All Performance articles – Page 4
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CommentThe NHS is getting better thanks to its leaders
NHS improvement depends less on restructuring and more on courageous leadership tackling inequality, workforce pressures, and service performance
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NewsGovernment will be ‘incredibly lucky’ if current elective care plan works
The government and NHS England is wrong to think that improvements in productivity, and not increased funding, will result in shorter elective waiting lists, the leader of the NHS Alliance has claimed.
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CommentPolitical whim should not drive NHS restructures
As Parliament debates the Health Bill, the focus should be on not only new structures, but on whether repeated NHS reorganisations deliver meaningful change
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pays three trusts £1m each to remove patients from waiting lists
Three trusts were paid more than £1m for removing patients from their waiting lists through “validation” exercises last year, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe benefits of slow leadership
Under relentless NHS pressure, speed is replacing judgement. Leaders risk losing reflection, moral clarity, and safe decision-making in this constant acceleration
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NewsGovernment accused of ‘disconnect’ in policy over new ICB role
The government’s decision to give integrated care boards partial responsibility for delivering a new £1.8bn special needs programme is creating “real tension” with their plans to cut staffing and focus on commissioning, system leaders have warned.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: How trusts drove near-record improvements
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week, by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsTroubleshooter joins trust as interim CEO
A mental health trust has appointed an interim chief with a reputation for taking on challenged organisations while it begins a search for its next permanent leader.
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NewsTop trust ‘struggling’ with tariff reform
A top-performing trust’s CEO has said it is “struggling” with the impact of NHS England’s financial reforms – which it argues are “disproportionately” affecting organisations providing specialist care.
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CommentThe default model for complex care is no longer fit for purpose
Providers and GPs across North Central London tested a proactive neighbourhood model that improved coordination for patients with multiple long-term conditions
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CommentWe must shake up data sharing to deliver neighbourhood health
The success of neighbourhood health cannot depend on ambition alone. Governance, accountability, and digital coordination across fragmented NHS organisations are all required
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CommentStaff must be trained to use AVT properly
Supplier registries for AVT tools are all very well, but are they the best way to reduce risk for trusts adopting the new technology?
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News21 trusts ‘delivered year’s elective recovery in single month’
Twenty-one trusts delivered their entire 2025-26 elective improvement in March alone, analysis shows, prompting concerns about the “fragility and sustainability” of the NHS’s waiting list recovery.
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HSJ PartnersBreaking down barriers: Supporting early lung cancer detection in patients with mental health conditions
Lung cancer remains one of the UK’s most significant health challenges, yet not all patients face the same odds of early diagnosis.
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NewsNHS-owned consultancy faces closure
An NHS-owned consultancy is facing closure after reporting significant financial losses, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe growing management crisis risks undermining NHS reform
A new NHS workforce plan must finally address the overlooked management workforce needed to drive improvement, innovation, and reform
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NewsNeighbourhood plans ‘in danger’, says top five trust leader
The government’s neighbourhood health agenda is “in danger of not happening” amid a lack of clarity over governance structures and funding, the chair of England’s fourth-largest trust has claimed.
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CommentThere is growing unease about the future of stroke care
The government’s focus on stroke signals a welcome elevation of this critical policy and clinical area, but much hangs on the planned Modern Service Framework
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CommentThe NHS needs to learn to call patients by the right name
The CQC has just admitted that no one is checking NHS staff are calling patients by preferred names. That gap is fixable
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News‘Central pressure’ forcing ICBs to cut reform investment
Integrated care boards are struggling to protect funds to deliver neighbourhood health and other 10-Year Health Plan proposals this year – with one cluster forced to withdraw a £33m fund days after launching it.