All Performance articles – Page 24
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CommentMilitant NHS directors threaten strike action
In the wake of the nurses’ ballot and as fears of further unrest rock the health service, another vital group of public servants could be about to down tools, reports Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What to expect from the spending review
This week Annabelle and Dave are joined by Miriam Deakin, director of policy and strategy at NHS Providers, and we discuss what could be in store for the NHS in next week’s spending review.
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CommentMore than 2,000 patients are still waiting over two years
Waiting lists and waiting times are overall still getting worse
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NewsBiggest ever monthly rise in 12-hour trolley waits, stats show
Long waits in emergency departments rose by their highest monthly margin in October as performance continued to deteriorate across emergency services and planned care.
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NewsNurses at half of NHS organisations vote for strike
Nursing staff at around half of NHS organisations have voted in favour of strike action over pay and safety concerns, the Royal College of Nursing has said.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Fresh challenges in counting and cleaning 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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CommentThe National Lung Cancer Audit can help tackle health inequalities
Health inequalities are complex and far reaching, hence collecting data on health inequalities at both community and individual patient level is essential, writes Dr Neal Navani.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Crunch time for 40 ‘new hospitals’
The fate of the “40 new hospitals” hangs in the balance, with trusts hoping for a decision on funding by the end of the year.
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CommentTime to pull the plug on the NHS
Julian Patterson is away this week, so he invited his sister-in-law, the right of centre columnist, commentator and busy working mum Tamara Buckshott, to step in
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NewsPritchard: ICBs will ‘rationalise roles’ to make savings
Amanda Pritchard has said integrated care boards will need to “rationalise roles [and] processes” and use “economies of scale” to cut costs, following on from NHS England’s plans to cut around 6,000 posts.
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NewsNHS England orders ‘arctic willow’ test run for strikes
Systems have been told by NHS England to prepare to take part in a “multi-day exercise” to stress test the health service ahead of a winter of extreme operational pressures and possible strike action.
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HSJ Local‘Insular’ leadership reported at struggling trust
The leadership style of one of England’s largest acute trusts was described as ‘insular’ in feedback from other NHS organisations earlier this year, it has emerged, amid intense scrutiny of the provider’s performance.
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NewsCQC inspection approach helping fuel emergency care crisis, says trust chief
A trust chief executive says the Care Quality Commission’s inspection regime is still overly focussed on individual organisations, rather than systems, and this is driving the ‘risk aversion’ which is partly responsible for the emergency care crisis.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Back to the 1950s
Steve Barclay returns as health secretary, and he joins the NHS at a time when the health service faces its worst funding squeeze in many decades.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Debate over ‘sticking plaster’ A&E model
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 emergency care correspondent Matt Discombe
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CommentHow Healthwatch will help the NHS this winter
Community organisations rallied to help the NHS during the pandemic. With services facing another challenging winter, Louise Ansari, national director of Healthwatch England, explains how Healthwatch are planning to lend a hand again
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NewsExclusive: ‘Uncomfortable’ A&E model could be rolled out nationally
A patient flow model which involves moving A&E patients to wards “irrespective” of whether there are beds available, is under review for wider rollout by NHS England and is being endorsed by senior clinicians, despite safety fears, HSJ has learned.
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CommentHow co-production can keep up with the rapid pace of system change
Co-production is undoubtedly vital to the future of mental health services, but the challenge we face now is how to ensure that co-production and efforts to address systemic inequalities can keep pace with the rapid pace of system change, writes Sam Holmes
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What Chancellor Hunt means for the NHS
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt is now the most powerful person in the country. We discuss what some of his mini-budget reversals mean for the NHS and if the health service is safe in his hands.
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NewsMackey fires warning at trusts delivering ‘inexplicably low’ activity levels
A group of struggling trusts that are delivering “inexplicably low” elective activity levels will face “consequences” if they do not meet revised trajectories, NHS England’s elective recovery adviser has warned.