed by CQC
The Care Quality Commission has raised “serious concerns” about children’s services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, branding them “completely unacceptable”.
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Blogs
Transforming real waiting lists with better scheduling
How a rules-based approach to patient scheduling can dramatically reduce waiting times.
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Blogs
New record best for one-year-waiters (now let's go for zero)
A fantastic result on one-year waiters: come on, let’s get them down to zero. Otherwise, everything on waiting times is pretty much treading water.
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CommentStandards suffer when children's services are fragmented
Disparate children’s services need an urgent review