All Performance articles – Page 106
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News
Minister admits 'very disappointing' 111 start
The new NHS non-emergency advice line had a “very disappointing start”, Lord Howe admitted.
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News
A&E 'could collapse without change'
Accident and emergency units could “collapse” unless urgent changes are made to the way they are run, doctors and managers’ representatives have warned.
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News
Analysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust
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News
High cost of fines for long waits revealed
English hospitals would have been fined £227m in 2012 if they had been subjected to the penalty regime written into their contracts for the current financial year, according to analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge
How a duty of candour will affect a culture of openness
The NHS needs more than statutory requirements
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Comment
Lessons from the NHS's failure regimes so far
Will the new regimes help trusts to avoid failure?
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News
Exclusive: CCG performance and assurance regime unveiled
Clinical commissioning groups will be rated four times a year on their performance and annually on their organisational capability, under a draft assurance regime to be published today.
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Blogs
A&E needs a sticking plaster as well as an overhaul
A&E services a struggling to keep up with growing demand. Chris Hopson offers some possible solutions
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News
NHS England area teams told to lead A&E recovery
NHS England’s local area teams have been given less than a month to develop accident and emergency “recovery plans” for their patch, the organisation’s interim deputy chief executive has announced.
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Comment
Acute care is drowning in the rising tide of A&E demand
The answer may be to close hospitals, says Andrew Foster
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HSJ Local
Community hospital moves patients due to gas leak
PERFORMANCE: Eighteen elderly patients had to be moved from a community hospital at the weekend after an underground gas leak.
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Blogs
The mystery of the missing waiting list patients
Thousands of patients are apparently missing from the English waiting list. February is 28 days long. Together, those facts help us work out what on earth might be going on.
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Comment
Turnaround is everybody's problem
Reversing a trust’s financial fortunes is a job for the whole organisation
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HSJ Knowledge
Best practice in performance management
Creating value and better team working in NHS hospitals
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Comment
Medical leadership is vital for quality patient care
We need more doctors in leadership roles, says Chris Ham
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Comment
Monitor needs to be clearer about its regulation style
The regulator faces a challenge following changes in its role
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Leader
The warning signs in NHS emergency care
Long waits are down, but pressure is building elsewhere
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News
Circle sees operating loss increase to £29m
Circle, the private company running Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has posted an operating loss of £29.3m for 2012, according to company accounts.
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Comment
The NHS is in real danger of being unaffordable
Health bodies are desperately trying to save money