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Waiting times tracker: analysis of seasonal effects

An important issue in understanding trends in waiting times is seasonal variations. John Appleby looks at hospital waiting times in his data blog.
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By John Appleby - 20 December 2010
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The waiting game: what's happening to hospital waiting times?

The health White Paper sets out a significant set of reforms for the NHS. We plan to follow the evolution and implementation of these changes and assess their impact.
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By John Appleby - 3 December 2010
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Hospital mortality rates: fact or fiction?

A report out today discusses the issues in using mortality to measure the quality of hospital care. But is this a good measure of quality of care?
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By Veena Raleigh - 4 November 2010
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Which English hospital is best at hips?

John Appleby considers the first set of data on post-operative patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) published by the Department of Health.
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By John Appleby - 29 September 2010
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Can we guarantee compassionate care?

Can we guarantee patients compassionate care? Jocelyn Cornwell argues that while we can't currently guarantee this, we should be doing more to make it likely.
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By Jocelyn Cornwell - 3 September 2010
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Will reconfiguration improve quality and save money?

The coalition wants England to achieve the best health outcomes in Europe and deliver year-on-year productivity savings – could reconfiguration help to achieve this?
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By Candace Imison - 21 July 2010
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What role for information in the new NHS?

Information is destined to have a key role in the new vision for the NHS. But will it help to give patients choices and to increase public accountability?
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By Veena Raleigh - 19 July 2010
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Quality accounts are out: how does your trust shape up?

Quality accounts are intended to achieve two things - to increase boards' focus on quality, and to provide greater public accountability for quality.
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By Catherine Foot - 6 July 2010
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What will replace targets and terror?

The Secretary of State's revisions to the 2010/11 NHS Operating Framework have been published today and, as expected, the government is scaling back access targets.
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By Catherine Foot - 21 June 2010
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Chris Ham: reflections on my first weeks at the Fund

Chris Ham, the new Chief Executive at The King's Fund talks about his first few weeks in the role and how the election has dominated his work so far.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 22 April 2010
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The politics of health: what are the polls telling us?

In what promises to be the closest general election in recent memory, just how important will the parties' health policies be when voters confront the ballot box?
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By Patrick South - 14 April 2010
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Labour's manifesto: new pledges, omissions and the usual ambiguities

Ruth Thorlby explores what the Labour manifesto has to say about health care.
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By Ruth Thorlby - 12 April 2010
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A disconnected debate?

The election campaign has kicked off, and with many voters still undecided, there is everything to play for. We look at Labour's plans for health reform.
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By Ruth Thorlby - 7 April 2010
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Are Labour's policies to blame for poor cancer survival rates?

The government says that UK cancer survival rates are amongst the worst in Europe and proof of the need for change. What do the comparative statistics tell us?
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By Catherine Foot - 12 February 2010
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Tories, targets and transparency

On 8 January 2010 David Cameron came to the Fund to answer questions from the public and professionals on transparency, targets and bureaucracy in health care.
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By Anna Dixon - 11 January 2010
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