All Quality and performance articles – Page 84
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NewsHigh performing trust bosses asked to 'peer review' others
NHS Improvement has asked 30 providers to take part in governance reviews at other trusts A number of specific reviews to be commissioned in coming months Reviews will be supported by external consultants Regulators have asked chief executives and chairs at “high performing” trusts to take part in ...
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HSJ KnowledgeMcKinsey New Care Models Summit
Highlighting examples where people are successfully implementing new care models with great impact on both quality and cost
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016: Trauma and Orthopaedics
The hip fracture unit by the Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust was opened to enhance the care of patients admitted with fractured neck of femur
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The use of foetal electrocardiogram was introduced by St. George to address CTG abnormalities
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016: Mental Health
In addition to clinical expertise, our winners offer peer support, and by allowing people to socialise help combat isolation
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NewsHSJ Awards entries close next week
The window for entering the HSJ Awards 2016 closes next week.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016: Emergency Medicine
Our winner aims to remove the barriers standing in the way of providing the best possible care
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: War and peace
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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NewsAnalysis: 20 trusts behind half of A&E performance decline
Twenty trusts responsible for most of the rise in A&E four hour target breaches Eight of the trusts also drove last year’s decline Smaller trusts disproportionately driving the decline Eight trusts hit the 95 per cent target for 2015-16 overall Twenty hospitals trusts are responsible for more than ...
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NewsNHS Improvement: Trusts lost £65m of activity during strikes
Provider sector lost £65m of activity during strike days Emergency department performance improved on full walkout days NHS Improvement says it cannot be certain there were no clinical incidents for several weeks Strike action by junior doctors cost the NHS provider sector £65m in lost in activity, NHS ...
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NewsExclusive: BMA was told contract dispute spending 'not sustainable'
British Medical Association council told in March the junior doctors dispute had cost the union £2.9m Union treasurer Andrew Dearden said the costs had not been budgeted but were manageable Document shows he also warned spending was “not sustainable” in the long term Senior leaders at the British ...
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CommentRunning to stand still - the steady decline in cancer waiting time performance
Implementing strategies on cancer services for better outcomes and experience for patients
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HSJ KnowledgeThe importance of understanding the duty of candour
Are trusts obliged to disclose investigation reports following serious incidents, asks Laura Paton
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Newsde Poel health + care named 2016 HSJ Awards headline sponsor
Temporary staffing specialist de Poel health + care will be the headline sponsor of this year’s HSJ Awards.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, March 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for March 2016
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NewsProblems at Southern Health 'not a one off'
NHS England’s national clinical director for learning disability says problems identified at Southern Health not confined to one provider Dominic Slowie says failure to properly investigate and learn from the deaths of people with learning disabilities reflect “societal attitude” NHS England has launched the world’s first national review of ...
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Two steps forward
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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CommentWhy planning should be part of performance reporting
Capacity planning should be as critical to business as performance
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NewsWorst A&E performance since targets began
A&E performance for full A&E departments worst since targets were introduced Attendances up by a quarter, admissions up by more than half Thinktank warns performance could deteriorate further if more funding not found The English NHS has recorded its worst yearly results for four hour waits in accident ...
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CommentMarch sees worst ever breach of England's 18-weeks target
March was another bad month for England’s 18 week waiting times. It was the worst performance since the “incomplete pathways” target was introduced in 2012, powered by the largest waiting list since January 2008.