All Waiting lists articles – Page 51
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CommentOne year waiters double in six months
One year waiters should be going down, instead they are soaring, warns Rob Findlay
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NewsPatients 'pressurised' into treatment to hit cancer target
Some prostate cancer patients are “pressurised into receiving treatment within 62 days” even where it is deemed unnecessary, according to evidence within a new report.
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CommentHealth and housing cross sector commission can be a total game changer
Health and housing coupled together can reduce poverty, improve health and reduce demand on the NHS, states Lord Kerslake
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Palliative Care
Winner Velindre Trust: Improving palliative pathways by developing a rapid access radiographer led service
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Mediocrity and excellence
Andy Cowper acknowledges that NHS management is hard, that the political environment is insufficiently multipolar.
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CommentThe NHS at 70: same, same but different?
Looking at a broad range of data, new health trends have emerged over the past seven decades leading to changing patient demands and fluctuating satisfaction levels with the NHS, notes Gillian Prior
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NewsTrust had 2,000 patients wait more than a year for treatment
A hospital trust had 2,000 patients wait more than a year for elective treatment, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHospital group writes down six sites amid 'demand management' gloom
One of the largest private providers of NHS care has written down £70m in assets amidst a “challenging” trading environment.
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CommentNHS funding settlement: ‘a change of gear’ for the NHS?
The announcement about the NHS funding settlement can be interpreted in two ways, says Ben Gershlick
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NewsWaiting list probe abandoned as officials not given 'right of reply'
A probe into why a £1bn turnover trust failed to recover its waiting times was halted after witnesses could not, or would not, co-operate with investigators, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: After the promise
Andy Cowper asks how the promised increase in spending on the NHS is going to be funded
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CommentThe PM has shown faith - we now need bold policies for change
Extra funding for the NHS has been secured despite Treasury scepticism that the health service can change. If there’s a deal for social care and local government, backed by a more coherent policy landscape, we can prove them wrong, says Rob Webster
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CommentBiggest ever RTT waiting list
The NHS has now failed to keep up with demand since RTT records began, writes Rob Findlay
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CommentDemand, capacity, and the law of averages
If you plan capacity without allowing for variation, disaster will follow. Or will it? By Rob Findlay
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NewsHarm assessments after 160 children wait more than a year for mental health treatment
Clinical harm reviews are being carried out to see if 160 children came to harm after waiting more than a year for mental health treatment, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Back to elective waiting times
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: Tackling the waiting list can’t wait
Performance Watch understands that NHS England is finalising funding for local commissioners to put elective waiting times performance back on the right track.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt pushes for big cancer pledge in new NHS plan
Jeremy Hunt wants an ambitious cancer pledge to be a core plank of the government’s new NHS plan, with senior figures pushing for the service’s £7.5bn cancer budget to be doubled over the longer term, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive: NHS 'risk zones' suggest link between finance and mortality
New research has linked waiting times and safety incidents to the financial performance of NHS trusts, and identified 32 “risk zones” where people are more likely to die of preventable causes.
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NewsYear-plus waiters rise 75 per cent
The number of patients waiting a year or more for elective treatment has risen by 75 per cent year-on-year, NHS Improvement data confirms.