All Quality and performance articles – Page 74
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Comment
Public engagement is crucial for development of care
The experience of being public about the work on the Dudley MCP and the importance of sharing know-how in the NHS
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HSJ Local
Major hospital rated inadequate for second time
Whipps Cross rated inadequate for a second time Staff told CQC about bullying at the hospital Barts Health Trust to remain in special measures The Royal London has rating upgraded to requires improvement Whipps Cross Hospital, the main acute site for Barts Health Trust, has been rated inadequate ...
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News
Hunt to force trusts to publish avoidable deaths data
Jeremy Hunt will introduce new regulation to force NHS trusts from March 2017 to estimate and publish how many of its deaths might have been preventable He was responding to today’s CQC deaths review, and said he was accepting all its recommendations Avidable death data to be published quarterly ...
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News
18 week waits, October 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for October 2016
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Comment
English waiting times growth trebles
Since the incomplete pathways target was first met in 2012, English waiting times have been creeping up at about half a week per year. Now they’re growing three times faster
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HSJ Local
Investigation finds major service failure related to second child's death at hospital
Second case of a child failed by Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital Luke Jenkins died after major heart surgery in 2012 but was let down by staff, according to PHSO Ombudsman report contradicts findings of a review commissioned by NHS England A new investigation into the death of a ...
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News
CQC sets out plan for annual trust inspections
The Care Quality Commission is planning to “cross the threshold” of NHS trusts for inspections at least once a year, the regulator’s chair said this week.
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Comment
Where next for England's referral-to-treatment waiting times?
Expect 20 week RTT waits and 4 million patients on the waiting list in 2017, rising to 21 week waits in 2018, and so on indefinitely until the NHS in England starts keeping up with demand
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HSJ Partners
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Comment
Why record sharing for multidisciplinary care is vital in the NHS
It is vital for organisations to come together and develop a single, combined record for each patient, writes Luke Readman
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News
Patient body appoints new national director
Healthwatch England, the national health and care “consumer champion”, has appointed Imelda Redmond as its new national director.
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News
Revealed: Details of new waiting targets for trusts
All emergency and urgent mental health patients in A&E and hospital wards should be seen within one hour by liaison psychiatry staff Emergency patients should be treated within four hours and urgent patients within 24 hours Trusts to submit how quickly they respond to emergency mental health crises at ...
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HSJ Local
Trust seeks to terminate £200m contract
Nottingham trust says it is seeking “managed end” to the contract with Carillion Decision follows complaints that nurses were cleaning after Carillion staff to maintain standards Five year contract meant 1,500 staff transferred to Carillion in 2014 Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will look to terminate a five year, ...
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Comment
This is how we get the measure of patient safety
We must continue seeking the most effective set of indicators if we are to obtain a more accurate picture of patient safety, writes Lord Ara Darzi
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News
HSJ Awards 2016 winners revealed
Marianne Griffiths of Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust has been named Chief Executive of the Year at the 2016 HSJ Awards.
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Leader
Belief in the NHS is the one thing that remains united about the UK
This is an edited version of the opening speech made by editor Alastair McLellan at the 2016 HSJ Awards
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News
Children's services review accelerated
First findings of national review of paediatric intensive care services due in next few weeks Review follows investigation into Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital Services under pressure as children with more complex needs need PICU and lengths of stay increasing An NHS England review of paediatric intensive care services ...
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News
HSJ Awards winners announced tonight
The winners of the 2016 HSJ Awards will be announced tonight, and to celebrate we are giving every reader the opportunity to download free best practice case studies from some of last year’s winning projects.
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News
CQC: Fraction of inspection ratings challenged
Only 69 providers challenged final ratings awarded by the CQC from 10,840 inspections Three hospital trusts received changes in service ratings after review, but none had overall rating altered 51 primary medical services inspections were challenged, but only five have had ratings changed Only a fraction of hospitals ...
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HSJ Local
Trust awarded outstanding rating by CQC
A nationally renowned specialist trust has been rated outstanding following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.