All Performance articles – Page 120
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CommentAcute care is drowning in the rising tide of A&E demand
The answer may be to close hospitals, says Andrew Foster
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HSJ Local
Community hospital moves patients due to gas leak
PERFORMANCE: Eighteen elderly patients had to be moved from a community hospital at the weekend after an underground gas leak.
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Blogs
The mystery of the missing waiting list patients
Thousands of patients are apparently missing from the English waiting list. February is 28 days long. Together, those facts help us work out what on earth might be going on.
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CommentTurnaround is everybody's problem
Reversing a trust’s financial fortunes is a job for the whole organisation
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HSJ KnowledgeBest practice in performance management
Creating value and better team working in NHS hospitals
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CommentMedical leadership is vital for quality patient care
We need more doctors in leadership roles, says Chris Ham
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CommentMonitor needs to be clearer about its regulation style
The regulator faces a challenge following changes in its role
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LeaderThe warning signs in NHS emergency care
Long waits are down, but pressure is building elsewhere
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NewsCircle sees operating loss increase to £29m
Circle, the private company running Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has posted an operating loss of £29.3m for 2012, according to company accounts.
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Comment
The NHS is in real danger of being unaffordable
Health bodies are desperately trying to save money
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: February 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18-week waits across England, updated with the latest data.
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CommentThe NHS has its own currency crisis
The currencies that drive activity and behaviour in the NHS are rooted in the past
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Blogs
One-year waits race towards zero
One year waits continue to fall sharply. 18 week waits, and the waiting list overall, are steady. Orthopaedic long-waits are deteriorating.
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NewsCQC could appoint three chief inspectors in regulation shake-up
The Care Quality Commission confirmed today that it planned to appoint two chief inspectors to lead its work on hospitals and adult social care. The regulator said it was also considering the appointment of a third chief inspector, responsible for primary and integrated care.
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HSJ Local
Concerns over A&E waiting times at Ipswich
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners said a contract query issued to Ipswich hospital regarding long waits “remains in place”.
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HSJ Local
Peterborough introduces system to reduce 'no shows'
PATIENT SAFETY Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has introduced a new appointment reminder service for patients to cut the number of ‘no-shows’.
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CommentStill no change in NHS finance after Francis
The post-Francis world is still worringly ‘business as usual’
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BlogsInnovation in healthcare: ‘There’s a way to do it better – find it’
Alexandra Norrish on the lessons the UK can learn from the US health system’s long tradition of innovation
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NewsKeogh defends Leeds stoppage as heart surgery cleared to resume
Children’s heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary was halted because of poor data showing unusually high death rates which were submitted by the hospital itself, the medical director of NHS England has said.