All Quality and performance articles – Page 17
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Tories tinker while the NHS is on fire
The NHS needs “fewer layers of management” – this remark, made by Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss, is one of the first significant comments made about the NHS by either candidate this summer.
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NewsSummer crisis deepens as trolley waits hit new high
Performance figures deteriorated to record lows this month as the unprecedented summer NHS crisis deepens, with trolley waits reaching a new high point and the waiting list growing to more than 6.7 million people.
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NewsExclusive: Private providers targeted in NHSE crackdown on poor quality care
NHS England has revealed plans to crack down on poor care being provided by mental health service providers.
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NewsExclusive: New capital fund to boost beds and A&E capacity
England’s mental health inpatient system is “running very hot” and operating well above recommended occupancy levels, HSJ has been told, as new funding to address the problem is revealed.
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NewsVirtual outpatient drive at heart of effort to end 78-week waits, says Mackey
Patients at trusts with long waiting lists should no longer think “they have to go to their local hospital” for outpatient appointments, but should instead be offered virtual consultations elsewhere in the country where there is greater capacity, Sir Jim Mackey has told HSJ.
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News‘Super September’ to boost elective recovery declared by NHSE
NHS England is encouraging trusts to deliver a “Super September” of accelerated elective recovery plans, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew IT system harms trust’s cancer performance for six months
A trust which is struggling with a new electronic patient record is likely to see cancer performance affected for at least the rest of this year, it has said.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The A&E target conundrum continues
This week, we revisit the thorny subject of accident and emergency standards, following calls for a new six-hour target to be introduced.
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NewsCQC: Restraint and sexual safety among transport service failings
Private and NHS ambulance services are reviewing safety procedures after the Care Quality Commission identified a series of risks to mental health patients being transported by non-emergency providers.
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NewsTrust chief calls for six-hour A&E target
The chief executive of a trust trialling the new emergency care standards being considered by the government has called for a new six-hour target to either move patients out of accident and emergency, or for them to receive treatment.
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NewsPrivate provider sues NHS England over £270m contract award
A private provider is accusing NHS England of breaking procurement rules after it awarded a contract for prison health services in the South West to a London mental health trust.
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NewsTrusts reveal thousands of new 12-hour waits
Several trusts have now started reporting thousands of 12-hour waits in their emergency departments, representing a huge difference to the numbers published nationally under a slightly different measure.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: GPs angered as ‘place’ maps redrawn
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NewsFormer regional director drafted in to oversee troubled trust
A former regional director has been drafted in to oversee a trust where a review found ‘multiple’ governance issues and ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Crumbling services, but who’s in charge?
Hospital leaders have warned there is a lack of accountability in the NHS, adding this could undermine public and political trust in the service.
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NewsPatients kept in A&E for ‘up to three weeks’, CQC finds
Patients experiencing a mental health crisis were kept in a trust’s emergency department for up to three weeks, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.
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NewsTrust’s future under question as specialist service shut down
NHS England is closing the current gender identity clinic for children and young people following a critical independent review, replacing it with two new services in London and the North West of England.
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NewsBarclay calls urgent ‘hackathons’ over ambulance crisis
The new health and social care secretary has asked officials to hastily organise several “hackathons” to try to address the crisis in ambulance performance.
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NewsLondoners several times more likely to get life-saving treatment
The NHS and the Treasury need to make a renewed commitment to increasing the number of patients who benefit from thrombectomy, the Stroke Association has said, as it revealed the service was dependent on just 106 doctors in England.
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NewsLong-standing NHS England director to step down
One of the NHS England’s longest serving senior leaders is set to stand down after seven years in post.