All Targets articles – Page 33
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NewsSavings targets set for new pathology hubs
A network of acute trusts in Greater Manchester has been set the biggest savings target in the country under NHS Improvement’s national pathology networking plan.
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NewsA&E scorecard plan replaced by patient flow dashboard
NHS Improvement has dropped plans to rank trusts on an accident and emergency “scorecard” and instead launched a performance data “dashboard” to help trusts better identify patient flow bottlenecks and share best practice.
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HSJ LocalTrust leaders told reputation at risk if 'poor' A&E fails to improve
A trust with a new £48m emergency department has been ordered to urgently improve by NHS Improvement after recording some of the country’s worst A&E performance figures.
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HSJ LocalFinancially struggling CCG has 'no plan' to hit deficit target
A clinical commissioning group that is in the capped expenditure process has said it has “no viable plan” to hit its control total this financial year.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS trusts falling well short of financial plans
Several acute trusts have fallen significantly short of their three month financial target, while dozens more are relying on heavily backloaded savings plans to deliver their year end plans.
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NewsNHS leaders locked in winter funding standoff
System leaders are locked in a standoff over winter resilience funding – with providers pushing for a raid on NHS England’s budget to fund additional beds, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWhat your commute can teach you about performance targets
Rob Findlay and Mike Davidge on how your journey to work demonstrates the difference between ‘common cause’ and ‘special cause’
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HSJ LocalTrust chief outlines plans for A&E performance 'surge'
The chief executive of a major acute hospital trust has outlined a series of actions being taken to turnaround the trust’s poor accident and emergency performance.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Hundreds more neurology patients left waiting for appointments
Another trust in the West Midlands has raised concerns over under pressure neurology services with hundreds of people waiting for an appointment.
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NewsUpdated: The NHS trusts with the highest DTOC rates
The NHS is unlikely to meet a government target to cut delayed transfers of care to 3.5 per cent of its overall 131,000 bed base by next month, analysis of official data published today suggests.
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NewsJeremy Hunt urged to rethink 'backwards' DTOC targets
County councils have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to rethink ‘undeliverable’ targets for reducing delayed transfers of care from hospitals that could reuslt in vital funding being withdrawn.
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CommentAnalysis: Waiting list tops 4 million as admission rates slump
The waiting list has been threatening to exceed 4 million patients for a while now, and in June it finally popped over. A slump in the admission rate didn’t help, says Rob Findlay
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News'Full stretch' NHS's stuttering winter preparations spark concerns
Pressure is mounting on NHS bosses to intervene ahead of winter, as official data suggests the system failed to make headway against key performance measures in the first quarter of 2017-18.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief tells staff poor performance 'simply cannot continue'
The chief executive of one of the largest acute trusts in England has warned its 12,000 staff that its poor emergency care performance “simply cannot continue”.
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HSJ LocalA&E night closure will not face investigation
The overnight closure of Grantham and District Hospital’s A&E will not face a full investigation by the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.
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NewsExclusive: Warning dementia care could 'slip back'
Dementia diagnosis and care could go backwards after being deprioritised by the NHS nationally, campaigners have warned, as new ratings show some areas slipping.
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HSJ LocalTimeline: Troubled years at ambulance trust
Professor Duncan Lewis’s damning report on South East Coast Ambulance Service has been published following years of controversy at the trust.
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HSJ LocalBullying, harassment and 'militaristic leadership' exposed at trust
A damning report has revealed a culture of bullying, harassment and alleged sexual predation at an ambulance trust that managers failed to address, leaving employees “bereft of both confidence and direction”.
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News'Serious concerns' over new bed occupancy target ahead of winter
Leading clinicians have raised serious patient safety and efficiency concerns about a new 92 per cent bed occupancy benchmark for trusts.
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News'Political' NHS targets may damage care quality, warns national report
A senior clinician leading a national drive against unwarranted variation in the NHS says cancer targets and surgeon mortality rates are “politically derived measures” that may reduce care quality.