All Performance articles – Page 39
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NewsThe trusts with the most patients waiting over 18 months
The trusts with the biggest share of their waiting list at more than 18 months and two years has been revealed for the first time.
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NewsMore than 50,000 people have waited over 18 months for planned care
There were 64,959 patients on the elective waiting list who have waited over 18 months for procedures as of April – 2,722 of whom have waited over two years, new NHS data reveals today.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The real waiting list problem (clue: it isn’t longest waiters)
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Plot thickens around controversial care model
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsTrust to move people with learning disabilities up waiting lists
A hospital trust has decided to prioritise people with learning disabilities for elective treatment, after analysis showed they were disproportionately affected by lengthy waits for care, along with some people who have a minority ethnic background.
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CommentDon’t forget the people behind the waiting list stats
Norman McKinley highlights the impact of long waiting times on patients and the toll it will take on their health, if not dealt with.
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NewsTrust buys private hospital at ‘critical time of recovery’
An acute trust has bought a local private hospital for an undisclosed sum, saying it will safeguard its NHS work and continue to serve the private market.
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NewsNHS England gives green light to drop four-hour A&E target
NHS England is pushing ahead with plans to replace the NHS’s four-hour emergency target with a new set of 10 metrics, it has announced today.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Beefing up critical care and the issues system leaders must consider
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman
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HSJ InteractiveHow ICSs can secure the best outcomes for local populations
Against the backdrop of the latest step in joining up health and care systems, an HSJ and IMPOWER roundtable discussed what ICSs can do to deliver the best outcomes for their populations
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The (incomplete) picture of eating disorder performance
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Waiting for The People’s Dominic
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsExclusive: NHS plans to keep electives at 80pc in next covid surge
NHS England has asked hospitals to prepare for a potential further surge of covid cases reaching around half the level of first wave of the virus last year – and to seek to deliver 80 per cent of normal elective activity throughout it, HSJ has learned.
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CommentYou can’t legislate for a collaborative culture
Greater Manchester has been designing a model that builds on the strong partnership that has already taken place at a city-region level and at place but continues to address challenges, writes Sir Richard Leese
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Inquiring minds and the World King’s gambit
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsNearly half of eye patients at Hancock’s local trust waiting more than a year
The East of England has been revealed as the worst-performing region for long ophthalmology waits, with almost half the waiting list at one acute trust already breaching the 52-week milestone.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: A&E has plunged into a ‘performance vacuum’
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Trusts to review use of controversial care model
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Bracing times and the vaccination bounce
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsPM: ‘More funding required’ to ‘restore and rebuild’ NHS
The prime minister will declare that ‘more funding will be required’ to ‘restore and rebuild’ the NHS after covid-19, and that government will be ‘setting out in detail the huge scale of the challenge’ for the service.