Our Quarterly Monitoring Report examines the views of finance directors on the productivity challenge they face, as well as some key NHS performance data to see how the NHS is performing.
QMR 19 | May 2016
How is the NHS performing?
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65% of trust finance directors felt that patient care in their local area had worsened in the past year
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3.7m patients were waiting for hospital treatment in March 2016, the highest number since 2007
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1.85m patients spent longer than four hours in A&E in 2015/16, the worst performance since 2003/4
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“2016/17 will be a watershed year for the NHS – eradicating deficits and improving performance is going to be a Herculean challenge.”
John Appleby, Chief Economist -
5,700 patients were delayed in hospitals at the end of March 2016, the highest number since 2008
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