All Waiting lists articles – Page 10
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CommentWhere to find the answers to the NHS’s problems
To solve some very significant NHS problems, one place to look is the part of the NHS family outside the formal NHS – social enterprises, writes Richard Taunt
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Quantifying the strike damage
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chiefs James Illman and Ben Clover.
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NewsSystem admits 10-year diagnostic waits
Adults across an integrated care system area are facing ‘unacceptable’ 10-year waits for an NHS assessment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the longest known wait for such services in England.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentWaiting list hits new record as 65 week target slips away
For most patients, waiting times are not coming down
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NewsExclusive: NHSE cuts elective targets and admits PM’s waiting list pledge under threat
Stop with this we are giving TrustsNHS England has reduced its elective activity target for the service because of the impact of junior doctors’ strike, and acknowledged the service may not hit the prime minister’s pledge to reduce waiting lists before the next general election if the industrial action continues.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how trusts can find extra capacity to tackle the backlog in elective care
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. The NHS is facing a massive backlog of patients who need treatment. As it emerges from the worst winter crisis many can recall, when many trusts struggled to maintain elective work at all, it has more ...
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The specialties with the most challenging backlogs
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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HSJ PartnersHow the NHS can ‘rethink’ the approach to insourcing to boost surgical activity and reduce elective care bottlenecks
Martin Watts shares his views on the ‘complexity challenge’ hampering current efforts to reduce the elective care backlog and explains how his surgical care teams are ‘Rethinking Insourcing’ with a different approach
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CommentThe impact of junior doctor strikes on patient outcomes
A recent study on the impact of junior doctor strikes in the English NHS suggests that overall patient outcomes were not significantly worse, but certain patient groups, particularly black patients, experienced higher readmission rates. Careful consideration is needed in responding to future strikes to avoid potential inequalities in care quality
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NewsRevealed: the stubborn regional variation in early cancer detection
The gap between the areas with the best and worst records on the early detection of cancer has remained almost unchanged over the past five years, new data indicates.
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CommentFamily hopes are being dashed by post pandemic aftershocks
The latest data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has shown that more people than ever before having fertility treatment. HFEA Chair, Julia Chain, explains that despite patient numbers reaching pre-pandemic levels, aftershocks from covid-19 are standing in the way of some patients trying to have a baby
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HSJ PartnersThe role of electronic bed management technology in driving capacity improvements
Nick Sinclair, chief operating officer at Medway Foundation Trust, on why the NHS needs to think differently about operations and bed management to drive sustainable healthcare delivery
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CommentElective waiting list breaks new record
Of 7.4 million waiting, 6.3 million do not have a diagnosis and decision, and 26,800 of those may turn out to have cancer
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CommentWhy the next waiting time targets will be much harder to meet
The NHS’s favourite way of delivering waiting time targets is faltering
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NewsElective activity nosedives as strikes and holidays bite
Elective activity fell sharply in April as national holidays and strikes squeezed resources, and the waiting list rose to a record 7.4 million, NHS England’s monthly performance data shows.
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HSJ LocalError causes 800 patients to be wrongly removed from waiting list
A trust is carrying out a review after hundreds of patients were wrongly removed from the waiting list and potentially missed out on treatment.
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CommentLabour’s pledge to restore 18-week waits in five years IS feasible
The biggest task will be keeping up with demand. Beyond that, restoring 18 weeks in one term looks feasible.
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NewsICSs failed to find alternatives despite ‘shock and panic’ over PbR
Local systems failed to come up with realistic alternatives to bringing back payment by results for planned care despite an initial ‘panic’ around its return, according to NHS England’s elective recovery boss.