All Quality and performance articles – Page 93
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NewsCQC launches inquiry into trusts failing to improve
Only six out out of 21 trusts re-inspected by the CQC in 2015-16 showed overall improvement Review commissioned to discover “underlying reasons” why trusts are struggling to improve Colchester chief executive calls for single “oversight committees” to become more common The Care Quality Commission has set up an ...
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HSJ LocalSouth Coast trust in special measures after serious leadership failings
QUALITY: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is to be placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated it inadequate.
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CommentWhat have we solved in medical education?
Neel Sharma identifies some areas where future educational leaders should make improvements
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CommentEngland remains solidly in breach of 18 weeks as new incentives loom
Longer-waiting services should have improved in June, as trusts approach the start of their “reset” trajectories in July. But instead those longer waits got worse.
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HSJ LocalCQC confirms inadequate rating for Greater Manchester trust
Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission Trust avoids going into special measures following appointment of Sir David Dalton as interim chief executive Serious concerns raised around safety and leadership PERFORMANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has been rated inadequate by the Care ...
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CommentFood, glorious food: can trust chiefs eat hospital meals for a week?
Andy Jones throws down a challenge to trust chief executives to share the same culinary experience as their patients…
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HSJ LocalFormer franchise trust to exit special measures
Hospital run for three years by private company taken out of special measures after it was handed back to full NHS control last year CQC rates Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust good overall Emergency department rated requires improvement PERFORMANCE: The district general hospital run for three years by a ...
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HSJ KnowledgeWe must seize this once in a lifetime chance
Mental health issues in the perinatal period have long been misunderstood but a funding boost offers hope of a turnaround
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Which tribe do you belong to?
A thought provoking meet-up this week got me thinking about tribalism in the NHS and how that impacts on day to day culture, staff and patient care. Also this week: can the CQC stay true to its mission? Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety ...
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NewsCQC failing to record duty of candour breaches
Patient safety charity found CQC only offers improvement recommendations to 41 per cent of trusts criticised under duty of candour Seven per cent of CQC reports made no mention of duty of candour CQC looking to improve oversight of duty of candour concerns The Care Quality Commission has ...
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: A change in tone on safe staffing?
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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HSJ LocalWaiting list error could see thousands of patients assessed for clinical harm
PERFORMANCE: A large teaching hospital may have to assess thousands of patients for clinical harm after an investigation found its data systems could not guarantee people had been treated.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Financial special measures
Ben Clover casts his eye over what is going on in England’s biggest health economy
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NewsFinal chance to enter special award for European staff
Entries for HSJ Awards special category close on Friday 29 July.
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HSJ KnowledgeCourage and wellbeing for a life beyond mental illness
Social inclusion is vital to recovery in mental health but is overlooked in practice. The SHARP project in south London addressed this shortfall so successfully that it has outgrown its pilot status
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NewsCQC chief: I'd let waiting times slide to protect quality
David Behan says waiting times currently increasing as trusts “hold on to quality” CQC rules out “flexing” its ratings approach in response to “tight financial environment” Recognises providers are in a “really difficult position” trying to maintain financial and quality controls The chief executive of the Care Quality ...
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NewsWide variation found in emergency specialist surgery mortality rates
Thirty day mortality rates for emergency bowel surgery vary between 20.7pc and 3.2pc at best and worst performing hospitals Quarter of hospitals do not admit high risk patients to critical care post-surgery in recommended timeframe Six per cent annual drop in most urgent patients reaching theatre within two hours ...
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NewsAnalysis: CCGs with biggest increases and decreases in GP access
Bexley CCG sees biggest increase in patients unable to get GP appointments Most improved group on access to appointments was Slough CCG Recruitment cited as most common problem by CCGs HSJ analysis has identified the clinical commissioning groups with greatest improvements and biggest declines in patient access to ...
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NewsThird of providers will still miss A&E target in March 2017
Third of trusts not predicting hitting A&E target by the end of 2016-17 NHS Improvement and NHS England to replace fines for access performance with conditional access to bailout funding. 12.5 per cent of monthly bailout dependent on hitting A&E trajectory, 12.5 per cent on RTT trajectory and five ...
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Through the looking glass, nothing is what it seems
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern