All Quality and performance articles – Page 28
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HSJ InteractiveHow to restore cancer services post covid
An HSJ webinar, sponsored by Pfizer, examined the impact of the pandemic on cancer services. Alison Moore reports
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CommentBudget lacks clear direction of travel for health and social care
The chancellor’s “whatever it takes” pledge must include the resources to tackle the long-term ramifications of the pandemic, argues Eleanor Roy
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HSJ PartnersImproving the metabolic treatment patient pathway
Following publication of the UK government’s obesity strategy, experts are calling for a whole-systems approach covering prevention to treatment, including surgical options for those with the most severe disease, Jennifer Trueland reports
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CommentWithout urgent action the UK could slip further behind in tackling cancer
Michelle Mitchell emphasises on adoptive commitments for tackling cancer inequalities, clearing backlog of diagnostic waits and stopping cancer survival from going backwards
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NewsNHS may ‘never catch up’ with surgery backlog caused by covid
Delays due to the covid-19 crisis have created tens of thousands of year-long waiters for ophthalmology treatment, and a surgery backlog which experts say may never be recovered.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: PM Johnson’s trajectory: from ‘croak us’ to ‘crocus’
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsJeremy Hunt’s safety programme has stalled, say bereaved families
Bereaved families have been left feeling like their efforts to improve patient safety have been ‘in vain’ as progress of a government programme instigated by Jeremy Hunt appears to have ‘stalled’.
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NewsUpdated: CEO’s email ‘contributed to low morale’ at covid-hit A&E
Staff at a hard-pressed accident and emergency department were left feeling demoralised and unsupported by the actions of the senior leadership team, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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NewsExclusive: Key NHS long-term plan target to be missed ‘due to covid’
The NHS is set to miss a major national target to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements within mental health by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRetirees, long journeys and more day cases will aid elective return, say doctors
Hospitals may take until the summer to begin carrying out ‘normal’ levels of planned surgery and this is likely to require some patients being transferred to areas with greater capacity, doctors have said.
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Flu vaccine uptake lags last year at 43 trusts
More than 40 provider trusts have seen lower flu vaccine uptake so far in 2020-21 than in 2019-20, often citing covid and covid vaccination as a reason, despite a national push.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The waiting list won’t be 10 million by April — but it will take years to fix
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsNHS England lead warns stroke improvements ‘stalled or deteriorated’
A key long-term plan commitment is expected to be missed, with the national clinical director warning many improvements in stroke patient care have stalled or slipped back.
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NewsEngland set to see covid inpatients fall to pre-third wave level by 8 March
Deaths of covid positive hospital patients appear to have passed their third wave peak.
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HSJ PartnersIntroducing respiratory support units in the NHS will transform respiratory care
Professor Jon Bennett shares his insights on respiratory support units and their potential to revolutionise acute respiratory care for patients
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NewsExclusive: NHS commandeers private hospitals in attempt to recover cancer surgery
‘Surge’ clauses allowing the NHS to again take over private hospitals — as it did in the spring — have been triggered in some areas, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The big suck
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked data reveals nearly quarter of a million year-plus waiters
Nearly a quarter of a million people have been waiting more than a year for operations and other hospital procedures, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe pandemic has broken the promise of universal healthcare
The promise of universal healthcare from the NHS has been broken, as it is not “coping” with covid-19, and will be hard to reinstate without being honest, writes Charlotte Augst
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NewsTwo hospitals ‘decanting’ to central London trust amid ‘extreme’ pressures
A pair of major London hospitals are decanting patients to central London sites as the region asks trusts to ‘super surge’ their critical care capacity, HSJ understands.