All Targets articles – Page 48
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NewsImproved 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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NewsCommissioning 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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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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CommentFulfilling 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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NewsMonitor 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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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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NewsDoubts 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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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.
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East Sussex claws back 18 week performance
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust achieved the 18 week target for admitted patients during July and August, following a difficult start to the financial year.
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North Somerset failing incomplete pathways target
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Somerset is failing the target for 92 per cent of patients to have been treated within 18 weeks.
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NewsMonitor finds East Midlands FT in significant breach
Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has been found in significant breach of its authorisation by Monitor amid concerns about performance including a failure to hit the accident and emergency waiting times target over an 18-month period.
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CommentIs choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?
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NewsHospital activity 'will rise'
Four out of five hospital chief executives believe their trust will do more work this financial year than it did in 2011-12. The finding casts doubt on commissioners’ hopes of controlling demand.
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NewsRight to receive treatment within 12 weeks takes effect
Patients in Scotland have a legal right to receive treatment within a maximum 12 weeks of diagnosis after new laws came into force.
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CommentIsn’t it time CCGs owned waiting lists?
It now makes sense for clinical commissioning groups to take the reins from providers
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NewsA&E performance at its worst for seven years
More trusts failed the four hour accident and emergency target in the first quarter of 2012-13 than in any first quarter since 2004-05, a King’s Fund analysis has found.
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NewsGMC investigates complaint against Dame Barbara Hakin
The General Medical Council has launched an investigation into a complaint against national director for commissioning development Dame Barbara Hakin, HSJ can reveal.
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South Devon plans evening and weekend lists to tackle RTT backlog
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust is transferring some patients to an independent provider and planning to run weekend clinics in order to reduce its referral to treatment backlog in some specialties.
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Royal Cornwall A&E performance back on track
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust achieved the four-hour accident and emergency target for the first time in 2012-13 during July.