All Quality and performance articles – Page 6
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Getting past the ‘bitter animosity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: Lack of surgery capacity adding to risk for babies and mothers
A lack of surgery capacity at dozens of maternity units is adding to the risk of serious harm to mothers and newborn babies, HSJ has found.
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NewsICB admits defeat on key September target
An East of England integrated care board expects to miss both the main national elective recovery target of eliminating 65-week breaches by September and a top diagnostic target, according to board papers.
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NewsNHSE asks systems to eliminate longest-waiters by next year
NHS England has tasked systems and providers with ending or significantly reducing 104-week waits for community mental health services by March 2025, following worsening performance.
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CommentWhy a focus on waiting time targets may neglect the poorest cancer patients
Naser Turabi explains how ensuring equitable access to cancer treatment is crucial.
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NewsThird of services rated ‘red’ for baby deaths
The proportion of trusts with maternity services “red rated” for neonatal mortality rose from around a quarter in 2021 to a third in 2022, according to the latest national audit.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsTrust to take on 2,500 long-waiters after buying private hospital
A trust that recently bought a small private hospital is to take on 2,500 long-waiters from across its integrated care system.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: From shared chair to where?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsAmbulance handover delays still harming tens of thousands each month
Tens of thousands of patients are still suffering harm from delays in ambulance handovers to emergency departments, despite a concerted effort to tackle the problem, figures seen by HSJ indicate.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: ‘A period of not very well managed decline’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Whittling down the provider numbers
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The questions piling up
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News‘Deficient’ processes and ‘poor’ safety culture found in trust review
A trust’s drugs control department was found to have a “significant under-appreciation of safety” and “a culture of unwillingness”, after it lost track of at least two bags of fentanyl.
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NewsFears trusts will lose millions of private income due to cyber attack
The cyber attack leading to the apparent leak of sensitive patient information could have a major reputational international impact, affecting private patient income worth around £75m to the NHS, senior officials fear.
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NewsNeighbouring providers aid cyber attack victim
Two pathology networks are coming to the aid of a neighbour, still largely paralysed following an unprecedented cyber attack on its IT system earlier this month.
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NewsMaternity services ‘overwhelmed with reporting requirements’, warns DHSC group
Government has been warned by its own advisory group that maternity services are being “overwhelmed with reporting requirements” which are hindering safety improvement work, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Board nods through key decision with misleading data
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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News‘Massive’ cybersecurity risk in NHS supply chain, trust and ICB leader warns
The NHS supply chain contains “absolutely massive” cybersecurity risks which have not “really been talked about”, an integrated care board and trust chair has warned.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.