Quality and Performance
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HSJ InteractiveAs the first covid-19 peak ends, elective care demand and capacity modelling must take a new form
Amid an array of new complications, historic models for elective care will need to be reimagined and patient safety remain a guiding principle, argues Karina Malhotra
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HSJ InteractiveAdvance care planning – a difficult path to tread?
Advance care planning which is patient specific will not only ensure it acts as a protector of patients’ rights and wishes, but will also be a shield for clinicians against complaint or claim and is an essential tool for providers in ensuring a comprehensive service. Helen Claridge explains
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HSJ InteractiveUsing covid crisis recovery to transform the NHS
The covid-19 crisis has brought with it disruptive transformation. Dr Ben Horner, Stephen Sutherland and John Gooch explore ways to ensure that the positive transformative changes are not lost, and ways in which the NHS can take steps to lock-in these improvements
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NewsTrusts penalised for exaggerating safety standards
Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentElective recovery on track after validation boost
When the validations are over, we will see if the NHS really is on track to restore 18 weeks
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NewsProvider sells NHS services after financial collapse
A private provider has collapsed and sold businesses running at least eight urgent care centres to another firm.
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NewsBoard failings mean provider is breaching its licence, says NHSE
A large community services provider in the South West has been found in breach of its licence conditions after an NHS England investigation found a raft of governance failings.
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HSJ Local‘Lack of trust’ in provider’s leadership uncovered by NHSE
An NHS England review into one of the busiest A&Es in the country has raised concerns about the behaviour of senior doctors and a “general lack of trust” in its leadership.
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HSJ LocalBasic errors lay behind trust’s botched IT upgrade, leak reveals
A string of basic errors led to a teaching trust botching a pathology lab IT upgrade, causing major disruption to tests, according to an internal review seen by HSJ.
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NewsExternal reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Two external reviews are being commissioned into maternity and neonatal care at the trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Chutzpah, hope and misplaced faith
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsPlanning, teamwork and understaffing criticised at troubled unit
A regional haematology unit with a history of quality problems has admitted new failures in planning transplants and teamworking, amid concerns about short staffing.
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NewsStreeting 'pushing for stronger action' on maternity failings
Wes Streeting has apologised to families harmed by poor maternity care for taking six months to get back to them, and claimed he is pressing NHS England for a “more comprehensive and stronger set of actions” to improve safety.
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CommentPay for CEO performance is a test of NHS leadership strategy
A new government plan to tie NHS executive bonuses to performance aims to drive accountability and reduce waiting times requires careful execution, writes Nora Colton
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NewsNHS facing another national maternity services review
Another major inquiry into patient safety within NHS maternity departments is being considered, HSJ has learned, this time by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in March 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentWait list grows for first time in seven months
Seasonal growth has overwhelmed recent sluggish improvements, writes Rob Findlay
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NewsTrust secures ‘good’ ratings after years of safety failures
The trust at the heart of long-running maternity care failures has had both its units upgraded to “good” from “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsChildren waiting more than two years for tooth extractions
Children needing a general anaesthetic for tooth extraction are waiting nearly three years in a hidden crisis that is not recorded on national waiting lists.