All Performance articles – Page 6
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HSJ PartnersGrow your NHS workforce with degree apprenticeships from the University of Greenwich
The healthcare sector is under increasing pressure to fill workforce gaps, upskill existing staff, and retain talent, and your organisation is probably no different.
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CommentNHS funding may be ‘maxed out’ but change is still possible
With NHS funding stretched to its limit, real transformation demands more than just balancing the books — it calls for honest, evidence-based decisions about what to start, stop and sustain, writes Andi Orlowski
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HSJ PartnersAI is transforming radiology, but perhaps not in the way you think
Hexarad CEO and ex-NHS consultant radiologist Farzana Rahman explores how AI-driven technology is helping NHS trusts cut costs and reduce the administrative burden on overstretched clinicians.
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News‘Life saving’ rapid test not available at most CDCs
Patients are facing “unnecessary and worrying” waits because a rapid heart failure test is not available at most of the NHS’s 169 community diagnostic centres, experts have told HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersBeyond the status quo: Why public-private partnerships are the NHS’s next frontier
To meet rising demand, the NHS must embrace public–private collaboration that delivers proven tech solutions and enables faster, more efficient patient care, writes TeleTracking’s Chris Johnson
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CommentWait list grows for first time in seven months
Seasonal growth has overwhelmed recent sluggish improvements, writes Rob Findlay
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NewsBlock contracts slowing down surgery
Block funding contracts are undermining the throughput and care quality of a common emergency operation, leading clinicians have told HSJ.
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NewsNHSE to slash targets in latest performance regime overhaul
NHS England is revising its new performance framework yet again, with a focus on slashing 77 indicators down to core priorities.
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NewsMajor provider joins NHSE’s most challenged group
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has joined four other trusts in NHS England’s most challenged category for all three of elective, diagnostic and cancer performance.
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CommentThe economic wellbeing of NHS staff should be addressed by the 10-Year Plan
The 10-Year Plan must include a funded, strategic workforce recovery plan to overcome post-pandemic workforce challenges, write Nick Krachler and Ian Kessler
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Are ‘unambitious’ targets here to stay?
Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week’s Recovery Watch newsletter, by senior correspondent Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.
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CommentICBs are still needed
Cuts to ICB budgets and shifting roles risk undermining integrated care, but successful local models show how system leadership can still drive transformation in NHS services, writes Sir Chris Ham
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NewsMental health sidelined in key waiting list policy
GPs should be incentivised to get advice and guidance from specialist mental health teams to help “drive down waiting lists”, the new director of the NHS Confederation’s mental health network has said.
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NewsSeven trusts still to set maximum ambulance handover times
Seven trusts among the poorest performers for ambulance handovers have yet to to implement the flagship NHS England policy designed to tackle the problem.
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NewsICBs told to get tighter grip on GP referrals
Integrated care boards have been told to significantly strengthen the drive to ensure that potential GP referrals are first scrutinised by hospital consultants.
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CommentReal-time patient feedback should drive service improvement
Annie Williamson explores why past NHS reforms have failed, and why empowering staff, patients, and local systems is essential if the health service is to survive and thrive
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NewsStreeting accused of prematurely hailing success of elective scheme
Ministers have jumped the gun by claiming a flagship elective programme has been “busting through the backlog at twice the speed”, an independent analysis has concluded.
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NewsKey recovery target hit
Ambulance services hit a crucial “interim” target for responding to the bulk of emergency calls last month, and showed marked improvements for the most serious category of incidents.
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CommentICB patient engagement expertise must not be lost
Sharon Brennan stresses the importance of NHS reforms refocusing on patient experience and calls for a return to community-centred care, patient involvement, and a national metric for patient experience
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CommentWait list falls for sixth consecutive month but too slowly
This run of good news is probably coming to an end