All Quality and performance articles – Page 88
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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.
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NewsElective waiting list reaches nine year high
NHS England admits elective waiting list could be as high 3.7m people Service appears to have breached 92 per cent waiting time target for 2015-16 March saw highest number of patients waiting more than a year since December 2012 The number of patients waiting for an elective procedure ...
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CommentVanguards are already improving people's lives
Health of care home residents has improved with advancements in new care model vanguards
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Common sense judgments, please
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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CommentNHS channel management strategy needs some resuscitation
Gordon Miles on how some of the urgent care plans proposed by NHS agencies have been tried elsewhere and failed
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News'Remarkable' trust given CQC’s top rating
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust becomes fourth provider to be rated outstanding Trust rated outstanding in unprecedented 20 core services Until November it was run by Jim Mackey, now chief executive of NHS Improvement Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has become the fourth in the country to be rated outstanding ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Clique of midwives prevented staff raising concerns
Cultural review identifies “clique” of midwives whose behaviour went unchallenged by senior managers Some staff have been unwilling to raise concerns and some claim managers don’t listen to them Nursing director taking action to address concerns and improve communication and staffing A “clique” of midwives at a teaching ...
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HSJ Local'Lack of grip' across NHS blamed for sudden hospital shutdown
“Fragmented” NHS structure and relationships made it difficult to stop mental health hospital closure, review finds Bootham Park Hospital ruled not fit for purpose by CQC Independent report says no one “took charge” to find a solution Patients moved from hospital with six days’ notice last year The ...
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Shifting the blame on staffing levels?
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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CommentComplainants’ voices are as muted as ever
Little has changed for people with grievances against the NHS
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News'Outstanding' trust's chief reveals turning point
Western Sussex Hospitals becomes third acute trust to get CQC’s top rating Sir Mike Richards says the trust “aspires to be one of the best patient centred services in the NHS” Chief executive tells HSJ lessons were learnt from Virginia Mason hospital in the US Rated “outstanding” in three ...
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: The writing on the wall
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 centralisation might not be the best option for maternity services
Centralisation is an effective move in the case of elective surgery – but is it such a good idea when it comes to maternity and emergency services? David Walker and Anne Garden ask
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NewsTransplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Sources reveal critical care bed crisis at one of the country’s largest hospital trusts Two wards closed at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’ University Hospital Liver transplant operations cancelled because of a lack of intensive care beds Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching ...
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HSJ Local18 weeks breached again as waiting list grows
The 18 weeks target was breached again, so how was it possible for waiting times to improve slightly?
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Expert BriefingDeep South: A turnaround success story
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Doing the right thing
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