All Performance articles – Page 84
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LeaderThe new health secretary will be more hands on than Hunt has ever been
Voters expect big things
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NewsTariff proposal threatens delayed discharge schemes
Schemes to reduce the number of patients with a delayed discharge have been scaled back because commissioners can no longer afford to fund them under current tariff arrangements, trust chief executives have told HSJ.
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NewsCQC denies inconsistent treatment of Hinchingbrooke
The Care Quality Commission has denied accusations that its inspection of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust was ‘flawed’ or that the high profile trust was treated differently to other providers it has inspected.
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HSJ KnowledgeHit or miss: Lessons from the best and worst A&E performers
The overall picture shows some economies excelled, others struggled
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NewsExclusive: Care home closures blamed for Dorset delayed transfers
The closure of two care homes has been blamed for a high rate of delayed transfers of care in Dorset. The local mental health provider is the only foundation trust in breach of Monitor’s target for delays, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe 18 week target success will only be short lived
Using short term measures means it won’t last
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NewsTrusts reach key waiting target despite winter pressures
Trusts have managed to meet a high profile waiting time target just weeks before the general election.
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NewsWinter A&E analysis: More ambulance queues and cancelled operations
Ambulance handover delays, cancelled elective operations and delayed transfers of care all saw huge increases this winter, in what has been the most difficult year for accident and emergency departments in a decade.
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NewsExclusive: 26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach
Twenty-six hospital trusts are responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsCQC will miss own inspection deadlines, regulator admits
The Care Quality Commission will fail to hit a high profile target to inspect all acute trusts before the end of this year, the watchdog’s chief executive has said.
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NewsAnalysis: Huge disparity in trusts challenging CQC accuracy
There is huge variation in the number of factual accuracy challenges trusts are making to their draft Care Quality Commission inspection reports, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsProvider deficit forecast tops £800m
The overall deficit forecast across trusts and foundation trusts has hit £823m, in the latest sign of the ‘continuing deterioration’ in the health service’s finances.
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HSJ KnowledgeTake these simple steps to ease A&E pressures in the short term
Discussions at the Emergency Care Summit
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HSJ KnowledgeWe need a sustainable workforce to keep up with winter pressures
Trust did all it could preparing for winter pressures
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CommentThe NHS contract means an even more perverse sanctions regime
Perversity arguments have fallen on deaf ears
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HSJ LocalUPDATED: Community hospitals review underway as CCG forecasts £11m deficit
STRUCTURE: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group is undertaking a review into the future of its four community hospitals.
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NewsTougher penalties under new NHS contract
Penalties for breaching referral to treatment targets have been toughened up to try to bring down waiting lists, in the final standard contract issued by NHS England, but sanctions for accident and emergency and elective treatment breaches have been reduced.