All Quality articles – Page 10
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Comment
NHSE’s ‘unlawful’ waiting list guidance should be withdrawn
It may be unlawful, undermines National Statistics, puts managers at risk of prosecution, and erodes public trust in the NHS
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News
NHS England orders ‘arctic willow’ test run for strikes
Systems have been told by NHS England to prepare to take part in a “multi-day exercise” to stress test the health service ahead of a winter of extreme operational pressures and possible strike action.
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Comment
'Enough is enough': it's time for concerted action on poor maternity care
Sara Ledger emphasises the urgent need to improve maternity services across the country.
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News
New rules will discourage trusts from consuming more than their ‘fair share of NHS resources’
NHS England has launched the first substantive consultation on changes to the NHS provider licence since 2013.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Early-Stage Patient Safety Innovation of the Year
WINNER Yeovil District Hospital FT: Implicit Bias in Maternity Care
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Patient Safety Team of the Year
Partnered by WINNER Lancashire & South Cumbria FT: Collaborating to Reduce Restrictive Practices
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HSJ Partners
Dr Gary Kaplan on the recent Virginia Mason Institute NHS partnership evaluation
A new way of working within the healthcare system is possible
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Comment
How co-production can keep up with the rapid pace of system change
Co-production is undoubtedly vital to the future of mental health services, but the challenge we face now is how to ensure that co-production and efforts to address systemic inequalities can keep pace with the rapid pace of system change, writes Sam Holmes
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News
CQC taking ‘regulatory action’ against every fourth service it inspects
A quarter of high-risk services the Care Quality Commission has recently inspected required enforcement action from the regulator, its chief executive has revealed.
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News
New national incident reporting system delayed amid fears of patient safety ‘disaster’
The deadline for the NHS to move to a new system for safety incident reporting has been delayed after widespread concerns the rollout could be a ‘disaster’.
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News
Exclusive: Urgent safety measure took three years to implement
A key national policy change recommended by the inquest which led to the East Kent maternity inquiry will not be implemented until next February – more than three years after it was called for by a coroner.
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News
‘Urgent’ patients waiting up to 14 weeks to be seen
Epilepsy patients needing to be seen urgently are waiting up to 14 weeks – against guidance to see such patients within a fortnight – at a trust with a backlog of neurology referrals.
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News
Slow cancer diagnosis twice as likely for ethnic minority patients, survey shows
New patient data shows significant regional differences in the effectiveness of primary care in getting cancer sufferers diagnosed – with an even more alarming picture when the data is broken down by ethnicity.
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News
Majority of providers in some ICSs to be performance managed by NHSE
Some integrated care boards will not hold the lead performance management role for a majority of their member trusts, under the centre’s new rules for regulating the service.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: ‘How would I feel if this happened to a member of my family?’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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News
Trust mergers need not deliver ‘step change’, says NHSE
NHS England has dropped plans to impose a strict test for trust mergers that would have required organisations to demonstrate a ‘step change’ in quality.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Edenfield and Essex scandals are not one-offs
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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Comment
How to ‘comms it’
When the money runs out and the workforce has quit, the ambitious NHS leader must learn to “comms it”. Martin Plackard has helpfully compiled a list of the vital terms that great NHS communicators should use in this time of crisis. As shared with Julian Patterson
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News
Vulnerable patients injured by 'inadequate' service
A troubled trust’s inpatient wards for people with a learning disability or autism have been rated “inadequate”, with staff criticised for resorting to restraint too readily which sometimes injured patients.
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HSJ Local
Hospital merger confusion blamed for cancer deaths
A ‘leading’ cancer service has reported a series of safety incidents which contributed to patients being severely harmed or dying, HSJ has learned.