All Quality and performance articles – Page 40
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NewsSocial enterprise’s service lands trust in trouble with regulators
A social enterprise’s poorly-performing type 3 service is weighing down an acute trust’s overall A&E performance – and getting it into trouble with its regulators.
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News‘Defensive’ trust removed patient criticism from royal college report
A world-famous hospital withheld information from regulators over a scandal in which children were needlessly given potentially dangerous drugs and invasive tests, it can be revealed.
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NewsTrust chair perplexed by CQC leadership criticism
The chair of an acute trust has been left feeling puzzled and questioning inspectors’ assessments after the Care Quality Commission criticised its leadership model.
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NewsRevealed: Acute trusts in talks over possible merger
Two acute trusts in the north east are exploring a possible merger as part of major changes to the region’s acute services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrivate 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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NewsSerious 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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CommentWaiting 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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NewsGP 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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NewsRevealed: 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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NewsTrust 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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NewsFirst 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 InteractivePinpoint, 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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NewsKey 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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CommentI 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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CommentThe 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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NewsTrust 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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CommentCancer 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 BriefingMental 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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NewsCCG 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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NewsExclusive: 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.