All Performance articles – Page 83

  • Hospital staff
    News

    Junior doctors dispute 'alienated staff at all levels' at teaching hospital

    2016-04-28T07:00:00Z

    Doctors strongly disengaged with management at St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust Perceived management backing of government in junior doctors contract dispute cited as a factor Cost cutting, poor communication and car parking also aggravating factors for medics Medical staff at a scandal hit teaching hospital where the ...

  • Colchester Hospital
    News

    Colchester told to partner with local trust or face failure regime

    2016-04-28T00:01:00Z

    Colchester trust told it risks being put in the failure regime, which could result in its liquidation CQC says its services are unsafe and patients are at risk of harm Regulators say trust must form a “long term partnership” with Ipswich to “secure services” CQC has no confidence in ...

  • Ambulance
    HSJ Local

    CCGs order inquiry into disrupted switch to private transport firm

    2016-04-20T11:07:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Sussex have ordered an independent inquiry into the troubled start of a new patient transport service.

  • Lawyers
    HSJ Local

    Litigation authority payments drag down trust's deficit

    2016-04-18T07:00:00Z

    FINANCE: A trust which is being investigated by NHS Improvement after its deficit soared says part of it was due to an extra payment to the NHS Litigation Authority.

  • Woman with clipboard
    HSJ Local

    FT hits out at CQC after hospital rated 'inadequate'

    2016-04-15T16:08:00Z

    CQC found A&E, outpatients and surgical services at Scunthorpe General Hospital had “either not improved or had deteriorated since our last inspection” Trust chief executive “extremely disappointed” Chair says “a number of aspects of the inspection have given us cause for concern” Bosses at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole ...

  • Eye surgery
    HSJ Local

    Hospital 'overwhelmed' by eye care demand

    2016-04-14T11:07:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: A Kent trust has admitted it is “overwhelmed” with demand for ophthalmic services and has up to 7,000 patients at risk of worsening eyesight who require “urgent” follow up.

  • York
    HSJ Local

    Three NHS executives hired to transform struggling CCG

    2016-04-12T07:00:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: Three senior NHS executives have been drafted in to support the development of recovery plans at an under pressure CCG after it was put into turnaround.

  • HSJ Local

    Medway faces deficit of over £50m

    2016-04-05T14:58:00Z

    FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust is set to end the 2015-16 financial year with a deficit of £52.5m as its future looks ever more uncertain.

  • Insulin injection
    News

    'Ofsted style' CCG ratings framework unveiled

    2016-04-04T12:43:00Z

    New “improvement and assessment framework” for CCGs announced CCGs’ performance in six clinical priority areas to be assessed by independent panels Commissioning leaders welcome closer working with NHS England area teams but raise fears about ratings being “simplistic” NHS England has unveiled details of the new “Ofsted style” ...

  • Patient Safety Congress logo
    News

    Deadline to enter Patient Safety Awards is today

    2016-04-01T09:51:00Z

    Today is the final day for entering the Patient Safety Awards 2016. 

  • Claire Murdoch
    News

    Transparency league table problems not a 'question of competence'

    2016-03-30T00:01:00Z

    Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has dismissed as “harsh” a suggestion that problems with the recently published “learning from mistakes” league table raised a “question of competence” over the government’s handling of improvement initiatives.

  • Patient with alarm
    HSJ Local

    Trust told to improve mental health services

    2016-03-29T12:20:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: Older people’s mental health wards across Sussex require improvement, according to the Care Quality Commission.

  • southend hospital
    News

    Hospital shuts beds after CQC raises staffing ratio concerns

    2016-03-21T15:25:00Z

    Hospital forced into temporary bed closures after CQC raises concerns about staff shortages Trust also pledged “immediate action” on stroke services to ensure they are safe The trust is offering “golden handshake incentives” for newly qualified nurses in bid to secure more staff PERFORMANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation ...

  • Mobile phone
    HSJ Local

    111 provider told to improve just weeks into five year contract

    2016-03-18T12:04:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: The provider of the largest 111 contract in the country has been issued an “improvement notice” by commissioners, just weeks into a five year deal.

  • Jim Mackey
    News

    Trusts must apply and pay for new turnaround process

    2016-03-11T10:09:00Z

    Trusts which receive turnaround support from consultancies will have to apply to Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority for it and pay for it themselves.

  • Bassetlaw hospital
    HSJ Local

    Senior managers censured after 'deliberate financial misreporting'

    2016-03-09T07:00:00Z

    Four managers at Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT face disciplinary action Investigation finds the trust misreported finances for 15 months Report says financial position was “deliberately misreported” Finance director resigned in October WORKFORCE: Four senior managers are facing disciplinary action over the serial misreporting of accounts at an acute ...

  • Surgeons hand reaching for scalpel
    News

    Trusts ranked in 'learning from mistakes' league

    2016-03-09T00:01:00Z

    Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust tops league for “openness and honesty” East Sussex Healthcare Trust at bottom of table Creation of league revealed by HSJ last month See the full rankings The Department of Health has published a “learning from mistakes league”, ranking trusts on their “openness and honesty” ...

  • Child in A&E
    News

    Thirty worst A&E trusts called to London summit

    2016-03-04T12:09:00Z

    NHS Improvement chief raised concerns over “organisations who consistently deliver very low levels of performance” January was “a very difficult month” for A&E departments, Jim Mackey said Trusts “left in no doubt whatsoever that there needs to be a sustained improvement” The 30 worst performers on the accident ...

  • Bank balance
    News

    Exclusive: Regulators to put 20 trusts into turnaround

    2016-03-03T17:40:00Z

    Monitor and the TDA push ahead with turnaround project at 20 trusts Work thought to cost more than £10m and will focus on grip and governance Process due to start in April Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are moving ahead with an ambitious turnaround programme at ...

  • X-ray
    News

    Specialist care vanguard may design new 'experimental tariffs'

    2016-03-03T11:13:00Z

    Vanguard trusts looking at creating new tariffs for orthopaedics Alliance could also “accredit” care at other trusts Sign up to receive the What’s New in Care Models newsletter every week An alliance of specialist trusts could develop new “experimental tariffs” to encourage acute providers to improve or franchise ...