All Targets articles – Page 42
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NewsFines for breaching final elective target to be boosted
The penalty imposed on providers who breach the remaining elective waiting time target is to be increased, regulators have told all NHS providers and clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ KnowledgeElective care: how trusts are recovering from poor performance
Elective care: replacing the gold standard target
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CommentThe current payment system won't enable the forward view vision
Incentivise outcomes rather than inputs
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CommentWaits improve in England as 'managed breach' continues illicitly
Winning the waiting times battle
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HSJ LocalBarts’ problem waiting times data will take 18 months to fix
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has revealed it will take 18 months to sort out problems with its waiting times data.
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NewsExclusive: Efficiency rankings must not be 'crude weapon', Carter warns
Lord Carter has warned that the new metric he is developing to rate the productivity of every hospital in England must not be used as a ‘crude weapon’ in trust regulation.
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NewsKeogh: 'Quality should define finance' for chief execs
The NHS England medical director has said the quality agenda ‘should define the financial strategy’ for NHS chief executives, amid growing pressure to make cost savings.
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CommentKeogh has cut out the most glaring target perversities
NHS England has strengthened the 18 week standard
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NewsNew ratings to make CCGs more accountable, says health secretary
The performance of clinical commissioning groups will be measured by a new set of metrics, Jeremy Hunt told NHS leaders today.
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NewsBennett moots rethink on performance targets
David Bennett has called for the NHS to investigate the possibility of redefining key access targets to reduce the financial burden they place on providers – where it can be done without compromising safety.
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NewsAnalysis: Hospitals will struggle to reach new 12pm discharge goal
Trusts have been told to try to carry out at least 35 per cent of discharges before midday, in a new NHS England directive aimed at preventing delayed discharges.
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NewsHunt: Peer review, not top-down targets, can improve NHS
Jeremy Hunt has praised the benefits of peer review to improve NHS standards, saying it is a better method than top-down targets.
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NewsDiagnostic waiting list grows by over half in five years
The national diagnostic waiting list has grown by more than half in five years, in a further sign of growing demand on hospital services.
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CommentFinish with a bang: Target smashed as 'managed breach' ends
Record numbers of long waiting patients admitted
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NewsExclusive: Mental health trusts fear over CCG investment
More than half of NHS mental health trusts fear their commissioners will not pass on funding increases for 2015-16, according to a survey of the sector.
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HSJ LocalNew FT probed by Monitor after finances plummet
FINANCE: St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust is under investigation by Monitor because of a sudden deterioration in its finances.
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HSJ LocalIsle of Wight C difficile cases rise
PERFORMANCE: The number of C difficile cases reported by Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group had reached 28 by the end of January – eight above the target of 20 for the year with two months still remaining.
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NewsExclusive: Care home closures blamed for Dorset delayed transfers
The closure of two care homes has been blamed for a high rate of delayed transfers of care in Dorset. The local mental health provider is the only foundation trust in breach of Monitor’s target for delays, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe 18 week target success will only be short lived
Using short term measures means it won’t last