All Quality and performance articles – Page 77
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HSJ Local
CQC closed unit after CQC warning notice
Mental health and community services trust given requires improvement rating Child and adolescent unit rated inadequate Concerns over lack of action to tackle ligature points North East London Foundation Trust has been given a ’requires improvement’ rating by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors issued a warning notice ...
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HSJ Local
City leaders push for accountable care model covering 250,000 people
A Midlands hospital trust is seeking to establish an accountable care model in partnership with its local metropolitan borough council and clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ Knowledge
Memory test showed value of keeping it local
The results of a pilot memory assessment service showed the value of delivering dementia services within primary care
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News
Trusts allowed to miss 2016-17 targets in 'rare' cases
Planning guidance says trusts will be allowed to miss targets if due to “exceptional” reasons But they will need to be back on track by 2017-18 Permission will only be granted in “exceptional circumstances” Trusts will be allowed to miss performance targets this year if it was a ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Key questions as extension of CQC ratings goes out to consultation
The Care Quality Commission must answer questions about its own systems before it can consider turning its attention to other sectors
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Comment
Boards must make decisions with patients, not for them
It is crucial to get patients involved to design their own care plans and not dismiss patient experience as an additional cost during budget restraints
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Comment
Intelligent transparency: How to drive change in the NHS
A system dedicated to continuous improvement and learning towards patient well-being and safety is the key to a sustainable NHS
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HSJ Local
Specialist hospital rated 'one of the best trusts in England'
Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital is the first specialist acute hospital to be rated outstanding One of only eight English trusts to receive highest quality rating Specialist acute hospital trusts currently outperforming non-specialists, with 78 per cent rated good or outstanding Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust ...
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News
'Special measures' considered for trusts failing on A&E
NHS Improvement considering new “special measures” category for operational performance including A&E Comes as English hospital sector records worst quarter one A&E performance since 2003 HSJ analysis shows worst performing 40 trusts responsible for 63 per cent of year on year decline NHS Improvement is considering a new ...
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News
18 week waits, July 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for July 2016
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News
HSJ Awards 2016 shortlist unveiled
We have today revealed the shortlist for the 2016 HSJ Awards.
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Comment
England slides further into 18 weeks breach
England’s referral-to-treatment waiting times headed towards 19 weeks, fuelled by a growing waiting list and in spite of the intended recovery trajectories
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News
NHS England reveals four hour target for mental health
Mental health waiting time targets due to be in place by 2021, NHS England clinical director says Patients in crisis will be able to expect to be seen by a doctor or nurse within an hour Mental health patients should be seen and given a treatment plan within four ...
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Comment
Junior doctors' strikes - the effect on waiting times
Junior doctors’ strikes mean a loss of elective activity and a rise in waiting times, but don’t go blaming them for the continued breach of “18 weeks”.
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Comment
Some suggestions for the Patients Association about elective waiting times
The Patients Association’s waiting times report had a big impact, but NHS England was still justified in calling it “misleading and statistically flawed”. How could future reports avoid the pitfalls?
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News
First mental health trusts rated outstanding by CQC
Care Quality Commission announces first two mental health trusts in the country to be rated outstanding Northumberland Tyne and Wear FT and East London FT have both been given the highest rating by inspectors CQC deputy chief inspector of hospitals hopes both organisations will be an “exemplar” to other ...
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News
Private children's hospital rated inadequate across the board
An independent children’s mental health hospital has been placed in special measures after a damning inspection found safety concerns including staff shortages and overuse of restraint on patients.
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Comment
What if antibiotics stopped working?
Antimicrobial resistance is an unavoidable process of natural selection, but tackling the issue needs solutions that must be adopted on a global scale
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News
Patients redirected as CQC uncovers safety concerns at abortion provider
CQC inspection of Marie Stopes International uncovers “serious concerns” About 250 women a week will be diverted to other providers after range of termination of pregnancy services suspended NHS England has launched confidential helpline for those with concerns and questions About 250 women a week will be redirected ...
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News
CQC launches inquiry into trusts failing to improve
Only six out out of 21 trusts re-inspected by the CQC in 2015-16 showed overall improvement Review commissioned to discover “underlying reasons” why trusts are struggling to improve Colchester chief executive calls for single “oversight committees” to become more common The Care Quality Commission has set up an ...