All Performance articles – Page 87
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HSJ LocalSt George's given foundation trust status
St George’s Healthcare Trust today becomes St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, after being granted foundation trust status by Monitor.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust responsible for over half of patients waiting over 12 hours
University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust was responsible for 65 per cent of the patients in England waiting over 12 hours to be admitted from accident and emergency departments in January, according to NHS England figures.
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NewsColchester’s A&E rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust’s accident and emergency department has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTrust sector deficit deteriorates to £414m
The NHS trust sector’s financial position has deteriorated to an overall deficit of £414.2m, providing new evidence of the pressure trusts are under.
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News£240m technology fund raided to prop up A&E, sources say
The government has raided a £240m NHS technology fund to bolster financial support for hospitals struggling with accident and emergency demand this winter, senior sources have told HSJ.
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NewsCQC rejects accusations of Hinchingbrooke bias
The leaders of the Care Quality Commission team that rated Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust ‘inadequate’ today issued a strong rejection of claims that their inspection was biased.
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LeaderWhat role for private providers in the NHS after the election?
Independent sector will have a bigger role post-election
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NewsClegg: Moving away from block contract is biggest change in mental health
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said beginning to shift mental health services away from block contracts could be the most significant change the government has made in the sector.
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Comment'Internal major incidents' have become the new NHS norm
The NHS must manage patients’ expectations better
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NewsAmbulance services given extra time to assess patient need
Ambulance services in two areas will be given two minutes longer to assess patient need before sending out a response vehicle, under a pilot scheme announced by the health secretary today.
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CommentWaiting list initiative ends with a sprint but achieves little
The waiting list size hardly budged
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NewsProviders push to treat more elective patients
NHS providers made a concerted effort to treat more elective patients in November, delivering more treatments than were performed in that period in any of the preceding six years.
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NewsExclusive: NHS children's services 'not fit for purpose'
The NHS’s failure to reconfigure children’s services, has left it with a model of care not fit for purpose, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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NewsRecord number of patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted
A record high of 241 patients waited over 12 hours to be admitted last week, according to the latest figures on accident and emergency performance from NHS England.
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NewsMonitor proposes lower threshold for investigations into FT finances
Monitor is consulting on lowering the threshold at which investigations into foundation trusts’ finances can be triggered.
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Comment'NHS in crisis' hyperbole reaches fever pitch as election countdown begins
The election fuels the fire
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NewsA&E performance at all-time low as emergency admissions peak
Hospitals say there is ‘unprecedented’ demand on their emergency services as admissions hit their highest level in 10 years.
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NewsNational bodies pledge to root out 'misaligned' annual plans
National bodies have pledged to work ‘closely’ together to identify plans based on misaligned or unrealistic assumptions between providers and commissioners.