All Performance articles – Page 105
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire back on track on emergency waiting times
PERFORMANCE: East Cheshire is back on track after failing to hit A&E waiting time targets in the last quarter of the financial year.
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NewsNHS 111 line 'steadily improving'
The new non emergency NHS advice line is “steadily improving” health officials have said.
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Blogs
Waiting lists and criminal offences
It will soon be a criminal offence to supply false or misleading waiting list data. Time to get ready.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria records two SUIs
PERFOMANCE: Two serious untoward incidents were reported at Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust in April. In one, being treated as a never event, an incision was made to the wrong side of the mouth but this was spotted before surgery commenced.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham addressing 18 week backlog
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust is tackling a backlog of patients who have been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment.
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HSJ Local
Ashford and St Peter's list mistake leads to waits
PERFORMANCE: An error in how pain management patients were prioritised has meant that 254 patients at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust were not seen within 18 weeks.
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex widely missed A&E target in March
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust only managed to treat 86 per cent of patients attending A&E within four hours in March – the sixth month it has missed the 95 per cent target. The trust also missed the target for the year with a performance of 93 per ...
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex closely missed March A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust just missed the 95 per cent A&E target in March –despite coping with a 14 per cent month-on-month increase in attendances.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria settles and apologises over error
PERFORMANCE: A consultant’s misreading of notes has contributed to a £100,000 settlement to a patient at Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Dartford close to breakeven
FINANCE: Dartford and Gravesham trust made a loss of nearly £900,000 last year – despite receiving additional help with its PFI costs.
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NewsLabour warn over increase in ambulance 'diverts'
The pressures on A&E departments show “no sign of abating” Labour has warned, after figures revealed a “major increase” in the number of ambulances turned away from busy emergency departments.
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HSJ KnowledgeInviting peers to help improve stroke services
A scheme delivering significant improvements in stroke care
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Blogs
Scotland slips on outpatient waits
Scotland is slipping badly on its least-enforced waiting times target. It’s not looking good for the most enforced one either.
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Blogs
Your 18-week waits: March 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18-week waits across England, updated with the latest (March 2013) data.
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Blogs
The English waiting list is bigger than first thought
After fixing a slip in my calculations, the adjusted English waiting list turns out to be bigger than first estimated.
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HSJ Local
Infection control focus at Berkshire West CCG
PERFORMANCE: Board papers for Berkshire West CCGs have warned that the “joint focus on infection control must be maintained to ensure that changes in practice are effective in controlling infection.”
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals missing A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust scored 92.7 per cent against the 95 per cent target in month 11 of the financial year, board papers report.
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Blogs
Sharp increase in English waiting list
The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting time pressures to come. But bed pressures over winter do not explain all the increase
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NewsRise in A&E attendances during 2012 claim
The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested.