All Quality and performance articles – Page 58
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HSJ LocalCQC orders trust to make 'significant improvements' by next week
Patient safety is not prioritised enough at a special measures trust’s maternity and surgery units, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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NewsData errors barely affected national A&E performance, NHS England claims
NHS England has insisted the national headline figure for accident and emergency performance was not significantly altered by inaccuracies in trusts’ data returns this winter.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals cancelled more than 500 cancer operations over winter
More than 500 cancer operations were cancelled by hospital trusts in England due to winter pressures, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRogue surgeon inquiry to investigate NHS private sector referrals
The way NHS patients are referred to and from the private sector by individual professionals will be examined by an independent inquiry, the government has announced.
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NewsCCGs pulled out of special measures ahead of mergers
Three clinical commissioning groups have been taken out of special measures ahead of mergers this weekend.
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NewsNHSI: Sacking leaders and quick savings 'endanger improvement'
Sacking leaders when mistakes are made and “salami slicing” budgets to make quick savings “endanger improvement” and risk system failure in mental health, a new NHS Improvement report says.
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HSJ LocalChief executive confirmed for trust with severely challenged A&E
Susan Acott has been appointed as the permanent chief executive of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust after nearly six months as interim leader.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of patients waiting over 12 hours at strained hospital
A damning review has warned one of the most distressed hospital trusts in the country “cannot enter another winter” without more beds, with hundreds of patients waiting more than 12 hours in its emergency department every month.
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HSJ LocalTrust exits special measures under new leadership
An acute trust in Essex has exited special measures less than a year after new leadership was brought in.
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NewsNHS urged to improve epilepsy care after 70 per cent rise in deaths
New research by Public Health England has found the numbers of annual deaths of epilepsy patients has increased by 70 per cent between 2001 to 2014.
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HSJ LocalNHS England tells CCG to show more 'gravitas and grip'
A struggling clinical commissioning group was told it needed to show “stronger evidence of gravitas and grip” and move away from a “reactive and negatively critical approach” by an NHS England review.
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NewsTrusts reveal plans to centralise services after GIRFT review
Trusts have begun taking steps to centralise vascular surgery following an NHS Improvement clinical review, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts urged to take 'just culture' approach to investigations
NHS Improvement has published a “just culture” guide to help NHS trusts make decisions following an incident of patient harm.
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CommentAvert the tragedy of the commons in the NHS
We need to evolve from self interest towards sustainable use of NHS resources to stop the decline of the NHS
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Expert BriefingRisk Register: The CQC should remain separate from the NHS
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus our take on the most important under the radar stories. This week’s briefing is by bureau chief David Williams and senior correspondent Shaun Lintern.
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NewsCouncils able to 'stand up to Stevens' after DTOCs boost
Better performance on delayed transfers of care attributable to social care during a spike in emergency hospital admissions in January has put local government in a strong position to challenge Simon Stevens over the role of councils in the health system, the chair of the Local Government Association has said.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - February 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for February 2018.
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CommentRTT admission rates collapse
Admissions per working day fell dramatically, to the lowest January level ever recorded, as the NHS followed central guidance to shut down routine care and release beds for emergency admissions. One year waiters – a key goal for next year’s plans – went up again and exceeded 2,000 for the ...
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HSJ LocalPrivate company takes over troubled Liverpool prison contract
A private provider is set to take over the troubled healthcare services at HM Prison Liverpool, under a core contract worth less than what the current NHS provider receives.
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HSJ LocalHospital says patient died 'due to dangerous overcrowding of A&E'
The death of a patient in an accident and emergency department was “due entirely to the dangerous overcrowding of the department”, the trust’s medical director has told HSJ.