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Letters NHS targets—good or bad?

Targets destroy morale and do not help patients

BMJ 2009; 338 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b953 (Published 09 March 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b953

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AbstractFullPdf
Jan 20182900
Feb 20183100
Mar 2018400
Apr 2018730
May 20181320
Jun 2018900
Jul 2018200
Aug 2018600
Sep 2018100
Oct 2018110
Nov 2018310
Dec 2018400
Jan 2019300
Feb 2019100
Mar 2019010
Apr 2019500
May 20191100
Jun 2019010
Jul 2019210
Aug 2019600
Oct 2019420
Nov 2019410
Dec 2019850
Jan 2020720
Feb 2020470
Mar 2020410
May 2020450
Jun 2020600
Jul 20202710
Aug 2020520
Sep 20201820
Oct 20203420
Nov 20204470
Dec 2020920
Jan 2021820
Feb 2021910
Mar 2021300
Apr 2021900
May 20211830
Jun 2021100
Jul 2021300
Aug 2021910
Oct 20211100
Nov 2021200
Dec 20211000
Jan 2022310
Feb 2022300
Mar 2022810
Apr 2022620
May 2022870
Jun 2022610
Jul 2022200
Aug 2022400
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Oct 2022810
Nov 2022300
Dec 2022500
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Jul 2023700
Aug 2023100
Sep 20231000
Oct 20231000
Nov 2023910
Dec 20231600
Jan 20243200
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Mar 20241410
Apr 2024800
Total617720