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HSJ LocalDeadline dash forces stricken trust to outsource elective work
The trust responsible for one in six of the NHS’ year long waiters has been forced to outsource 300 patients to help the service meet a national waiting times target.
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'Zero tolerance' for A&E waits beyond six hours proposed by NHSE chief
NHS England’s emergency care clinical lead has said there should be “zero per cent tolerance” on patients spending longer than six hours in an accident and emergency department.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: What will be the new P45 target?
Performance Watch is HSJ’ s fortnightly expert briefing on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here .
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Exclusive: Moves to end A&E breaches for mental health patients
Acute trusts are expected to be told they cannot keep mental health patients who are waiting for a bed or assessment within their accident and emergency department, HSJ understands.
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'Contaminated' A&E data 'minimal' problem, says NHSE stats chief
NHS England’s data chief has told regulators he is “confident” any impact on the accuracy of the system’s accident and emergency data of increasing zero day admissions would be “very minimal”.
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A&E performance falls for ninth successive year
The NHS’ capacity crisis was laid bare by official data published today, which confirmed 2018-19 was the worst year on record for breaches of the four-hour waiting time target.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Speak now, or forever hold your peace
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We are taking the wrong approach on managing hospital beds
A better understanding of risk will underpin the case for reducing today’s high bed occupancies.
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NHS England confirms funding for major national programme
NHS England has confirmed a further year’s funding will be available for a major national programme amid doubts from local commissioners.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The price of financial lying
The NHS will have to pay the price for cultivating a culture of financial lying and cheating and incentivising the wrong things, warns Andy Cowper
