All Quality and performance articles – Page 73
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Patient Safety Awards: last chance to enter
The deadline to enter the Patient Safety Awards has been extended to 9am on 30 January. The awards recognise and reward outstanding practice in the NHS and independent healthcare organisations.
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HSJ Local
'Outstanding' trust to lead new NHS improvement programme
NHS Improvement has chosen high performing trust as its strategic partner in developing a mental health improvement programme Northumberland, Tyne and Wear FT will help create diagnostic frameworks for the different sectors of mental health during a six month test period NHSI looking to enlist more trusts to provide ...
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HSJ Local
First ambulance trust rated outstanding
West Midlands Ambulance Service has become the first ambulance trust in the country to be rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Hospital under 'enhanced monitoring' over safety concerns
The obstetrics and gynaecology department of a major London hospital has been placed on “enhanced monitoring” status by the General Medical Council and Health Education England after concerns about safety.
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Homa, Durkin and May head up Patient Safety Awards judges
The national director of patient safety Mike Durkin, prominent patient safety campaigners and leading trust chief executives have been confirmed as judges for this year’s Patient Safety Awards.
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Thousands of patients could be forced into care homes due to CCG cuts
At least 37 CCGs may force patients with ongoing care needs to accept residential care home placements due to restrictions to NHS Continuing Healthcare funding More than 13,000 people could be affected by the policies in these 37 areas At least three CCGs confident their policies are legal despite ...
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Nurses reveal strain of working on understaffed wards
Patients have been left waiting for medications, unwashed or had vital observations delayed because hospital wards do not have enough nurses, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Updated: Prestigious teaching trust exits special measures
CQC recommends Cambridge University Hospitals exits special measures after being rated good in latest inspection CQC praises the trust for improving staffing levels and governance Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has left special measures after it was rated good in its last inspection.
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18 week waits, November 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for November 2016
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HSJ Local
Police investigate 'tampered' saline bags at hospital trust
Police are investigating whether saline bags at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust have been tampered with.
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Exclusive: Outperforming trusts could get 'preferential access' to capital
NHS Improvement discussing potential scheme with the Department of Health Comes after regulators confirmed trusts able to meet or better their control total will receive “bonus” payment Trusts have previously been warned over the scarcity of capital funding in coming years Regulators are seeking to give “preferential access” ...
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HSJ Partners
Reflections on transforming mental health
Committed staff at the coalface will make a huge difference in changing the way mental health is taken care of in the NHS
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Comment
Making a drama out of a crisis: the cancellation of elective operations
Methods must be developed to be better prepared for the crisis caused by winter pressures in NHS hospital systems
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Comment
Reforming how we pay for care is crucial to successful innovation
Financial reforms for innovation in care need to be implemented for early diagnosis and effective disease management at low costs
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HSJ Local
Trust recommended to exit special measures
CQC recommended East Kent Hospitals University FT leaves special measures Inspectors say significant improvements made in maternity and emergency care NHS Improvement defers decision till 2017 while it reviews trust’s finances England’s chief inspector of hospitals has recommended that East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust should exit special ...
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CQC plans 'far fewer comprehensive inspections'
CQC to cut the number of comprehensive inspections it undertakes in the future to improve efficiency CQC will ask providers to “set out their view” of their own services to help inform discussion on where best to inspect From April 2017 providers to face an annual assessment of leadership ...
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Exclusive: Trust prosecuted after 'high profile' patient death
A trust is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive over the death of a mentally ill patient, who fell to his death on hospital premises.
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Hospitals to be rated on new A&E 'scorecard'
New metric part of measures to “broaden oversight of A&E” and drive “greater focus” on sickest patients Four hour standard will remain “headline” target but new metric will include clinical and patient experience data Current reporting of A&E data is “very inconsistent”, says NHS Improvement Hospitals will be ...
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Bonus pot for trusts that hit financial targets confirmed
Bonus payments will come partly from funds allocated to providers that are not able to meet their financial targets Payments would total more than £300m if official forecasts are correct Concerns that the scheme could exacerbate problems for struggling trusts NHS trusts that are able to meet or ...
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Comment
Why the NHS needs to get better at assessing surgical risk
Surgeons must be in a position to understand risk to patients so that they can overcome reluctance to take on high risk cases