All Quality and performance articles – Page 16
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HSJ Local‘Broken’ health system failing to tackle ‘unsustainable’ emergency care pressures
An integrated care system which has some of England’s worst waiting times for emergency care lacks “delivery structure and processes” to make desperately needed improvements, according to an external report.
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NewsNew national deadline to eliminate two-year waiters
NHS England has issued a new deadline to treat patients who have been waiting more than two years for treatment, a month after saying it had ‘virtually eliminated’ the longest waits, it has emerged.
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Expert BriefingTrust 'hiding serious harm and death' report
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentOptometry has a critical part to play in tackling the NHS backlog
Community optometrists can provide an immediate solution to the backlog in hospital eye departments, but only if there is a sustained NHS commitment towards true integration into the primary healthcare family, writes Adam Sampson
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CommentEnglish waiting list nears 7 million
The wait for diagnosis and decision is rising much faster than the wait for treatment.
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Expert BriefingHospital bosses welcome new health secretary's pledge to tackle ambulance delays
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust aims to move on from governance failures and ‘massive societal tension’
Leaders of a mental health trust say they are making progress to address multiple concerns over corporate governance, and moving on from the ‘massive societal tension’ around one of their key services.
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NewsPatients fit for discharge stuck in hospital for up to nine months
Medically fit patients are waiting up to nine months to be discharged from some NHS hospitals as increasing numbers of working age people develop more complex conditions amid ongoing social care shortages.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Full force Flory
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsRevealed: Only two ICSs seeing more elective inpatient activity than pre-covid
Providers in just two integrated care systems carried out more inpatient elective procedures in the first quarter of this year than before the covid pandemic, HSJ analysis of official data has revealed.
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NewsTrust criticised for ‘extreme positivity’ and drops two ratings to ‘inadequate’
Senior leaders of an ambulance trust have been told their ‘extreme positivity’ has made them appear ‘out of touch’ as the Care Quality Commission downgraded the organisation’s rating to ‘inadequate’.
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CommentNHS health workforce crisis: The challenging opportunities in flexible working
The right to flexible working should be available to all NHS staff, supported by policies and decision-making that are equitable across services, specialties and organisations, writes Dr Ahmed Seedat
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NewsExclusive: Barclay summons six hospital chiefs over ambulance delays
Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay today called in chief executives of the six worst-performing trusts for ambulance handover delays to ‘ensure accountability’ for addressing the issue, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCEO promises ‘long hard look at myself’ if A&E performance still bottom of table next year
The chief executive of the trust with the worst A&E performance in England has said he will ‘have a long, hard look at myself’ if sustainable improvements are not made by next year.
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CommentThe next best thing to a plan
The NHS faces the toughest winter on record. With a renewed promise of support from national leaders, integrated care systems now have even more to worry about, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsRevealed: NHS England’s list of trusts with worst elective and cancer problems
Almost a third of acute trusts have been identified by NHS England as being ‘at risk’ of missing key targets for electives and cancer recovery, with some facing ‘periodic calls between ministers and CEOs’, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDozens of referrals for vulnerable mothers refused due to ‘lack of beds’
Dozens of referrals to specialist care for women with serious mental health problems during or after pregnancy are being turned down because no bed was available, data collected by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ LocalCEO ‘not proud’ as heart attack patients face three-hour ambulance wait
Ambulances are taking more than three hours to respond to patients with suspected heart attacks or strokes across Cornwall, in what is thought to be the worst reported system-level performance so far.
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NewsCovid redeployment ‘wrong’ and ‘will never be repeated’
Redeployment of community staff to other services – meaning visits for babies and parents were missed – was the “wrong decision” and would “never be repeated”, a provider has stated.
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NewsICSs will be first to intervene in failing trusts, says NHS England
NHS England has said integrated care systems will be responsible for ‘initial problem solving and intervention’ if trusts fail to deliver against key targets to prepare for winter.