All Targets articles – Page 28
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News18 week waits, August 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for August 2017
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NewsDalton rules himself out of NHS Improvement chief executive job
Sir David Dalton has said he is committed to leading the newly structured “group” of five hospitals in Greater Manchester and does not want to be the next chief executive of NHS Improvement.
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CommentDalton and Mackey: Do everything you can to hit the four hour target
David Dalton and Jim Mackey outline why leaders should try to meet the four hour standard to provide safe care
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News'No systematic bullying' of NHS finance staff, says second professional body
A second body representing NHS finance staff has described reports of senior managers feeling bullied into reporting unachievable numbers “disturbing”, but does not believe there is a “systematic” problem.
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NewsDTOCs reduction drive having 'unintended consequences'
Efforts to cut delayed discharges to free up between 2,000 and 3,000 beds are being hampered by problems with the assessment process for long term care packages, a senior policy expert has warned.
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NewsTrusts miss NHS England A&E performance milestone
Trusts have fallen short of NHS England’s first milestone towards hitting the national emergency performance waiting time target, official figures reveal today.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Leak shows trust accepted deficit target despite FD's safety warning
A struggling NHS trust went against the advice of its finance director by agreeing to a savings target that he warned would jeopardise patient safety, confidential papers seen by HSJ reveal.
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NewsStevens: NHS will be forced to open extra beds if DTOCs aren't cut
The NHS will have to open more beds – but would struggle to staff them – if there are not sufficient reductions in delayed transfers of care ahead of winter, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsCouncils defy NHS England over DTOC targets
More than halve of councils in the West Midlands have rejected NHS England’s targets on delayed transfers of care and are calling on Jeremy Hunt to intervene to prevent them losing up to £150m funding.
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News18 week waits, July 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for July 2017
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NewsHEE expects to beat record GP recruitment numbers
Health Education England is “on track” to exceed last year’s record GP trainee recruitment, a senior official has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalBeleaguered trust forced to revise finance plan after 'significant slippage'
A struggling trust tasked with making savings worth nearly 7 per cent of its income is set to submit a revised finance plan after “significant slippage” in its efficiency schemes.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust faces 'one of the biggest financial challenges in NHS'
A trust facing a deficit of £75.2m has appointed external consultants as it faces what its deputy chief executive called “one of the biggest financial challenges in the NHS”.
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NewsTrusts left waiting months for late CQC inspection results
Trusts are waiting almost half a year to receive their Care Quality Commission inspection reports, the latest data from the regulator reveals.
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NewsSavings targets set for new pathology hubs
A network of acute trusts in Greater Manchester has been set the biggest savings target in the country under NHS Improvement’s national pathology networking plan.
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NewsA&E scorecard plan replaced by patient flow dashboard
NHS Improvement has dropped plans to rank trusts on an accident and emergency “scorecard” and instead launched a performance data “dashboard” to help trusts better identify patient flow bottlenecks and share best practice.
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HSJ LocalTrust leaders told reputation at risk if 'poor' A&E fails to improve
A trust with a new £48m emergency department has been ordered to urgently improve by NHS Improvement after recording some of the country’s worst A&E performance figures.
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HSJ LocalFinancially struggling CCG has 'no plan' to hit deficit target
A clinical commissioning group that is in the capped expenditure process has said it has “no viable plan” to hit its control total this financial year.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS trusts falling well short of financial plans
Several acute trusts have fallen significantly short of their three month financial target, while dozens more are relying on heavily backloaded savings plans to deliver their year end plans.
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NewsNHS leaders locked in winter funding standoff
System leaders are locked in a standoff over winter resilience funding – with providers pushing for a raid on NHS England’s budget to fund additional beds, HSJ has learned.