All Performance articles – Page 63
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Expert BriefingQuestions the A&E target review must answer
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsPensions crisis and staff shortages trigger record low cancer performance
A shortage of radiologists, pensions issues and rising demand have driven the worst breast cancer wait times for at least nine years, some of the worst performing trusts told HSJ.
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CommentGP waiting times: learning from the past
Tim Gardner on setting new GP waiting time targets, and the pitfalls of applying a narrowly-focussed solution to ‘fix’ a complex issue
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CommentThere is still much to do to defeat Britain's biggest cancer killer
The complex diagnosing and treatment of lung cancer needs the reins of policy tightening. By David Baldwin
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Don’t bed down for winter
HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing, James Illman’s fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust forms new partnership with neighbour
Isle of Wight’s struggling integrated trust is partnering with a mainland provider in Hampshire, which will help it deliver mental health services.
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HSJ InteractiveImproving A&E performance – what makes the difference?
Anne Rainsberry, Simon Weldon and Becky Taylor outline five behaviours that providers can adopt to improve A&E performance and drive change
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HSJ LocalPensions crisis blamed for trust’s worst-ever breast cancer waits
Pension problems and staff shortages have caused cancer waits to surge at a West Midlands trust.
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Comment‘Why I risked my trust’s reputation’
The definitions of success and the things we value in chief executives in the NHS need to be rethought, writes Sarah-Jane Marsh
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News'Governance' warning for long-stay care providers
Regulators have highlighted poor oversight of staffing in some independent sector mental health and learning disability hospitals, after HSJ analysis found these services had seen more interventions over “safe care” than NHS units.
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CommentRTT waits at 24 weeks as long waits deteriorate sharply
August saw a sudden increase in elective waiting times, putting at risk the NHS long-term plan’s promise of choice at six months.
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NewsExclusive: New top A&E doctor ‘could support replacing target’
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine could support replacing the four-hour target – but only if it was satisfied a replacement regime would demonstrably improve patient outcomes and cut bureaucracy for staff, according its new president.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Details of the ‘A&E Local’ model revealed
HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing is our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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Comment‘Hand in hand’ - NHS trusts and charities working in partnership
NHS charities have the potential to be the nation’s biggest independent supporters of health and well-being, notes Ellie Orton
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NewsHospital fined for 13 breaches of duty of candour rules
A hospital trust has been fined a total of £16,250 for 13 separate breaches of the NHS statutory duty of candour, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsTrust’s 62-day performance slumps after surge in referrals
An acute trust’s performance against the 62-day cancer treatment target has slipped to one of the worst in the country after a sudden rise in referral numbers.
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NewsHopson: Winter will test regulators on ‘aggressive command and control’
Changing the NHS’ culture from “aggressive command and control” to “support and improvement first” will be a “clear test” for NHS England and Improvement, particularly this winter, the chief executive of NHS Providers has said.
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CommentIt is time to face up to the difficult questions facing the NHS
A new report reveals that 91 per cent of trust leaders are worried that unless politicians have a full, frank and open national conversation about the severe pressures facing the NHS, we risk damaging public trust and faith in the NHS
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NewsIndependent review ordered at FT after claims of patient safety concerns
An independent review has been ordered into a hospital trust’s urology unit after patient safety concerns were put to an employment tribunal.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Could Brexit accelerate the integration agenda?
HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing is our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.