All Performance articles – Page 23
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Comment
The pointless leader
Beverly ‘Bev’ Heaver is NHS Blithering’s head transformationalist and director of the New Perspectives Unit. Here she sets out her vision of perpetual change. As channeled by Julian Patterson
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: NHS England’s failure to kill the four-hour target
NHS England’s protracted bid to scrap the four-hour A&E target has finally been shelved by ministers, as we exclusively revealed last week.
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Comment
People harmed by the NHS are still being left to fend for themselves
A recently published report highlights the shortcomings in care provided by the NHS. Peter Walsh, Joanne Hughes and James Titcombe emphasise how millions could be saved if people were empowered early on to have their needs met without the need to turn to litigation
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News
Former NHSE chief: ‘Most hospital discharge data is useless’
A former chief executive of the NHS has said most data collected about hospital discharges by NHS England is ‘useless’ and biased against social care.
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Comment
Hunt has averted a crisis - but for how long?
An additional £3.3bn per year for NHS England in both 2023-24 and 2024-25 was a better outcome than most people probably expected. But how far will this additional funding go toward meeting the challenges that services face? writes, Anita Charlesworth
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Why NHSE’s attempt to scrap 4-hour target has failed
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
Exclusive: Ministers ditch NHS England’s A&E target review
Ministers have effectively ditched NHS England’s planned new bundle of A&E targets and want trusts to be firmly regulated on the existing four-hour standard and 12-hour breaches, HSJ understands.
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News
NHSE tells trusts: ‘be robust’ with GP referrals
An NHS England director says trusts should use ‘as robust triage as you can possibly do’ when deciding whether to accept referrals from GPs.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Monday to Friday people
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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Comment
NHS charities can help meet the service's staffing crisis
While the charity sector does not address day-to-day funding needs, the role it plays in supporting the NHS workforce is crucial, writes Ellie Orton.
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News
Big rise in trusts ‘red rated’ for infant mortality
Nearly a fifth of trusts providing maternity care have been red rated for their infant mortality rates in a national audit.
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HSJ Partners
Safeguarding healthcare supply chains post-pandemic
Charlie Mundy discusses what’s needed to ensure that NHS supply chains are resilient enough to withstand future challenges and large-scale disruption
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News
CEO of struggling teaching trust quits for regional role
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s chief executive, David Rosser is stepping down.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: Barclay, strikes and eye-catching appointments
This week we bring you our reaction to Steve Barclay’s first major speech since returning as health and social care secretary, during which HSJ questioned him about his view on NHS funding.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2022: Performance Recovery Award
WINNER: Children’s Hospital Alliance National Paediatric Accelerator: Recovery Programme
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2022: Trust of the Year
Partnered by WINNER: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
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News
Ministers order review to free ICSs from micromanagement
Former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt has been asked by the government to review the role and powers of integrated care systems with a view to giving them greater autonomy.
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News
Review launched into ‘inaccurate’ ambulance data
An independent review has been launched into London’s ambulance response times after the introduction of a new computer system revealed it may have been underreporting them for several years.
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Comment
Diagnosis delays are blighting the lives of people with COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a condition that’s widely misunderstood and can take decades to diagnose. To mark World COPD Day, Sarah Woolnough, CEO of Asthma + Lung UK, explores the barriers stopping people with this deadly lung condition from getting a diagnosis and the care they need.
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News
Return to PbR would be ‘retrograde step’, warns NHS Providers
Moving trusts back onto a traditional payment by results financial framework would ‘feel like a retrograde step’ and cut across the new integrated care system agenda, the NHS Providers’ interim chief has warned.