All Performance articles – Page 118
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CommentWill publishing surgeon performance improve outcomes?
Public reporting of clinical performance can have unintended consequences
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NewsIndividual trusts to publish surgeons’ data
Individual trusts’ websites will have to provide links to their consultants’ performance data – including mortality rates – by the end of July, under a flagship NHS transparency programme.
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NewsAudit reveals life-threatening neglect of diabetics in hospital
A charity has warned some hospitals are doing “more harm than good” to people with diabetes, after an audit suggested thousands of patients each year could be developing a life-threatening but preventable complication due to poor care.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to be an effective clinical leader
An overview of the qualities required to lead in the new NHS
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: April 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18 week waits across England, updated with the April 2013 data.
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Blogs
Record breaking rise in English waiting list
The English waiting list got much bigger again in April. There will be trouble.
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CommentLet's rethink the NHS's public engagement
Feedback exercises alone fail to engage patients meaningfully
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HSJ Local
CCG warns on North Bristol ambulance handovers
PERFORMANCE: A performance board paper for South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group warns that North Bristol NHS Trust ambulance handover breach rates remain higher than the target, and that the ambulance trust failed to meet its target for 2012-13.
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NewsTroubled trust avoids regulator 'cap' on A&E
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has avoided having a cap placed on the number of A&E patients it can treat.
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NewsAnalysed: The CQC and A&E at Queen's Hospital
In-depth analysis of A&E services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire back on track on emergency waiting times
PERFORMANCE: East Cheshire is back on track after failing to hit A&E waiting time targets in the last quarter of the financial year.
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NewsNHS 111 line 'steadily improving'
The new non emergency NHS advice line is “steadily improving” health officials have said.
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Blogs
Waiting lists and criminal offences
It will soon be a criminal offence to supply false or misleading waiting list data. Time to get ready.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria records two SUIs
PERFOMANCE: Two serious untoward incidents were reported at Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust in April. In one, being treated as a never event, an incision was made to the wrong side of the mouth but this was spotted before surgery commenced.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham addressing 18 week backlog
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust is tackling a backlog of patients who have been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment.
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HSJ Local
Ashford and St Peter's list mistake leads to waits
PERFORMANCE: An error in how pain management patients were prioritised has meant that 254 patients at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust were not seen within 18 weeks.
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex widely missed A&E target in March
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust only managed to treat 86 per cent of patients attending A&E within four hours in March – the sixth month it has missed the 95 per cent target. The trust also missed the target for the year with a performance of 93 per ...
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex closely missed March A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust just missed the 95 per cent A&E target in March –despite coping with a 14 per cent month-on-month increase in attendances.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria settles and apologises over error
PERFORMANCE: A consultant’s misreading of notes has contributed to a £100,000 settlement to a patient at Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust.