All Targets articles – Page 67
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CQC sends inspectors into United Lincolnshire
The Care Quality Commission has sent inspectors into an acute trust after the former chief executive passed on staff concerns about care quality.
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Revised operating framework to pave way for abolition of waiting targets
A revised NHS operating framework due to be issued by the Department of Health next week will set out a timetable to abolish several NHS waiting time targets by 2011.
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NHS budget 'should not be protected'
NHS spending should not escape the impending budget cuts that will affect the rest of the public sector, a think tank has said.
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PCTs, councils and firms 'will commission for GPs'
GP consortia will be able to pick between primary care trusts, local authorities and independent organisations for commissioning support, Andrew Lansley has said.
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A&E waiting time targets face axe
The government has pledged to scrap the four-hour waiting time target at accident and emergency departments.
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Lansley outlines NHS plans in first public speech
Andrew Lansley has given further details of his plans for the NHS in his first major public speech as health secretary.
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Hospitals to face financial penalties for readmitting patients
Hospitals will face financial penalties if patients are readmitted as an emergency within 30 days of being discharged, under government plans to be announced today.
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Trusts to report weekly on infection
The Department of Health has asked the Health Protection Agency to publish hospital infection reports on a rolling basis.
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‘In intervention’ PCT is to investigate failings
NHS Portsmouth City has been placed “in intervention” by its strategic health authority.
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Scottish patients to be assessed by nurses to increase productivity
Controversial proposals have been announced that will see patients in Scotland assessed by nurses instead of consultants in a bid to achieve targets for NHS waiting times.
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NHS should focus on outcomes, not targets - Lansley
The health secretary has said the NHS should focus on health outcomes, patient experience and safety performance and is grappling with whether to drop key waiting times targets.
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Comment
Michael White on coalition compromises
When is the glass half full and when is it half empty? It’s all a matter of temperament, in my experience. The 400-point Lib-Con coalition agreement seems to have been a relatively painless negotiation as far as the 30 health (plus four on public health) points are concerned. Should we ...
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Portsmouth City PCT faces external investigation
A strategic health authority is considering using its strongest powers against a primary care trust, rated as “underperforming” for the seventh consecutive month.
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Health bill announced in Queen's speech
The Queen’s speech has prepared the way for a new health bill, the draft text of which was leaked two days ago.
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NHS targets may be scrapped within weeks
The new government is considering scrapping controversial waiting times targets this year, HSJ understands.
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Scotland hits record cancer referral rate
A record number of cancer patients in Scotland are being treated within two months, official statistics show.
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HSJ Knowledge
Lean thinking in the NHS
Despite having been in the service improvement business for years, I choose now to finally really get my head around “lean thinking” as inspired by Taiichi Ohno’s work on the Toyota production system.
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HSJ Knowledge
Carbon reduction
The Carbon Reduction Commitment is a mandatory, auction-based emissions trading scheme, which came into effect on 1 April 2010.
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Tories accuse Labour over mixed sex wards
The Conservatives have accused Labour of failing to meet targets for mixed sex hospital wards.
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HSJ Knowledge
Clinical dashboards
Good quality information is known to be a driver of performance among clinical teams and vital to ensuring the right services and best possible care is provided to patients.