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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Major cultural shift needed to address long stay patient struggles
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing, our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalA&E downgrade pushes demand onto struggling neighbour
The full extent of the increased pressure on a struggling city hospital after the downgrading of a neighbour’s emergency department has finally been revealed.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Has Hancock decided to scrap the A&E target?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalLength of stay cut by 30 pc in GIRFT pilot
One of the country’s biggest rural trusts has cut patients’ length of stay in hospital and improved waiting times by separating elective orthopaedic work from trauma cases, according to the results of a pilot project.
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CommentHitting RTT target now almost 'a minority sport'
Waiting times improved in June, but the underlying waiting list pressures kept growing as activity remained short of demand, says Rob Findlay
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NewsSteep rise in summer A&E admissions amid record attendances
Admissions at major NHS emergency departments have risen six per cent in 12 months as total attendances hit 2.27m last month - the highest level since records began in 2010.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: NHS local leaders’ views on four-hour target revealed
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Interactive
Advice from emergency consultants one phone call away
A Scottish health board has rolled out a system that provides GPs and paramedics with immediate advice and guidance from emergency department consultants, reports Jennifer Trueland
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NewsExclusive: Fresh A&E data fiddle concerns revealed
Several hospitals are trying to artificially boost their emergency waiting times performance data by exploiting a loophole opened up by the introduction of new emergency day care units, multiple sources have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalA&E gets worse for Devo Manc
Greater Manchester’s performance against the headline accident and emergency standard has continued to deteriorate, despite a formal intervention from regulators earlier this year.
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NewsTrust chair perplexed by CQC leadership criticism
The chair of an acute trust has been left feeling puzzled and questioning inspectors’ assessments after the Care Quality Commission criticised its leadership model.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Seen in sixty minutes
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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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Lessons from the trial of new A&E targets
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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NewsPlans to trial sepsis target could be dropped
Plans to trial a new standalone one-hour sepsis target for emergency departments as part of the NHS standards review pilot could be dropped, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalDGH launches service to grab market share from teaching hospitals
A north west London trust has launched a new vascular centre to challenge the capital’s major teaching hospitals a year after it was found to be struggling to provide adequate procedures
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NewsData changes “traumatic” but vital, says A&E chief
Moving to new data standards will be “traumatic” for the NHS but is vital because “we are really struggling to measure and understand the activity at the front door of our hospitals,” a senior NHS England figure has said.
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: Opaque A&E trial won’t wash
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentPatient safety is not a priority to be traded against others
A new report highlights that people working in healthcare see patient safety as a genuine priority and this is part of the problem as strategic priorities are traded off against each other, notes Helen Hughes
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HSJ InteractiveUsing networks to improve neurology services
Access to neurology advice from a national network of specialists helped reduce unnecessary referrals to East Suffolk and North Essex FT and potentially reduce waiting times. Claire Read reports
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NewsFourteen trusts to be excused from reporting A&E target during controversial trial
Fresh concerns have been raised about how NHS England is conducting its controversial pilot of new accident and emergency standards.