'I waited eight months for IBD diagnosis - doctors told me everything was normal'
Doctors, charity leaders and patients have raised the alarm over dramatic variation in waiting times for diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease . (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Waiting time prioritisation in the health sector: evidence from hip replacement surgery
This study uses hospital administrative data in 2015-2021 on hip replacements in England to investigate the extent to which publicly-funded patients with higher need, measured by preoperative health, are prioritised on the list by p ublic and private providers.Report (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - November 27, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news
Two in three A&E patients admitted to hospital face FOUR HOUR wait for a bed, shock figures reveal
New NHS data has uncovered how long sick patients really wait for a bed by removing those able to be discharged quickly which artificially boosted hospitals waiting times performance. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revealed: Official data masking long waits for the sickest patients
Several trusts are failing to admit their sickest emergency patients in a timely fashion, despite performing well in official waiting time statistics, HSJ can reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 24, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Patient-initiated follow up: designing it with patients at the centre
NHS Confederation - The elective care backlog is an ongoing challenge for services and has meant the NHS has had to look for ways to better match clinical resources with demand and reduce patient waiting times. Patient-initiated follow up (PIFU) has been given a renewed focus as a potential way to help reduce this backlog by better managing outpatient follow-up appointments while also giving patients greater flexibility and control over their care. This briefing highlights three key areas of the service to consider in making PIFU inclusive and accessible to the whole population.BriefingInfographic (Source: The Kings ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - November 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Source Type: news
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHS waiting times hit new record high in England
Figures undermine prime minister’s pledge to slash delays for treatment in the health service (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - November 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Government ’s desperate strike move won’t solve any NHS problems
Commenting on the government’s announcement today (Monday) that minimum service levels will be introduced during ambulance strikes in England, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
“This pointless move won’t solve a single problem in the NHS. But it will create many more difficulties for everyone.
“Measures are already in place to protect patients during action. Sacking ambulance workers on strike won’t get the millions awaiting hospital treatment any closer to the top of the list.
“It’s just a desperate attempt to deflect attention from the government’s appalling record on the NH...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 6, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release ambulance strikes minimum service levels Source Type: news
State of the nation: a comprehensive, retrospective view of NHS data
This report provides a health check for the NHS. The report looks at: hospital episode statistics, including waiting times and length of stay; demographics and disease prevalence – including health inequalities; key statistics on what outcomes the NHS is achieving in major therapy areas; assessment of the NHS on its own KPIs; prescribing insights, nationally and regionally, including the most-prescribed drugs; workforce data – including vacancies and recruitment; regiona l insights, including performance and challenges of ICSs. Please note that free registration is required to download the report.Report (Source: The Ki...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - October 31, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news
NHS Wales: Thousands of hours missing from A&E figures - doctors
The missing figures suggest Wales now has worse A&E waiting times than England. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Proof a Labour-run NHS would NOT be any better? Outrage over A&E waiting times 'scandal' in Wales as it's revealed hospitals have massively under-counted true situation for 10 years (and it means England IS faring better)
Welsh NHS A&E departments have omitted thousands of patients from official data designed to measure how long people are waiting to be seen to the embarrassment of Labour ministers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in August 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - October 16, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Mexico on the Rights Path
Crerdit: Silvana Flores/AFP via Getty ImagesBy Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 10 2023 (IPS) Mexico’s Supreme Court recently declared abortion bans unconstitutional, effectively decriminalising abortion throughout the vast federal country, so far characterised by a legislative patchwork.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by a civil society organisation, Information Group on Reproductive Choice. It forces the Federal Congress to repeal the Federal Penal Code articles that criminalise abortion. Effective immediately, those seeking abortions and those providing them can no longer be punished for doin...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ines M Pousadela Tags: Civil Society Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean TerraViva United Nations Women's Health CIVICUS 2023 IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Closing the gap: actions to reduce waiting times for children and young people
Getting It Right First Time -Data on elective care shows that activity for children and young people is still below pre-pandemic levels and recovery remains behind rates seen in adult services. This guidance contains ten actions to help reduce waiting times for children, as well as quick links to data, resources and best practice case studies. The ten actions address how to improve theatre capacity, increase theatre utilisation and streamline pathways of care. It also includes practical measures such as adding extra sessions or ‘super events’ for children’s surgery, avoiding procedures of limited medical benefit by u...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - October 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: news
Exclusive: Site-level A&E performance revealed for the first time
The true scale of poor performance against the four-hour waiting time target at individual A&E sites, which is often masked by the official trust-level data, has been laid bare for the first time by information acquired by HSJ. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - October 2, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
