All Performance articles – Page 15
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HSJ Local
‘Muddle, frustration and distrust’ at ‘most mature’ ICS
Multiple problems have been highlighted with the leadership and governance of a much-vaunted integrated care system, including a lack of trust between organisations which often hide information that could weaken their position.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: New data lays bare outpatient transformation failings
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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News
ICSs failed to find alternatives despite ‘shock and panic’ over PbR
Local systems failed to come up with realistic alternatives to bringing back payment by results for planned care despite an initial ‘panic’ around its return, according to NHS England’s elective recovery boss.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The good, the bad, and the overlooked
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
Group CEO set to lead fourth trust
A chief executive who already leads three trusts looks set to also take the helm at a struggling neighbouring provider, HSJ has learned.
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News
‘Over a year behind’ on key maternity target, NHSE admits
Pregnant women and new mothers are facing wide variation in access to mental health support, new figures suggest, as NHS England admits national performance on a key long-term plan goal to expand services is ‘over a year behind trajectory’.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: What’s in Caroline Clarke’s in-tray?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News
Sunak’s local acute becomes first to be upgraded to ‘good’ since covid
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded a major hospital trust to a ‘good’ rating for what is believed to be the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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News
Labour would delay and review capital projects, says Starmer
More capital delays to key NHS projects could be on the horizon under a Labour government, it has emerged, as Sir Keir Starmer unveiled his plan for the health service.
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News
ICB sends trust five safety warnings in six weeks
An integrated care board has sent multiple warnings to a local trust, highlighting ‘serious issues’ with the safety and quality of care provided.
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HSJ Local
Trust chair resigns ahead of critical CQC report
A trust chair has resigned after 15 months in the role.
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News
Labour pledges to cut heart and stroke deaths by a quarter
The first target of Labour’s promised 10-year plan for the NHS will be unveiled today by leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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News
New acute trust and ambulance CEOs as region shakes up leadership
One of the NHS’s most pressurised regions has announced a shake up of its provider leadership, creating a new acute trust group in the process.
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Comment
Focusing on national targets is not the best way to improve patient flow
Jonathon Holmes explains how sharing data on capacity and demand at a regional footprint level, has allowed a consistent and clear overview of capacity, excess demand, and where pinch points are emerging
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News
‘Unreserved apology’ issued to national cancer director over ‘dishonest’ claim
Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust deputy chief executive Andy Welch, has issued an ‘unreserved apology’ over his public criticism of remarks made by NHSE national cancer director Dame Cally Palmer.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: A reason for optimism about the waiting list?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Comment
The poor are still waiting longer for NHS care
Disaggregating waiting lists with the use of data will result in more meaningful and purpose-driven metrics, giving targeted solutions for elective recovery, writes Danielle Jefferies, senior analyst at The King’s Fund.
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News
NHSE begins rollout of mandatory outcomes registry
NHS and private providers have until the end of the year to start submitting all data on all surgeries that include a high-risk medical device by year-end into NHS England’s new mandatory medical device outcome registry.
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HSJ Local
Trust leadership censured for ‘negative impact’ of focus on ‘reputation management’
The leadership rating of one of the NHS’s best known specialist trusts has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’, despite inspectors praising the work of its medical director, nursing director and chief operating officer.
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Comment
Strikes contribute to slowing elective admissions and discharges
Achieving the next targets will need a more sophisticated approach than targeting cohorts of long waiters