All Performance articles – Page 95
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News18 week target breached for first time in three years
The NHS has breached the target for 90 per cent of admitted patients to start treatment within 18 weeks for the first time since 2011, the latest figures from NHS England reveal.
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CommentJanuary 2014 waits: More patients choose to delay treatment
Delays tip trusts into target breach
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UK performance gap closing, study reveals
The performance divide between the NHS in England and the rest of the UK has narrowed in recent years despite diverse policies in each country, a wide-ranging report found.
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NewsInpatient poll: Information provision still a problem
A large-scale survey of NHS patients has pinpointed several key areas for improvement in hospitals across England.
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NewsWinter pressures monies fund extra admissions
Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target did not improve in 2013-14, despite a huge political focus on the issue, as emergency admissions reached record levels, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsStroke reconfiguration to be rolled out nationwide
NHS England is aiming to roll-out the London model of stroke reconfiguration on a nationwide basis, its updated business plan reveals.
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CommentAnother surprise rise in the English waiting list
The list isn’t supposed to grow in January
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NewsElective waiting list continues to grow
The size of the NHS waiting list for elective care grew in January, bucking the pattern of previous years where the number of patients waiting reduced during the month, according to latest figures for England.
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LeaderQuality pays – but it demands investment
Our awards highlight outstanding quality improvement
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CommentEliminating poor productivity is key to NHS improvement
Significant variations remain in the service
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LeaderWhy the NHS must learn to fail successfully
Policymakers are still looking for an effective failure regime
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NewsOmbudsman: 'Lack of openness and honesty' at Morecambe Bay
A “lack of openness and honesty” at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust caused further distress for a family which had lost a child, a watchdog has concluded.
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LeaderReasons for celebration and caution over waiting lists
Some trusts are victims of their own success
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NewsAnalysis: Flat waiting list bucks seasonal trend
The national elective waiting list hovered just below 3 million throughout the autumn – in defiance of the seasonal pattern seen in recent years – in one of the clearest indications so far of the pressure on the acute sector.
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NewsNAO: Monitor delivers 'value for money'
Monitor’s capacity to regulate foundation trusts in difficulty may come under “unsustainable pressure” due to the growth in risk across the sector, the National Audit Office has found.
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BlogsScottish waiting times still worsening
Waiting times are getting worse in Scotland, but you wouldn’t know it from the government’s press release.
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NewsHospital death data 'distraction'
Questions have been raised over the value of mortality statistics published for NHS hospitals, after an academic taking part in a review of their use branded them “spurious” and said the public would be better off ignoring them.
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NewsFoundation trusts overspend on agency staff
The foundation trust sector massively overspent on contract and agency staff in the final three months of last year, Monitor data shows.
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NewsChildren 'treated on adult wards'
Hundreds of children with mental health problems are being treated on adult psychiatric wards, the BBC has reported.