All Performance articles – Page 147
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HSJ Local
CQC drops in on Weston Area Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has carried out an unannounced visit at Weston Area Health Trust.
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Oral surgery backlog at Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT’s oral surgery department is underperforming due to “chronic capacity problems”, its board has been told.
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PCT tells Basildon and Thurrock FT to delay appointments
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust has been asked by the primary care trust to delay non-urgent first appointments until 14 weeks after GP referral.
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NHS Bolton sees poor waiting times performance deteriorate among its providers
PERFORMANCE: The performance of hospitals in Bolton against key waiting times indicators continued to deteriorate in December, the primary care trust reported.
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HSJ Local
Colchester FT underachieving on CQUINs
FINANCE: Underchievement on CQUIN goals by Colchester Hospital Foundation Trust has cost it nearly £0.5m so far this year.
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The Hillingdon Hospital's midwifery head raises c-section target concern with SHA
PERFORMANCE: The head of the north west London hospital trust’s midwifery service has approached NHS London to query whether the target for the number of caesarian sections is too low.
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HSJ Local
St George's Healthcare Trust misses four-hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The south London acute achieved 96.99 per cent in September against the target of 98 per cent, a document published by NHS Richmond and Twickenhan reports.
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Bradford FT reports 'very high' emergency demand impacting PCT
FINANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported that demand for emergency care is “very high”, putting pressure on commissioners’ budgets.
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University Hospitals Leicester Trust fails to improve A&E times despite PCT warning
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Leicester Trust has failed to achieve the terms set out in an A&E performance notice.
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University Hospitals of Leicester struggling on 18 weeks and stroke
PERFORMANCE: The 18 week referral to treatment target at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is being impeded by the non availability of critical care beds or normal beds.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire Healthcare rejects PCT call to extend waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare has rejected the local PCTs request to extend waiting times for non-urgent patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe importance of administration, management and bureaucracy in healthcare
Examination of last month’s Health Bill has resulted in a renewed attack on NHS managers and the ‘back-office functions’ administration, management and bureaucracy. However, not only are these functions quite separate, they are all still essential, write John Carrier, Chair of NHS Camden, and professor Ian Kendall from the University ...
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HSJ Local
Cancer tsar offers risk sharing deal for Manchester cancer network
PERFORMANCE: Greater Manchester’s hospitals could share responsibility for meeting cancer hospital the Christie’s 62 day waiting target, under a deal proposed by the government’s cancer tsar.
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NewsTrust falls foul of CQC twice in nine months
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has failed to address concerns raised 10 months ago, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTrusts underestimating 'hidden' staff bank costs by 40 per cent
Trusts are underestimating the true costs of running in-house staffing banks by as much as 40 per cent, an NHS Professionals report has claimed.
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NewsEarly death 'more likely in the North'
People living in the north of England are 20 per cent more likely to die prematurely than those in the South, research suggests.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch uses in-house social worker to combat care transfer delays
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care rates have improved at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals FT.
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SHA report finds concerns in out of hours services in Peterborough
PERFORMANCE: A review of out of hours GP services in the region has found areas for immediate improvement at NHS Peterborough.
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Two performance notices given to Mid Essex trust
PERFORMANCE: Mid Essex Hospital Services has two performance notices imposed on it by NHS Mid Essex.
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NHS Leicester City finds emergency care 'not resilient' in winter
PERFORMANCE: Emergency care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is not “resilient” to winter pressures and is brought to a halt by the slightest spike in demand.