All Performance articles – Page 69
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders new ambulance handover plan following 'unacceptable' delays
Jeremy Hunt has told system leaders to draw up new plans to tackle handover delays this month after efforts to curtail ambulance queues outside hospitals failed this winter, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalGOSH leadership rated requires improvement after high turnover of directors
A specialist trust that has seen a high turnover of directors in recent years has been rated requires improvement for leadership by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSafety warning over oxygen cylinder deaths
A “persistent” problem with the design and use of oxygen cylinders could be behind hundreds of patient safety incidents, including six deaths, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has found.
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HSJ LocalTop A&E trust's chief executive steps down
The chief executive of an innovative trust with one of the best performing accident and emergency departments in the country has stepped down due to illness.
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HSJ LocalTrust extends winter pressures plan until summer
A trust with one of the worst-performing emergency departments in the country is planning to keep its extra winter capacity open until the summer, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHospital chain trust expects nearly £100m deficit
The founder trust of a hospital group has declared its “underlying deficit” is likely to be more than £95m this financial year.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of struggling ambulance trust to retire
The chief executive of the struggling North West Ambulance Trust has announced his retirement.
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NewsNHS mandate confirms flagship waiting targets on hold
The government’s instructions for the NHS in 2018-19 confirm that flagship waiting time targets for planned and emergency care remain on hold.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust predicts £210m private income in two years
A hospital trust in London is predicting a private income of more than £100m in 2018-19.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Turning the corner on DTOCs?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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NewsTrust declares highest A&E alert level for three days in a row
A district general hospital is under “extreme pressure” in accident and emergency and has declared the highest level of alert for three days, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards shortlist revealed
The finalists for the 2018 HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards have been announced.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: A Beastly bout of Flu
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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NewsControversial ‘CareBnB’ firm returns to launch new trial
The company developing a controversial “Airbnb for social care” model allowing homeowners to rent spare rooms to recuperating hospital patients is bidding to launch a new trial in Cambridge.
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HSJ LocalTrust penalised after including walk in centre data in A&E performance
Regulators withheld funding from a teaching hospital after it admitted only meeting its accident and emergency target “through the inclusion of the walk in centre performance [data]” from a facility it does not run, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalBurst water pipe forces trust into major cancellations
Peterborough city hospital has been forced to cancel all outpatient clinics due to a burst water pipe.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst performing vanguards
NHS England figures obtained by HSJ show how each national new care model vanguard has performed on the programme’s “efficiency” measures.
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CommentReflections on the provider sector deficit
Adam Wright reflects on the future of the provider sector in the light of the recently released quarter three performance data for the sector
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HSJ LocalEmbattled trust chair 'totally confident' in senior leaders
East of England Ambulance Service Trust’s chair has robustly defended the organisation’s executive leadership, and cited lack of resources and hospital handover problems as key reasons for ambulance delays this winter.