All Acute care articles – Page 109
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Expert BriefingVAT risk for major Manchester contract
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive announces retirement
The chief executive of a London acute trust has announced he is retiring this autumn.
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CommentCutting infection prevention funding is a false economy
Instead we must invest to protect patients, writes Neil Wigglesworth
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Comment'It's the little things they remember': the importance of compassion in the NHS
An initiative that recognises, celebrates and embeds compassionate leadership is fostering a growing community, write Yvonne Sawbridge, Alistair Hewison, Laura Rogers, Rob Cragg, Sarah Lehmann and Jane Rook
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NewsTrolley death trust criticised for "culture" of treating A&E patients in corridors
Preliminary CQC findings criticise Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust for “culture” of treating the corridors as an extension of A&E, even when alternative space is available. Inspector intervenes in patient treatment during visit, after “time critical drugs” were not administered by trust staff. Safeguarding children training for staff cut because ...
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NewsThe best and worst performing trusts on patient experience
Of the five NHS trusts underperforming for overall patient experience, two are in CQC special measures Five trusts are outliers for poor experience of community support after hospital discharge Five NHS trusts have been identified by the Care Quality Commission as having significantly poor overall patient experience scores.
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NewsInpatient survey: Longer waits and growing worries over discharge
Overall patient experience of hospital care has held up despite rising concerns over long waits and support after discharge, according to the 2016 national inpatient survey.
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CommentNHS 70-100: A new hope
Beyond this election, public choices may need to be made as part of a “30-year forward view”, says Mark Orchard
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CommentYou're welcome: how John's Campaign is changing attitudes towards family carers
Senior NHS managers can play a crucial role in helping to ensure that obstacles do not prevent the loved ones of people with dementia being with them in hospital, as Julia Jones explains
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CommentAn idea that could smash the clinical silos
By placing junior doctors in the most innovating organisations we could create a more open-minded culture, writes Nishma Manek
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NewsNHS told to prepare urgently for second possible terrorist attack
Message to trauma centres to prepare for possible further terrorist attack Simon Stevens told NHS England board trusts are being urged to check staffing levels and mutual assistance plans Terrorist threat level was raised to critical – the highest level – following attack in Manchester on Monday night ...
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to delay opening of new PFI hospital
A trust in the West Midlands has pushed back the opening of its new hospital by six months following “engineering difficulty”.
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NewsUnprecedented winter bed pressure revealed in new stats
Bed occupancy hits record high, as overall bed numbers across NHS continue to decline Royal College of Surgeons says data is “exceptionally worrying” Acute bed numbers have however risen slightly overall on last year Acute bed occupancy hit a record high in the final quarter of 2016-17, while ...
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HSJ LocalTrust seeks partner to fund major hospital shake-up
A struggling West Midlands trust intends to go out to procurement for a partner to help fund a major reconfiguration of its acute services.
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CommentDalton: Creating a sustainable NHS remains the goal
Sir David Dalton offers an update on what the NHS has achieved in the wake of his inquiry
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HSJ Local'Severe harm' to patients at teaching trust after records failure
A patient suffered a stroke that might have been prevented and another received late treatment for cancer after record keeping failures at a teaching hospital.
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NewsNew digital excellence regions could be based on STPs
NHS England planning to pick four or five “placed based” digital exemplars based on STP or ACS areas AHSNs separately asked to assess “place based” digital maturity Some digital exemplar trusts have picked “fast follower” partners and are awaiting NHS England approval NHS England is looking to fund ...
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NewsRegulator action against hospitals more than doubles in a year
CQC’s year-end performance report reveals 133 per cent jump in enforcement action CQC says it is seeing improvement when inspectors return to providers Regulator finished 2016-17 with a £14m underspend against budget The number of enforcement actions taken against hospital providers in England by the Care Quality Commission ...
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NewsRouse: Manchester NHS recently tested terror attack response
Manchester’s emergency services practised dealing with a scenario “not too dissimilar” to last night’s terror attack about one month ago, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s chief officer Jon Rouse has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief quits to run major health research centre
An acute hospital trust chief executive is leaving her post to become chief operating officer of a major health research institute.