All Targets articles – Page 72
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NewsAmbulance targets review urged
Claims that patient care is suffering because of targets imposed on the ambulance service have prompted calls for a government review.
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NewsPCTs could struggle to hit MRSA ‘objective’
A significant proportion of primary care trusts may struggle to hit a challenging new “zero tolerance” MRSA target, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsAdvances in care for kidney patients
Over the past five years the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease has improved “significantly”, according to health officials.
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NewsPoor performers on MRSA targeted
The trusts with the worst records for cutting cases of MRSA are to be targeted by a new objective from the Department of Health.
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NewsAmbulance service efficiency savings halted
Wales’s ambulance service will not be required to make efficiency savings after a report said it was performing worse than services in other parts of the UK, it was announced today.
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NewsTory pledge on NHS targets might not hit the spot
As the Conservatives promise voters a shift from targets to a service shaped by outcome measures and what patients say about their healthcare experience, Alison Moore looks at why many managers are sceptical about the idea
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NewsNHS operating framework hits hard
The NHS operating framework for 2010-11 is expected to include “hard hitting” measures to cut the cost and number of hospital procedures and tackle inefficiencies in community health services.
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NewsNo funds promised with New Horizons mental health strategy
A cross-governmental action plan has set out a framework for the next decade of mental health policy - but without targets or a funding commitment.
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CommentTarget inequalities, beat cancer
The government must act now to stamp out staggering inequalities in cancer care. Its first steps should be a one year survival target and changing how NICE works, writes John Baron
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CommentNoel Plumridge on cutting the NHS cost base
The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines displacement activity as “the performance by an animal of an act inappropriate for the stimulus or stimuli that evoked it.
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NewsNew bid to reduce A&E admissions
NHS managers in Scotland have been given until 2010-11 to reduce the number patients attending accident and emergency.
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NewsAndy Burnham defends NHS targets
The health secretary has defended the government’s targets for the NHS in the wake of failings at several hospitals.
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NewsTrusts 'want better VTE management'
Most NHS trusts think the government should set minimum targets for venous thromboembolism prevention and management, according to the parliamentary thrombosis group.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make choose and book a success
An online toolkit is available to back up the ambitions of primary care trusts and hospitals for making choose and book and the 18 weeks promise successful
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NewsWide variations in A&E treatment speed
There are significant regional variations in the speed at which patients are dealt with by their local accident and emergency department, according to a report from the NHS Information Centre.
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NewsCould a swine flu surge see a slump in targets?
A sustained outbreak of swine flu will put any region’s critical care services under pressure and a pandemic could have national consequences on workforce and resources. Will normal targets survive the winter unscathed? Alison Moore reports
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NewsStroke care gets better since health check
Latest figures from the Department of Health indicate hospital trusts have improved stroke care since the Care Quality Commission undertook the 2008-09 annual health check.
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NewsClinical improvements could save NHS £9bn a year
The NHS could save more than £9bn in a year if trusts improved their performance in just eight “high impact” clinical areas, the chief nursing officer for England has said.
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NewsDH banking on patients not claiming entitlements
Health secretary Andy Burnham has set out his proposals to give patients waiting time and health check rights.
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NewsGovernment sets out new patient rights
Proposals to give patients the legal right to private treatment if the NHS cannot provide care quickly enough, the right to die at home and the right to NHS dentistry are set to be revealed by the government.