Quality and performance – Page 51
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NewsPerformance data questioned for 51 trusts
Auditors have raised formal concerns over the accuracy of performance data at one in four NHS trusts, according to HSJ analysis.
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HSJ LocalEye patients harmed after acute trust's waiting list spirals
Nearly 40 eye patients have suffered a worsening of their condition because of a growing backlog of thousands of people waiting for follow up appointments at one trust.
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NewsSpike in safety incidents reported by ambulance trusts
The number of incidents reported by ambulance staff last winter jumped 33 per cent compared to the year before.
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CommentThe NHS needs to create a single point of access to all cancer data
An improved cancer dashboard provides the NHS with insight to become better at preventing cancer, writes Maisie Borrows
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Acute trust agrees Care UK deal for bulk of elective orthopaedics
A hospital trust will move 75 per cent of its elective orthopaedic service to a private company’s facility after agreeing an 18 month partnership.
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NewsNational Audit Office investigating NHS screening programmes
The National Audit Office has started an investigation into the four adult health screening programmes in England, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCommissioners give struggling ambulance service £10m extra
Commissioners are to pump an extra £10m into ambulance services in the south east this financial year so national standards for responding to emergency calls can be met from the middle of 2019.
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NewsPatients will suffer after NHS Improvement withholds funds says CEO
A chief executive has criticised regulators for refusing to release winter capital, after her trust said it could not meet conditions attached to the funding.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Mind the gaps
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsCCGs battle to reduce A&E cancer diagnoses
The variation in the rates of cancers diagnosed in A&E departments across England is narrowing according to the latest data but some areas still have rates nearly double other parts of the country.
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News'Pretty angry' CEO accuses neighbouring trust of poor planning
An NHS trust chief executive has criticised his neighbouring provider for “poor” planning ahead of the part closure of its accident and emergency department next month.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Blanket elective ban ruled out this winter
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Officials admitted clinical waste incineration shortage
National officials have privately acknowledged there may be a shortage of incinerator capacity for burning clinical waste – contrary to the government’s public assertions – documents seen by HSJ show.
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NewsCCGs split on IVF policy
Eight clinical commissioning groups which were meant to work together under a single accountable officer are split on one of their first major commissioning decisions.
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NewsDecades old computer systems putting lives at risk
Decades old IT systems underpinning the national cervical cancer screening programme could put lives at risk, ministers have been warned.
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CommentWaiting list and waiting times rise again
A larger waiting list, more patients over 18 weeks, and rising waiting times, all fuelled by a low elective admission rate. There is little to cheer about in August’s RTT statistics.
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NewsA&Es miss national objective with record low performance
The NHS missed its planning guidance target for 90 per cent of patients to be seen within four hours by September and recorded its worst second quarter performance against the standard since records began, official data reveals.
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NewsCQC: Some patients only have access to poor services
Patients in some parts of the country now only have access to providers delivering poor services, according to the Care Quality Commission’s annual assessment of healthcare quality in England.
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News'Serious consequences' for NHS after negligence ruling over receptionist's advice
NHS trusts must review their practice “straight away” after a Supreme Court judgement yesterday extended their duty of care to information given to patients by clerical staff.
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NewsTrusts move clinical waste contracts to new provider after stockpiling scandal
Fifteen NHS trusts have transferred their clinical waste management contracts to another provider, after it emerged a key supplier to the NHS was stockpiling human body parts and other dangerous waste.