All Targets articles – Page 16
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CommentElective recovery fails to halt soaring waiting times
September was the NHS’ best chance to arrest the rapid deterioration in elective waiting times. But the challenge was too great, writes Rob Findlay.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Hardest-hit region may have passed peak of second wave
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CommentThe targets the NHS will have to hit this winter
Many trusts and some entire systems have met the phase three activity targets set by NHS England in July, but there is recognition at the centre that holding the service to them slavishly over the winter would be pointless and counter-productive.
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CommentThe 'invisible victims' of covid need help now
Rehabilitation appointments are down 20,000 from last year – a repeat of disruption this winter risks thousands of people with neurological conditions deteriorating further, warns Nick Moberly
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NewsNHS England reinstates central control powers as covid risk rating is increased
The NHS has been returned to the highest level of risk on its emergency preparedness framework, a move which allows national leaders tighter control over local resources and decision making.
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NewsAmbulance chiefs tell hospitals it's 'not acceptable to delay transfers' due to covid
Ambulance bosses say patients are being put in ‘dangerous’ situations, as tighter infection control measures and busy emergency departments have left them waiting up to three-and-a-half hours to be transferred.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Military levels of discipline
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NewsExclusive: NHS faces winter with ‘2,000 less’ beds than last year
The NHS has ‘significantly less’ beds now than last winter and parts of the system ‘don’t have enough’, a NHS England and Improvement director has admitted.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: ‘Stay away patients’ are causing alarm
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsLeak reveals hundreds of 12-hour A&E breaches for mental health patients
New data has revealed for the first time that hundreds of mental health patients are waiting more than 12 hours in London’s emergency departments.
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NewsRevealed: Thirty-five areas go backwards on key cancer target
Dozens of local commissioning areas have gone backwards on a key cancer metric over the last five years, an analysis of national data reveals.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Covid critical’ Liverpool abandons its restoration
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Comment10 pc of elective patients treated in August had waited 10 months or more
More and more waiting lists are disappearing into the 52-week-plus category, notes Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingRecovery watch: Let’s drop the ‘near normal’ pretence
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Rally the troops
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: What constitutes a successful winter this year?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Expert BriefingRecovery watch: the NHS’ biggest restoration challenge
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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HSJ LocalLeak reveals 7,000 year-long waiters at major trust
Almost 7,000 patients have waited for treatment for a year or more at a major north London trust, according to NHS data seen by HSJ.
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NewsLong waits for cancer treatment double
The proportion of cancer patients receiving their treatment 104 days or more after referral has doubled year-on-year, new data shows.
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NewsRecord poor performance ‘dashes hopes of near normal’
Unprecedentedly poor waiting time data for electives, diagnostics and cancer suggests the chances of NHS England’s ambitions for ‘near normal’ service levels this autumn being met are very unlikely, experts have warned.