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CommentEnglish waiting list tops 3 million, its biggest in six years
The English waiting list is 20 per cent bigger than at the last general election but despite that, long waits have improved under the Coalition. We are now well into the zone where the ‘90 per cent adjusted admitted’ target is at risk
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SupplementsTraining and development: The 18 week waiting game
What is keeping the NHS from achieving its 18 week targets?
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NewsSurgeons call for review of 18 week waiting target
The NHS commitment to carry out routine operations within 18 weeks of referral by a GP should be reviewed, the new president of the Royal College of Surgeons said.
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NewsBetter care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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CommentElection 2015: 18 week waits remain at risk
The national waiting list is nothing like a simple queue
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HSJ LocalMonitor intervenes over huge deficit at North East foundation trust
FINANCE: The health sector regulator has taken action at South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust, which faces a deficit of nearly £35m this year.
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HSJ Local
Private providers turn away trust's elective referrals
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust is struggling to clear a backlog of patients waiting for planned treatment because private providers are turning away more than expected, the trust has said.
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CommentEnglish waiting times step back from the brink
But trouble is still building in the longest wait specialties
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NewsElective waiting list at its longest in six years
The waiting list for planned healthcare treatments has grown to its longest length in six years, according to official figures.
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HSJ Knowledge
Four hours in A&E: what the target tells us about trusts
Does performance reflect the leadership?
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NewsElective backlog must be cleared this summer says Hakin
Hospitals must clear their backlogs of planned operations over the summer to help the NHS get “back on track for sustainable delivery” before autumn, NHS England’s deputy chief executive said yesterday.
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CommentCCGs should authorise 18-week target breaches
We must make sure a good crisis does not go to waste
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NewsFall in public satisfaction with emergency departments
Public satisfaction with accident and emergency services dipped to a five-year low in 2013, according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey.
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CommentQuality and safety must determine our targets
Rob Findlay’s analysis of issues around the 18-week waiting standard is timely.
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MPs' warning over waiting time data
NHS England is failing to collect “consistent, complete and accurate” waiting times figures from trusts, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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NewsElective waiting list continues to grow
The size of the NHS waiting list for elective care grew in January, bucking the pattern of previous years where the number of patients waiting reduced during the month, according to latest figures for England.
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NewsAnalysis: Flat waiting list bucks seasonal trend
The national elective waiting list hovered just below 3 million throughout the autumn – in defiance of the seasonal pattern seen in recent years – in one of the clearest indications so far of the pressure on the acute sector.
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NewsFGM data must be submitted by NHS
NHS hospitals will have to submit data on the number of girls and women who have suffered female genital mutilation, the government has announced.
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NewsTrusts 'mis-recording' waiting data
Some hospital trusts are failing to accurately monitor how long thousands of their patients are waiting for treatment, a report has found.
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NewsOutpatient waiting figures soar
The percentage of outpatients waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment is at its highest level since 2008, according to a new report, which also says more hospitals are falling into deficit.