All Targets articles – Page 69
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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.
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NewsNHS Scotland meeting cancer targets
NHS patients in Scotland wait five weeks on average for cancer treatment from the time the illness is first suspected, official statistics have shown.
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NewsNHS Wales meets six month waiting time target
NHS Wales has met a target set five years ago to cut waiting times to less than six months, it has been revealed.
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CommentJanice Stevens on same sex hospital accommodation
Same sex facilities call for changed attitudes more than new buildings
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NewsFour nations research reignites row over targets
A report comparing the healthcare systems within the UK has reignited the political row over targets.
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NewsFour countries’ pulses beat to different tunes
The devolved nations of the NHS are showing striking contrasts in productivity and performance, with Scotland’s policy paths in particular appearing to have led its services into a much less healthy state than England’s. Alison Moore reports
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NewsPolitics ‘distracting’ from NHS quality drive
Political pressure and rapid leadership turnover are hampering the health service’s ability to improve quality of care, two reports have warned.
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NewsImprovement tsar warns SHAs to ‘refresh’ Darzi visions urgently
The health service will be set timetables and held to account for implementing “must do” quality and efficiency improvements to try to save £20bn, the Department of Health has announced.
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Comment
Brian James: how to save NHS services in a recession
If politicians want to protect frontline services, they should ask those working there what they should do