All articles by James Illman – Page 22
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HSJ Local
Struggling trust’s chair stands down
East of England Ambulance Service Trust chair Sarah Boulton will step down later this month after five years in the role, the trust has announced.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: A sneak preview of a keenly awaited review of A&Es
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Teaching trusts 'not putting enough priority' on cutting A&E waits
A number of teaching trusts are “not putting enough priority” on tackling poor emergency waiting times performance, a major review due later this year will indicate.
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HSJ Local
Private supplier drops NHS contract with just five days’ notice
A troubled private company has terminated a contract to provide dermatology services two months early and at very short notice, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Trust issued second warning notice over A&E leadership
A major teaching hospital has been issued with its second warning notice over the leadership and culture of its emergency department, despite inspectors upgrading the trust’s “inadequate” rating.
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'Zero tolerance' for A&E waits beyond six hours proposed by NHSE chief
NHS England’s emergency care clinical lead has said there should be “zero per cent tolerance” on patients spending longer than six hours in an accident and emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Chair of challenged STP to stand down
The independent chair of the Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership will stand down later this year.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: What will be the new P45 target?
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HSJ Local
Single commissioning chief for all of troubled health economy
Norfolk and Waveney’s five clinical commissioning groups have appointed a joint chief officer and finance officer across the hugely challenged health economy.
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'Contaminated' A&E data 'minimal' problem, says NHSE stats chief
NHS England’s data chief has told regulators he is “confident” any impact on the accuracy of the system’s accident and emergency data of increasing zero day admissions would be “very minimal”.
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A&E performance falls for ninth successive year
The NHS’ capacity crisis was laid bare by official data published today, which confirmed 2018-19 was the worst year on record for breaches of the four-hour waiting time target.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Speak now, or forever hold your peace
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Counting confusion sparks artificial spike in mortality scores
An increase in so-called same day emergency care patients and confusion over how they should be counted has caused an artificial hike in some hospitals’ mortality scores, senior sources have told HSJ.
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Revealed: The trusts testing the new A&E targets
NHS England has selected 14 hospital trusts to test new accident and emergency standards which could replace the four-hour target.
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Former Tory adviser and Guardian columnist join NHS Assembly as full list revealed
A former special adviser to senior Conservative Iain Duncan Smith and a Guardian commentator have joined the new NHS Assembly, alongside a diverse group of leading NHS figures, charity chiefs and patient champions.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Closing the virtuous cycle
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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Special measures trust appoints new chief
Inadequate-rated Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of Antek Lejk earlier this month.
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'Insufficient progress' made on cutting waiting list, says NAO
The NHS has made “insufficient progress” on cutting its elective waiting list, according to the government’s spending watchdog.
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New targets could lead to 'bad practice', warn clinicians
A new one-hour target for sepsis, set out in NHS England’s standards review this month, could encourage “bad clinical practice to beat the clock”, a senior clinical leader has cautioned.
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Inadequate CCG making 'good progress' after scathing review
An inadequate-rated clinical commissioning group, which was heavily criticised in a review of its governance, leadership and operations, is now making “good progress” on addressing its problems, a follow-up report has said.