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NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 4 hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments, weeks to receive an appointment and/or treatment, and performance in specific departments such as ...
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Waiting times were about the same, and the management of longterm illness was better than in other comparable countries. Efficiency was good, with low administrative costs and high use of cheaper generic medicines. [72] Twenty-nine hospital trusts and boards out of 157 had not met any waiting-time target in the year 2017–2018. [73]
Waiting to get an appointment with a physician, staying in a waiting room before an appointment, and being observed during a physician's watchful waiting are different concepts in waiting for healthcare. When a patient is waiting, their family and friends may also be waiting for an outcome. [1] [2] Waiting time influences patient satisfaction.
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A 14 October 2008 article in The Daily Telegraph stated: "An NHS trust has spent more than £12,000 on private treatment for hospital staff because its waiting times are too long." [144] The NHS has been criticized in the past for funding homeopathic medicines, which are not supported by scientific research. £4 million of funding was given in ...
NHS access is therefore controlled by medical priority rather than price mechanism, leading to waiting lists for both consultations and surgery, up to months long, although the Labour government of 1997-onwards made it one of its key targets to reduce waiting lists. In 1997, the waiting time for a non-urgent operation could be two years; there ...
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge; Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin; Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest; Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago; Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, Hoffman Estates [1] Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village [1] Anderson ...