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Tag Archives: Healthcare Targets
Review of NHS Performance Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News / Macmillan Cancer Support)
Summary The following review of NHS performance by the King’s Fund finds that waiting times for A&E, cancer care and routine operations have been deteriorating recently, and that Trust deficits are increasing in scale and extent. The report analyses NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Access to Mental Health Services, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Agency Staff, Agency Staff (Exorbitant Waste of NHS Funding), Ambulance Services, £20 Billion Question, BBC Health News, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed Occupancy, Cancelled Elective Operations, Cancelled Operations: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancer Treatment, Cancer Treatment Standards, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Coalition Government, CONCORD Working Group, CONCORD-2 Global Study, Crude Hospital Productivity, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Efficiency Savings, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, End-User Experience, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Position of NHS Trusts, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five-Year Cancer Survival Rates 2005-2009, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Funding Deficits, General Hospitals, Global Surveillance of Cancer Survival 1995–2009, Healthcare Targets, Hospital Activity, Hospital Activity and Capacity, Hospital Emergency Departments, Hospital Productivity, Hospital Waiting Times, Key Performance Indicators, Low Morale, Macmillan Cancer Support, Mental Health Services, Mixed Sex Accommodation, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS England Winter Health Check, NHS Expenditure, NHS Foundation Trust Performance, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts (NHSFTs), NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Performance Under the Coalition Government, NHS Productivity, NHS Safe Staffing, Nurse Staffing Levels, Outcomes and Monitoring, Outpatient Data, Patient Experience, Patient Reported Outcomes, Patient Safety, Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Planned Treatment, Production Path Analysis, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Safe Staffing, Troubled NHS Foundation Trusts, UK Cancer Survival Rates, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Pressures
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Pressures Upon the NHS: Ongoing Questions About the Relationship(s) Between Proxy Targets and Underlying Standards (BBC News / Nuffield Trust)
Summary Patients increasingly wait longer for key services in many hospitals in England. A Nuffield Trust report investigates whether this is a significant problem. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2015). Best hospitals ‘now struggling to see patients’. London: BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 24/7 Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, 24/7 Consultant Cover, 24/7 Diagnostic Services, 24/7 Service, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Quality Indicators, Access Targets, Access Times for Planned Treatments, Access to Hospital Care, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency: NHS Performance Indicators, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ambulance Quality Indicators, Ambulance Response Times: NHS Performance Indicators, Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancelled Operations: NHS Performance Indicators, Cancer: Waiting Times for Testing and Treatment: NHS Performance Indicators, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Emergency Admissions: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, End-User Experience, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, General Hospitals, Healthcare Targets, Hospital Emergency Departments, Julie Wood: Director of NHS Clinical Commissioners, Key Performance Indicators, Local NHS Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Myth-Busting, Myths and Misconceptions About Accident & Emergency Services Use, NHS 111, NHS 111 Minimum Data Set, NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Review Team, NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter 2014-15: Weekly A&E Tracker, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), NHS Winter Project: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service, Outpatient Data, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), People Who Have to Wait More Than 4 hours to be Admitted: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Performance Indicators, Performance Targets, Planned Treatment, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Referrals From NHS 111 to A&E, Stephen Conroy: Chief Executive of Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Target Culture, Target-Driven Behaviour, Target-Driven Priorities, Targets and Performance Management, Trolley Wait Between 4 and 12 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Services, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Planned Treatments, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures, You and Yours (BBC Radio 4)
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NHS Winter Health Check: Performance Statistics (BBC News / NHS England / King’s Fund)
Summary The NHS England “Winter Health Check” provides the latest statistics on A&E / emergency admissions, winter pressures, influenza vaccinations and NHS 111 performance for week ending January 2015. Full Text Link Reference NHS England’s winter health check. London: NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ambulance Services, Ambulance Targets, Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), BBC / Populus Poll, BBC Health News, British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey, British Social Attitudes Survey, BSA / King's Fund Survey, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Admissions: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Position of NHS Trusts, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Four-Hour A&E Waiting Time Target, Funding Deficits, Healthcare Targets, Hospital Waiting Times, Ipsos Mori, King’s Fund Quarterly Monitoring Report, Local NHS Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), NatCen Social Research, NHS 111, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS England Winter Health Check, NHS Expenditure, NHS Foundation Trust Performance, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts (NHSFTs), NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter 2014-15: Weekly A&E Tracker, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), NHS Winter Project: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service, Nicholson Challenge, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), People Who Have to Wait More Than 4 hours to be Admitted: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Performance Targets, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Trolley Wait Between 4 and 12 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Troubled NHS Foundation Trusts, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Wales, Winter Health Check, Winter Pressures
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Allocations of Extra Funding to Ease “Winter Pressures” on NHS Services (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary The ongoing “crisis” in A&E admissions / winter pressures has caused a number of hospitals across the country to declare “major incidents” (although some of these incidents were short-lived and have since been lifted). The list of the hospitals … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NICE Guidelines, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, 7 Day Pharmacy Services, 7 Day Pharmacy Services in Sunderland and in Northumberland, A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, A&E Safe Staffing Levels, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Addenbrookes and the Rosie Hospitals, Addenbrookes Hospital, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ambulance Delays at Emergency Departments, Ambulance Services, Ambulance Waits at Emergency Departments, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bath and Cheltenham General Hospital, BBC Midlands, Bristol, Care in Appropriate Settings, Care Integration, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commons Health Select Committee, County Hospital (Previously Stafford Hospital), Croydon University Hospital, Delayed Discharges, Discharge to Assess Programme, Dorset, Dr Clifford Mann: President of the College of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Admissions: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Feeling Under the Weather (Campaign), Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Flu Vaccination Programmes for NHS Staff, Flu Vaccination Programmes for Vulnerable Members of Public, Frail elderly patients Moved Into Nursing Homes Paid for by NHS For Up To 6 Weeks, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gridlock (Under-Capacity) in A&E Departments / Hospitals, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Select Committee, Healthcare Targets, Hereford and Worcester, House of Commons Health Select Committee, Local System Resilience Groups, Local Urgent Care Centres, London, Major Incidents Declared at English Hospitals, Medical Incident Officer, Midlands, National and Local Information Campaigns, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS 111, NHS 111 Statistics, NHS England Five Year Forward View, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Five Year Forward View, NHS Providers, NHS Winter Project (BBC News), NHS Winter Project: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service, Northern Derbyshire GP Out-of-Hours Services, Northern Derbyshire Improvements to NHS111, Nurse Staffing Levels (A&E), Observer Effect, Out of Hours Services, Patient Safety, Patients Seen in 4 Hours: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), People Who Have to Wait More Than 4 hours to be Admitted: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Performance Targets, Peterborough City Hospital, Preparations for Winter, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England, Public Satisfaction with NHS, Public Satisfaction with NHS (2015), Recovery at Home After Surgery or Hospital Admission, Recruitment Drives for A&E Doctors, Routine Operations (Cancellations), Royal Bolton Hospital, Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previously City General), Safari Rounds, Safe Staffing (A&E), Safe Staffing Levels, Short Stay Units for Elderly Patients, South Warwickshire System Resilience Group, Swindon, System Resilience Groups, Target Culture, Target-Driven Priorities, Targets, Trolley Waits, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times for Routine Operations, Walsall Manor Hospital, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures Beyond Winter (Winter Re-Defined?), Worcestershire Royal Hospital
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