All Targets articles – Page 65
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NewsGP appointment frustrations revealed
Hundreds of thousands of people cannot book GP appointments because none are available, or struggle to get through to their surgery on the phone, according to a new survey.
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HSJ KnowledgeA golden opportunity to reshape workforce planning, education and training
HSJ readers are urged to participate in the consultation on creating a workforce for the new NHS, says Department of Health director general of workforce Clare Chapman.
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NewsNHS must reverse falling productivity ahead of reforms
Falling NHS productivity must be urgently reversed before planned reforms go ahead, the public accounts committee has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking as a team for better quality and safety in the operating theatre
Error in health service delivery causes an average of 354 “untoward incidents” each day. To bring this down, the challenge is to shift the focus from a blame culture to one of identifying opportunities to improve processes. Finnamore consultant Lucy Reynolds and University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwick trust’s Anne ...
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NewsMidwife numbers to be reviewed
The Department of Health has said it will prioritise a review of nurse and midwife numbers.
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HSJ KnowledgeFinding efficient ways to maximise accident and emergency payments
Changes to the payments trusts receive for A&E services have the potential to cause financial difficulties. The Foundation Trust Network’s benchmarking team worked with 17 trusts to pinpoint how A&E departments can stay on the right side of the new rules. FTN director Sue Slipman explains.
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NewsHospitals will not have to close - Lansley
Hospitals will not have to close despite the NHS budget facing annual real-term cuts of 4 per cent, the government said.
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UCLH busts target on MRSA cases
PERFORMANCE: University College Hospitals Foundation Trust has exceeded its MRSA target for 2010-11, but regulator Monitor has chosen not to take action over the issue.
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Comment'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
The grand old health secretary risks getting the new consortia stuck on the hill, unless a change in strategy to push them higher up the slope of success is attempted.
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West Midlands PCTs underperforming on cancer referral times
PERFORMANCE: Eleven primary care trusts in the West Midlands are underperforming on cancer referral time targets.
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West Essex PCT reports 18 week standard at risk
PERFORMANCE: NHS West Essex has reported that it is at risk of failing on its 18 week referral to treatment time target.
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NW Ambulance service recovers response times, but remains unlikely to hit 2010-11 target
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s response times for “Category A” calls improved in January, after they plummeted under major pressures over Christmas and New Year, but it remained unhopeful it could meet its target for the year.
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NewsReadmissions penalties surpass savings target
The tougher non-payment policy for emergency readmissions could cost some hospitals even more in 2011-12 than the planned 1.5 per cent cut in tariff prices.
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NewsHospital's A&E too small - minister
A major Welsh hospital’s accident and emergency has been branded inadequate by the Assembly’s first minister.
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NewsCancer gap with Europe 'not closed', report finds
The gap in cancer survival rates between England and the best-performing European countries has not closed, more than a decade after the last government launched its NHS Cancer Plan, a parliamentary report has said.
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NewsBMA leader questions GP cash rewards
A government plan to reward GPs financially if they perform well could be considered “disgracefully unethical”, a doctors’ leader has said.
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Nurses fall short on quality at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT
PERFORMANCE: Nurses at the foundation trust were falling below five out of nine internally-set care quality targets at the end of November, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show.
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Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider
PERFORMANCE: Five patients have invoked their rights under the NHS Constitution and requested treatment at an alternative provider after a breach of the 18 week referral-to-treatment target at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
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Winter knocks Royal Devon & Exeter FT off course on diagnostics target
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is agreeing a revised trajectory for the six week diagnostic test with its primary care trust, NHS Devon.
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North Devon Healthcare Trust breaches waiting target for urodynamics
PERFORMANCE: North Devon Healthcare Trust saw more breaches of the six week diagnostic test target in December than in the previous seven months combined.