All Targets articles – Page 33

  • Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Success regime trust reveals £40m savings plan

    2017-04-11T12:42:00Z

    A financially troubled hospital trust has launched an “extremely challenging” plan to save nearly 10 per cent of its income in the next year.

  • Elderly hands walking frame
    News

    Officials plan new metric to measure patient flow

    2017-03-31T12:33:00Z

    A new set of metrics is being developed to assess patient flow across the NHS and social care system, Local Government Chronicle reports.

  • Steps
    News

    Next steps for the forward view – what you need to know

    2017-03-31T00:01:00Z

    HSJ’s brings you everything you need to know about the year’s most important NHS policy document.

  • 3002939 surgery equipment surgeon theatre
    News

    Elective waits will not recover until 2019, says Stevens

    2017-03-31T00:01:00Z

    NHS England accepts growing demand will make it harder to meet 18 week RTT targets Simon Stevens says the goal is still to hit the 92pc target but the NHS must be realistic NHS England accused of “jettisoning” elective surgery waiting times targets NHS England has acknowledged that ...

  • Abacus
    News

    Exclusive: Next STF payments depend solely on financial performance

    2017-03-30T07:00:00Z

    Regulators say that final allocations from the sustainability and transformation fund this year will be paid in full if headline financial targets are met Final quarter’s allocations could now total more than £800m Measure could incentivise trusts to pursue further technical accounting measures NHS trusts will not be ...

  • Hospital sign
    News

    Exclusive: Regulators to introduce 'A&E special measures' regime

    2017-03-23T14:23:00Z

    Trusts performing poorly against four hour target face new tough regulatory measures Trusts could be put in new “A&E special measures” if they do not improve by June Worst performing trusts face new weekly performance meetings with regulators Trusts performing poorly against the four hour target could be ...

  • deficit_finance_2
    News

    Exclusive: Trusts rejected 'irresponsible' savings targets of up to 10pc

    2017-03-22T07:00:00Z

    Around 60 trusts have rejected their control totals Analysis suggests efficiency assumptions averaged 6.4 per cent Lord Carter and former Monitor CEO have previously said 2 per cent is an achievable efficiency target Trusts described their savings requirements as “impossible” and “undeliverable”, and said it would be “irresponsible” for ...

  • Ambulance triage
    News

    Time limit on ambulance dispatch set to be quadrupled

    2017-03-21T12:32:00Z

    Sixty seconds window to decide on whether to dispatch ambulance should be extended by 180 seconds, says NHS England director Extension “likely” to be recommended in ambulance service reform report next month, although DH stressed no decision has been made New commissioning framework for ambulance services will be rolled ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Government demands 'concrete progress' on STPs

    2017-03-21T06:33:00Z

    The government’s instructions to the NHS this year call for “concrete progress on local sustainability and transformation plans” and say it must deliver “the productivity and efficiency gains necessary to maintain financial balance”.

  • cacner x ray
    News

    Trusts 'will not be fined for failing waiting list and cancer targets'

    2017-03-20T16:42:00Z

    NHS England and NHS Improvement have effectively dropped routine financial penalties for trusts that fail to meet elective and cancer waiting times targets, HSJ has been told.

  • Houses of Parliament
    News

    NHS mandate months late after tensions with government

    2017-03-20T06:00:00Z

    The annual NHS mandate is being published months later than usual, following disagreement between the government and NHS England over the service’s progress and accountability.

  • Hospital_bed
    News

    NHS Improvement sets out trust level breakdown for unblocking beds

    2017-03-17T14:28:00Z

    System leaders set out plans to free up 2,000-3,000 beds using social care cash boost NHS Improvement calculated an “estimate of the number of beds by provider that could be freed up” Funding boost may “not have the intended impact” if trusts do not work with councils See every ...

  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital
    News

    Revealed: Only three trusts hit 'reset' A&E targets

    2017-03-15T15:00:00Z

    Just three hospital trusts have hit their lowered targets for accident and emergency performance, the latest data reveals.

  • dr wendy burn
    News

    Exclusive: Warning over 'neglected' elderly mental health services

    2017-03-14T10:45:00Z

    New royal college president elect vows to address neglected mental health services for older people Wendy Burn takes over as president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in June The president elect of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned mental health services for older people are being ...

  • UK map
    News

    18 week waits, January 2017: explore the maps

    2017-03-13T15:40:00Z

    NHS waiting lists around England, updated for January 2017

  • Rob findlay cutout 3x2
    Comment

    Elective waits improve in January

    2017-03-10T10:46:00Z

    The English waiting list and waiting times fell in January in better-than-expected figures. However the NHS remains in serious breach of the 18 week standard, and on recent trends things are still expected to get worse.

  • NHS walk in centre
    News

    Trusts must hit A&E targets to secure STF money

    2017-03-09T11:29:00Z

    NHS Improvement and NHS England chief executives tell trusts performance element of STF funding will be dependent only on hitting A&E targets Simon Stevens and Jim Mackey set out measures to improve A&E performance in a letter to local leaders Trusts will still have to achieve financial control totals ...

  • Duleep Allirajah
    Comment

    The NHS must not let current pressures jeopardise the cancer strategy

    2017-03-03T08:00:00Z

    Cancer services are not immune to NHS pressures, but alliances have the potential to overcome barriers of funding and workforce constraints

  • report_graph
    News

    Exclusive: Trusts get £187m incentive payments despite plans slipping

    2017-03-02T12:00:00Z

    Analysis shows 40 providers now forecast to breach their deficit target after receiving nearly £200m of incentive payments Sustainability and transformation fund was introduced to reward trusts that agree and meet their financial targets Some trusts have received more than two-thirds of their STF allocation, yet are forecast to ...

  • Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    News

    System leaders set out new A&E 'minimum requirements'

    2017-03-02T07:00:00Z

    New standards issued on how to divert minor injuries away from A&E to co-located services NHS England requirements must be met either by Easter or September Measures are intended to alleviate A&E pressure NHS organisations have been given months to meet new “minimum requirements” for diverting accident and ...