All Quality and performance articles – Page 38
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Private mental health hospital told to improve safety
A private mental health hospital has been downgraded to “requires improvement” and told it must do more to ensure safe care.
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Serious incident declared over cancer diagnostics backlog
A serious incident has been declared at a trust after a backlog in scans delayed five patients’ cancer diagnosis.
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Comment
Waiting times reach 23 weeks as admissions falter
Elective waiting times have risen from 22 weeks to 23 weeks over the last 14 months, and there is still no end in sight. The target, of course, is just 18 weeks.
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GP appointment problems still growing, patients report
Patients say they are finding it harder to access their GP services while their satisfaction with their overall experience has continued to dip, according to data released today.
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Revealed: The new CCG ratings
Sixty-three clinical commissioning groups have seen their overall performance ratings change over the past year, according to NHS England’s latest assessment framework.
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Trust accuses CCG of short-changing waiting list recovery plan
A West Midlands trust says people will be left waiting for surgery for more than a year after commissioners refused to fund a regulator-backed plan to cut its elective waiting list.
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First quarter A&E performance worst since records began
The NHS has recorded its worst first quarter accident and emergency performance since records started, data released this morning revealed.
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HSJ Interactive
Pinpoint, predict, prevent: how population health management can make a difference
Population health management is causing us to change the way we work so that we intervene at a point at which we can influence what happens to people, writes Amanda Doyle
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Key caesarean drug unavailable for two weeks
A drug used in most caesarean sections in the UK is expected to be unavailable for the next two weeks, prompting concerns some trusts may run out of supplies.
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Comment
I am ashamed of the way the NHS treated my elderly aunt
Kieran Walshe shares an account of his aunt’s treatment that raises serious questions about the quality of care for the frail elderly
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Comment
The NHS needs to talk about productivity
The NHS needs to engage with local industrial strategies to boost booth health and economic sustainability says Michael Wood
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Trust to close specialist children’s service
Children who sustain severe burns in Kent, Surrey and Sussex will be treated in Essex or central London from next month, as a specialist unit has temporarily closed.
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Comment
Cancer waiting times: We need to break the cycle
Dr Fran Woodard on how waiting standards continue to decline as cancer services buckle under pressure
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Does the private sector get an easier ride?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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News
CCG lifted out of legal directions after two years
A clinical commissioning group has been lifted out of legal directions after more than two years.
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Exclusive: NHS England attempted to alter independent report on child cancer care
NHS England engaged in an unprecedented attempt to interfere with an independent clinical body’s report into child cancer services, seeking to have a recommendation on co-location of intensive care services removed, HSJ has learned.
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Trust considers pre-booking private capacity to safeguard A&E performance
A trust is proposing an extended moratorium on elective care over Christmas 2019 and Easter 2020, and pre-booking outsourcing to private providers in an attempt to shore up emergency care performance and cut cancellations.
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Integrated care trust comes bottom in patient experience survey
An integrated care trust received the lowest score in England from the inpatient survey, partly down to people’s experience of being discharged.
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Patient satisfaction with waiting times falls
Public satisfaction with waiting times have declined, according to NHS-commissioned research.
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Bacterial bloodstream infections continue to rise in England
Bloodstream infections from potentially dangerous bacteria associated with sepsis continue to rise despite the government’s ambition to reduce them.