All Performance articles – Page 5
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CommentMore money will not fix the NHS's maintenance backlog
David Jones writes about how data can be used to develop strategies to mitigate the impacts of backlog maintenance on patient safety, staff morale, and the financial sustainability of healthcare facilities
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Deciding what NOT to fix will be the biggest challenge for the 10 year plan
To fix all the problems Lord Ara Darzi has identified, the NHS needs to prioritise three to four goals at a time, writes Steve Black
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CommentWhat Darzi missed out
The Darzi Review overlooks the critical issue of NHS workplace culture. While detailing systemic failures, it devotes minimal attention to bullying, discrimination, and staff wellbeing, says Roger Kline
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Streeting ‘reads the Riot Act’
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the big Streeting meeting plus a new player in primary care.
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CommentBusiness-as-usual NHS management won't work for 'fixing the front door'
Primary care faces the same challenges as the rest of the public sector, but typical NHS management processes can’t solve them, argue three healthcare leaders.
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NewsTrusts told to report harm from ‘unacceptable’ corridor care
NHS England has told trusts to monitor patient harm caused by corridor care this winter – admitting it is happening regularly in some areas despite being “unacceptable”.
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Comment‘We’re in a right pickle’, Darzi concludes
Julian Patterson applauds the wide-ranging aspirations and familiar themes of Lord Darzi’s performance review
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Inquiries – who are they for?
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss three major NHS inquiries that started hearing evidence this week.
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CommentWaiting list falls year-on-year for first time since pandemic
But it needs to fall a lot faster to recover “18 weeks” performance.
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NewsAmbulance services hit crucial target
Ambulances reached some of the most seriously ill people within an average of 30 minutes last month – meeting a key NHS England target for the first time in more than a year.
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NewsDarzi: NHS ‘unlikely’ to meet performance targets in five years
Labour is “unlikely” to meet its flagship manifesto commitment to restore the NHS’s constitutional waiting times during this parliamentary term, Lord Darzi has warned.
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HSJ Partners18 Week Support at 10: A landmark period in advancing NHS clinical insourcing
As 18 Week Support celebrates its 10th anniversary, the organisation reflects on a decade of transformative impact on NHS patient care
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NewsNHSE admits ‘urgent’ ambulance target will be missed in capital
NHS England has agreed ambulance trusts can meet ‘realistic’ response times for ‘urgent’ ambulance calls including some heart attacks and stroke this winter, citing ‘service pressures, resources and demand’.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Getting what you pay for
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues talk winter, money and “collective action” from GPs.
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NewsExclusive: Darzi will highlight underinvestment in NHS managers
The imminent review of NHS performance by Lord Ara Darzi will highlight the need to invest more in NHS management and leadership, HSJ understands.
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NewsStreeting will ‘blame Tories for NHS failures this winter’
Wes Streeting is being “realistic” about recovering NHS performance, and failures this winter will be attributable to the previous government, he has told NHS chief executives.
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NewsCOO to leave after a year at challenged trust
The chief operating officer of one of England’s most challenged trusts is to leave his job after a year because the commute is too much for him.
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NewsRevealed: the impact of the North Bristol model across 40 trusts
Trusts which have adopted controversial “North Bristol-style” continuous flow models have seen mixed results, with the approach contributing to worsening performance in some places, research by HSJ suggests.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Chairs in the hot seat
This week’s HSJ podcast looks at the results of the Care Quality Commission’s inpatient survey, plus a contentious story on chairs and non-executive directors.
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CommentThe 10 actions government must take to prepare the NHS for winter
The King’s Fund sets out 10 tangible, early actions the government can take ahead of impending winter pressures to support the NHS workforce