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NHS targets, the Glossary

NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.^[1]

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Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom
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Acute (medicine)

In medicine, describing a disease as acute denotes that it is of recent onset; it occasionally denotes a short duration.

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Acute medical unit

An acute medical unit (AMU) is a short-stay department in some British, Australian and New Zealand hospitals that may be linked to the emergency department, but functions as a separate department.

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Bayes Business School

Bayes Business School, formerly known as Cass Business School, is the business school of the City, University of London, located in St Luke's, just to the north of the City of London.

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Bed management in England

Bed management is the allocation and provision of beds, especially in a hospital where beds in specialist wards are a scarce resource.

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British Medical Association

The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom.

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Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were National Health Service (NHS) organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to replace strategic health authorities and primary care trusts to organise the delivery of NHS services in each of their local areas in England. NHS targets and Clinical commissioning group are health policy in the United Kingdom.

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David Nicholson (civil servant)

Sir David Nicholson is a public policy analyst and NHS Manager who is the Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

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East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in England.

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Emergency department

An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Full Fact

Full Fact is a British charity, based in London, which checks and corrects facts reported in the news as well as claims which circulate on social media.

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Goodhart's law

Goodhart's law is an adage often stated as, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".

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Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland)

Health and Social Care (HSC; Sláinte agus Cúram Sóisialta) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Northern Ireland.

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Health and Social Care Act 2012

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. NHS targets and Health and Social Care Act 2012 are National Health Service (England).

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Health and Social Care Board

The Health and Social Care Board was, until 2022, an organisation responsible for the commissioning of health services for the people of Northern Ireland.

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Health department

A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry.

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Health Foundation

The Health Foundation is an independent charity and think tank for health care for people in the UK.

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Hospital

A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is an NHS trust based in London, England.

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Integrated care system

In England, an integrated care system (ICS) is a statutory partnership of organisations who plan, buy, and provide health and care services in their geographical area. NHS targets and integrated care system are health policy in the United Kingdom and National Health Service (England).

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Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician who is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2024.

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John Appleby (economist)

John Appleby, FAcSS is a British economist.

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John Major

Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997.

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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS trust in London, England.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, known as Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust until October 2019, provides a range of services including secondary mental health care, inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

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Maria Caulfield

Maria Colette Caulfield (born 6 August 1973) is a former British politician.

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Mental Health Act 1983

The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust was an NHS trust which ran Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, St Peter's Hospital in Maldon, St Michael's Hospital in Braintree and formerly St John's Hospital in Chelmsford until its closure in 2010.

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National Health Service

The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales.

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NHS 111

111 is a free-to-call single non-emergency number medical helpline operating in England, Scotland and Wales. NHS targets and NHS 111 are emergency medical services in the United Kingdom.

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NHS ambulance services

National Health Service ambulance services provide free at the point of use emergency medical care to any person requiring treatment, regardless of immigration or visitor status, within the United Kingdom.

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NHS Constitution for England

The NHS Constitution for England is a document that sets out objectives of the National Health Service, rights and responsibilities of the various parties involved in health care, (staff, trust board, patients' rights and responsibilities) and the guiding principles which govern the service. NHS targets and NHS Constitution for England are National Health Service (England).

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NHS England

NHS England, formerly the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. NHS targets and NHS England are National Health Service (England).

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NHS Long Term Plan

The NHS Long Term Plan, also known as the NHS 10-Year Plan is a document published by NHS England on 7 January 2019, which sets out its priorities for healthcare over the next 10 years and shows how the NHS funding settlement will be used. NHS targets and NHS Long Term Plan are health policy in the United Kingdom and National Health Service (England).

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NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: SNS na h-Alba), sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom.

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NHS Wales

NHS Wales (GIG Cymru) is the publicly-funded healthcare system in Wales, and one of the four systems which make up the National Health Service (Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol) in the United Kingdom.

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Nigel Edwards (health)

Nigel Edwards is a health policy researcher, appointed Chief Executive at the Nuffield Trust in April 2014. NHS targets and Nigel Edwards (health) are health policy in the United Kingdom.

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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust which was established in April 2001, by a merger of North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust and Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Nuffield Trust

The Nuffield Trust, formerly the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, is a charitable trust with the mission of improving health care in the UK through evidence and analysis.

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Oncology

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer.

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Patient

A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals.

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Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011

The Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament.

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Premiership of Tony Blair

Tony Blair's term as the prime minister of the United Kingdom began on 2 May 1997 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding John Major of the Conservative Party, and ended on 27 June 2007 upon his resignation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_targets

Also known as 4 hour targets, Four Hour Emergency Target, Four-hour target in emergency departments, NHS target.

, The Guardian, Tony Blair, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

NHS targets, the Glossary

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See also

Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom

Health policy in the United Kingdom

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