All Quality and performance articles – Page 83
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NewsAnalysis: The 10 trusts with most improved patient experience
HSJ analysis shows the trusts where patient experience improved in the most areas of the national inpatient experience survey year on year Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust came top of in list of most improved trusts Top two most improved trusts both in special measures HSJ analysis has identified ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: The state of care in the South West
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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CommentSeven-day services for emergency care can increase efficiency
How seven-day emergency care services can reap benefits in the long run.
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NewsExclusive: Babies 'dying unnecessarily' due to flawed funding system
Flawed system for funding fetal medicine leading to “morbidity and mortality” among women and babies, doctors warn London units have identified multiple cases of “avoidable harm” because of change in referral patterns Specialist units losing money as less than 10 per cent of bills for referrals being paid ...
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Why Nottingham favours in-house experts over consultancies
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsPatient Safety Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2016 Patient Safety Awards has been revealed.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2016
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health admits 'unlawful acts' in relation to Sparrowhawk death
Southern Health Foundation Trust formally accepts responsibility for death of Connor Sparrowhawk Mr Sparrowhawk, who had epilepsy, drowned in a bath following a seizure while in the care of Southern Health The trust admits it caused his death, was negligent and violated Mr Sparrowhawk and his family’s human rights ...
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CommentTaking mental health a step beyond primary care
A new mental health service delivers integrated care to complex patients who have not historically been well served
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NewsMapped: Every CQC trust rating so far
HSJ has mapped every inspection rating the Care Quality Commission has handed out to NHS trusts in England to date.
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NewsAnalysis: More than half of trusts 'require improvement'
HSJ analysis of all CQC trust ratings published as regulator completes its inspection of all acute trusts More than half of trusts rated requires improvement No trust currently rated outstanding for safety or inadequate for caring Explore HSJ’s interactive map HSJ has mapped and analysed every inspection rating ...
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CommentIt is unlikely the 18 week target will ever be achieved again
The English waiting list grew more rapidly than expected in April, and it looks like we have passed a crucial milestone.
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HSJ LocalTrust's A&E rated inadequate after damning inspection
Portsmouth Hospitals Trust given inadequate rating by CQC for its A&E CQC staff “had to intervene to keep patients safe” while carrying out inspection Four conditions placed on the trust’s registration PERFORMANCE: A hospital trust has been rated inadequate for urgent and emergency services after unannounced CQC inspections ...
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NewsDelayed care transfers to continue for years, Stevens warns
NHS England chief executive tells MPs problems with care transfers unlikely to subside in the next few years Simon Stevens rejects NAO estimate that delayed transfers cost the NHS £820m Stevens: NHS takeovers of adult social care services will not work everywhere DH social care chief says there are ...
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NewsFirst teaching hospital rated outstanding
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT becomes first teaching hospital to be rated outstanding by the CQC Trust is second in the North East to be awarded the top rating, after Northumbria Healthcare was rated outstanding last month Newcastle is led by Sir Leonard Fenwick, the NHS’s longest serving chief ...
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Listen and learn to save lives
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsHaslam, Dalton and Jones head up this year’s HSJ Awards judging panel
First set of judges announced for 2016 HSJ Awards Includes UK’s leading hospital chief executive and most high profile patient campaigner Awards deadline is Friday June 10 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence chair Professor David Haslam, Salford Royal chief executive Sir David Dalton and NHS England ...
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CommentCare is so critical - now it's time to get clever with coordination
How a personal experience made Mahiben Marathappu believe that carers are the unsung heroes of our health system
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Did doctors strike on a false manifesto?
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern