All Waiting lists articles – Page 8
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NewsNHSE looks to scrap ‘follow ups’ target
NHS England is looking to ditch a key elective target that aimed to deliver large reductions in follow-up appointments, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersThe ghost in the machine – balancing the human and technology in digital transformation
Large-scale digital transformation is happening right across the NHS; however, this is often too focused on technological change and overlooks the human changes required to deliver the desired impact. An approach that balances the human and the digital will be key to ensuring sustainable, long-term change
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NewsRevealed: The ICBs most reliant on private hospitals
Up to 20 per cent of NHS elective patients are now being treated by private hospitals in some areas, analysis by HSJ suggests.
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CommentChildren’s mental health needs more
New impetus, more funding, and innovation is needed to tackle long waits and growing demand in children and young people’s mental health services, which are highlighted by new national data.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentElective waiting times rise again
Targets to eliminate the longest waits slipped further out of reach in December
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NewsNHSE seeks to ease key elective target
NHS England is in negotiations with ministers to formally push back the target to eliminate 65-week waiters, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A troubling narrative
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsLargest 78-week backlog to be wiped out by reporting change
The trust with by far the largest backlog of 18-month waiters will see almost all the cases wiped off its main elective waiting list under a change to national reporting rules, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWaiting times are not all that A&E patients care about
With a record number of patients stuck in A&E, Healthwatch England’s CEO Louise Ansari wants to see a longer-term plan to improve conditions in which people wait for life-saving care. This should include real-life monitoring and reporting on patient experience.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: A £2.5m bureaucratic nightmare
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: ‘disingenuous’ wait times on NHS App will be half those patients have to face
Next week’s launch of the ‘Wayfinder’ waiting time information service on the NHS App will give patients “disingenuous” and “misleading” information about how long they can expect to wait for care, senior figures close to the project have warned.
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NewsDHSC censured for letting trusts keep extra £1bn
National leaders have been censured for allowing NHS trusts to retain £1bn of incentive funding, despite key elective care targets being missed.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: It’s that can again
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ PartnersDigitally transforming diagnostic pathways as NHS ramps up GP Direct Access to CDC resources
The advent of community diagnostic centres is welcome. But without their integration into pathways, systems and patients will struggle to benefit. Innovative Scottish company Lenus Health has evidenced a better way, using its plug-in digital diagnostic pathways to coordinate and automate the patient diagnostic journey from referral to treatment plan
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HSJ PartnersThe wait for NHS mental health services – how long is it?
Unveiling waiting times data and implementing standards can pave the way for crucial improvements for the mental health sector in patient access and outcomes, writes Michael Watson
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HSJ InteractiveHow to cut time out of cancer pathways
An HSJ webinar explored the role of digital workers in releasing capacity and reducing waiting times in cancer pathways
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HSJ LocalLeak reveals trust omitting two-year waits from reported figures
A hospital trust has been breaching national guidance by excluding some long waiters from its reported waiting list figures, in a move experts warned could put patient safety at serious risk.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in November 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentGoing beyond the achievable
It’s no coincidence that as A&E targets have got softer, performance has got worse. NHS England has a foolproof plan to turn things round, writes Julian Patterson