When key NHS targets were last hit in the UK (and 2 that have never been met)
The majority of key NHS targets across the whole of the UK have been missed for many years, new research has revealed, with two never having been hit at all.
A review of records going back through the last 20 years looked at key targets covering A&E, cancer and waiting times for planned care.
The three targets were all rolled out during the 2000s and have been used to track performance ever since with each country deciding how they are measured.
England
Key NHS targets in England were last hit on:
- A&E - July 2015
- Cancer - December 2015
- Planned care - February 2016
Raises a few obvious questions.
- What is meant by key NHS targets?
- Is there a target for days not lost to strikes?
- Is there a target for meeting targets?
- What does a GP look like?
4 comments:
"Planned Care" is an intriguing bit of management gobbledegook. How can care be unplanned? Do a group of medical professionals feel a strange urge come over them, rush into the street, and treat a random passer-by?
Sam - good point, such gobbledegook should have no place in NHS targets but it seems to be an aspect of an evasive culture.
Maybe they should just amend the targets
Bucko - I'm sure they are likely to do that in one way or another.
Post a Comment