All Targets articles – Page 69
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NewsSacked trust chief executive to stand against health minister
A trust chief executive who was sacked from his job is to stand against health minister Gillian Merron in the general election.
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CommentAndy McKeon: why money could not unravel the NHS red tape
Whoever wins the forthcoming election will have some unfinished business on health policy to attend to, even if it is possible to declare victory over waiting lists.
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NewsA&E targets 'compromising safety'
Accident and emergency waiting time targets are endangering patient safety and care, a leading group of doctors has warned.
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HSJ Partners
Viewpoint: 'Don't focus on staff engagement as an end in itself'
We need to be cautious before accepting that there is a simple choice between believing that managers should be assessed either on the quality of staff experience or on patient outcomes and experience.
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NewsUKIP would scrap PCTs and make managers ‘happier’
The UK Independence Party would save £2bn-£3bn by scrapping primary care trusts and strategic health authorities and having services run as franchises, its deputy leader has told HSJ.
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CommentAndy McKeon: NHS cash alone won’t end health inequalities
One strategy every six months under Labour has failed to produce results for children under five
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NewsA&E wait is not being gamed, new data suggests
The proportion of patients admitted from accident and emergency units without first being assessed or treated has more than halved since the four hour target was introduced.
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NewsConfed calls for action on tough political choices
Time is running out to make urgent changes to NHS policy that will require difficult political decisions, the NHS Confederation is warning.
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NewsA&E waiting times not misreported deliberately, says chief
The chief executive of a trust where thousands of records were changed to make it appear that accident and emergency patients were treated within four hours has said it was not done deliberately to distort the hospital’s performance.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS non-executive appointments: think outside the tick box
A truly representative NHS needs more diversity among trusts’ non executive directors, reports Daloni Carlisle
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NewsNHS waiting time limits to be enshrined in law
Waiting times for treatment on the NHS are set to be laid down in law, health secretary Andy Burnham has announced.
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NewsNottingham trust criticised over waiting time irregularities
One of England’s busiest accident and emergency departments failed to report breaches of the four hour treatment targets for at least four years, an independent report has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS targets vs patient needs
Government targets have led to real changes in the quality of NHS services, but national indicators are not sufficient to tell us whether performance against them actually affects the health of the local population.
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NewsNHS market reforms are not linked with better care
The introduction of competition to the NHS cannot be shown to have improved the health service, and may have produced extra costs.
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NewsColchester chief to step down
The chief executive of a hospital trust has announced he is stepping down - three months after the trust’s chair was sacked by Monitor.
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NewsRescue plan for ailing hospitals in doubt
The government’s aspiration for foundation trusts to take over failing hospitals appears in significant doubt, a month away from the deadline for agreeing the future for all acutes.
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CommentMark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change
Agenda for Change does not need to be scrapped and renegotiated - just applied properly
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NewsPressure to discharge 'should not influence decisions', says Mid Staffs report
Patients and their families made 96 complaints about discharge from Mid Staffs Foundation Trust, including complaints of discharge from accident and emergency without proper diagnosis or management, discharge at an inappropriate time or with the patient in an inappropriate condition, and a failure to provide sufficient support.
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NewsAcute trusts could pay for post discharge care
The Conservatives would give acute trusts financial responsibility for home care following discharge as a way of incentivising the prevention of emergency readmissions.
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NewsTrusts face hard task to achieve 18-week ‘right’
Trusts are facing a difficult six weeks before the promised right for patients to be treated within 18 weeks comes into force on 1 April, at the likely start of a general election campaign.