All Targets articles – Page 47
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HSJ Local
South Tees warns of A&E target breach risk
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust could miss the A&E four hour target for quarter four, the board has been warned.
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HSJ Local
UHBristol at risk of Monitor red rating
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is at risk of being rated red against Monitor’s compliance framework for quarter four.
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HSJ Local
Sussex nurses warn over A&E overcrowding
PERFORMANCE: Nurses working in the emergency department at Royal Sussex County Hospital have raised concerns patient care is suffering due to overcrowding and understaffing.
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News
Government's ex-A&E adviser says it refused to let go of target
The government’s former accident and emergency tsar has criticised its continued rigorous enforcement of the four hour waiting time target.
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HSJ Local
West Suffolk hospital A&E waiting times a ‘concern’
PERFORMANCE West Suffolk hospital’s performance against the four-hour waiting time remains “a concern”, according to commissioners.
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News
'Gagged' former trust chief accuses NHS leaders over safety
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker has accused Sir David Nicholson and senior NHS leaders of putting targets ahead of patient safety.
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News
A&E 'overstretched', says Labour
Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: November 2012 data
The local picture on 18 week and one-year waiting times, for every English provider and commissioner, updated with the latest (November 2012) data.
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HSJ Local
Great Western misses 18 weeks target
PERFORMANCE: Issues with information technology and data quality in four community services have impacted on Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust performance against the 18 week referral to treatment target in November.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier missing readmissions target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust has missed its target for A&E readmissions, according to figures in the most recent set of board papers.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire Hospitals removed from breach
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has been removed from significant breach by Monitor after more than three years.
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News
Improved performance as workforce numbers drop
The NHS has delivered improved performance in the second quarter of 2012 despite figures showing the size of its workforce is continuing to shrink.
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News
Commissioning board sets out 'zero-tolerance' approach to provider performance
Hospitals face a “zero-tolerance” approach to MRSA and long waits for treatment, as well as new fines, under the NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance.
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News
CCGs will choose own improvement areas for quality payment
Clinical commissioning groups will be able to choose some of their own targets for the “quality premium” pay for performance scheme, the NHS Commissioning Board’s first planning guidance reveals.
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Comment
Fulfilling the mandate will be worth the effort
Developing the NHS mandate was complex and time consuming but it is a good document
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News
Monitor takes action against Cambridge Hospitals
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the biggest organisation yet to be found in “significant breach” of its terms of authorisation by its regulator Monitor.
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HSJ Local
Bradford hospitals struggling with 18 weeks target
Bradford Teaching Foundation Trust missed the 18 weeks referral to treatment target for admitted patients by a signficant distance in August.
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News
Doubts raised over friends and family test
Statisticians have raised doubts about the validity of the nascent friends and family patient satisfaction test amid claims some trusts are “manipulating” their scores.
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HSJ Local
Penalty cash returned to trust following A&E progress
PERFORMANCE: A fine of £2.4m that was imposed on University Hospital of North Staffordshire for poor accident and emergency performance looks set to be returned to the trust after it started hitting targets.