All Quality and performance articles – Page 29
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NewsRecord number of patients treated at major A&Es last month
A record number of people attended major emergency departments for treatment last month, the latest figures from NHS England have revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Royal college defying NHS England over support for controversial therapy
The Royal College of Midwives spurned a request from NHS England to “pause” accreditation for a training programme in a controversial psychological therapy for women who have suffered traumatic births, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRegulator criticises covid-hit trust over infection control
Concerns have been raised about a trust’s approach to infection prevention and control issues — more than a year into the pandemic — including that it stopped screening those arriving at the hospital entrances for covid after 5pm.
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NewsNHS invites bids for £10bn diagnostic programme
A multi-year framework agreement worth up to £10bn to provide services at around 150 planned new community diagnostic hubs is being set up by NHS England and Improvement.
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‘More collaborative’ lawyers see legal action against trusts ‘fall significantly’ during pandemic
Legal action resulting from alleged care failures by NHS trusts has been ‘significantly’ lower during the covid pandemic, according to the NHS’ disputes body.
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NewsRevealed: How ICS performance will be judged
NHS England has revealed how it will measure integrated care systems’ performance and determine the level of support and oversight they need.
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HSJ PartnersGlobus Group reveals pivotal PPE breakthrough during pandemic
Globus and its products are meeting the needs of the NHS workforce by designing an innovative new range of face masks specifically for the NHS that offers a better fit and higher levels of protection for staff
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NewsNational guardian quits
The NHS ‘national guardian for freedom to speak up’ has announced she is stepping down after five years in the role.
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NewsDistancing measures now ‘impossible’ in overcrowded EDs
NHS England officials are examining a recent spike in emergency department attendances, with multiple reports that crowded units can no longer meet distancing guidelines.
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NewsRevealed: NHSE tenders for overseas inspiration on covid-19 recovery
NHS England and Improvement have sought inspiration from a handful of countries around the world to help the service’s recovery from the covid-19 pandemic, new documents have revealed.
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CommentThe NHS' five million plus elective waiting list analysed
The post covid recovery continues, and waiting time pressures are building.
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NewsDozens of hospitals hit dangerous bed occupancy levels
Dozens of acute trusts have operated at very high levels of bed occupancy in the past month, as they deal with a surge in non-covid patients with thousands fewer beds than normal.
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CommentThe covid vaccine approach could cut other race inequalities in health
If we can take the lessons from covid and apply them with the discipline and energy of the vaccination campaign, we can make rapid improvements in life expectancy and rapidly reduce inequalities, says Shahed Ahmad
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CommentCowper’s Cut: “Tens of thousands of people died who didn’t need to die”
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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CommentTrust CEO: my cancer diagnosis has given me a new perspective on patient care
Yvonne Ormston shares her experience of dealing with covid as the CEO of Gateshead Health FT and her own cancer journey during the pandemic
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NewsAmbulance trust reveals patient’s death amid handover delays row
An ambulance trust has highlighted the death of a woman which it says was due to “being delayed on the back of an ambulance”, just two days after it warned that lives were ‘at risk’ from long handovers.
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NewsCQC to focus on services where there is a ‘greater risk of a poor culture going undetected’
The Care Quality Commission has revealed a new strategy that will place more emphasis on a patient’s experience of care and seek to get a better grip on ”care settings where there’s a greater risk of a poor culture going undetected”.
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NewsHancock: ICSs to be rated on safety, integration and leadership
Safety and quality, as well as integration and leadership, will be a “core focus” for the Care Quality Commission’s ratings of integrated care systems, health secretary Matt Hancock has indicated.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The true character of ICSs is still up for grabs
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentSo it begins: the real elective backlog starts to emerge
Referrals are up year-on-year, for the first time since covid restrictions began. But activity is not.