All Performance articles – Page 109
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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.
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NewsMinister admits 'very disappointing' 111 start
The new NHS non-emergency advice line had a “very disappointing start”, Lord Howe admitted.
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NewsA&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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NewsAnalysed: 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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NewsHigh 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 KnowledgeHow a duty of candour will affect a culture of openness
The NHS needs more than statutory requirements
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CommentLessons from the NHS's failure regimes so far
Will the new regimes help trusts to avoid failure?
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NewsExclusive: 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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NewsNHS 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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CommentAcute 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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CommentTurnaround is everybody's problem
Reversing a trust’s financial fortunes is a job for the whole organisation
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HSJ KnowledgeBest practice in performance management
Creating value and better team working in NHS hospitals
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CommentMedical leadership is vital for quality patient care
We need more doctors in leadership roles, says Chris Ham
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CommentMonitor needs to be clearer about its regulation style
The regulator faces a challenge following changes in its role