All Acute care articles – Page 119

  • Stevens Simon
    News

    NHS England sets out new tariff plans

    2016-11-02T00:01:00Z

    Devices and apps in six categories included in new effort to accelerate access to innovative treatments Products will be included in a new “innovation and technology tariff” from April NHS England says process will cut red tape and bring innovative products into the health system faster Move welcomed by ...

  • David Williams
    Expert Briefing

    What's new in care models: Can a long distance relationship work?

    2016-11-01T13:35:00Z

    Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.

  • Lawrence dunhill expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    North by North West: Tough times in Southport

    2016-11-01T08:00:00Z

    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

  • Data
    HSJ Local

    Updated: Computer virus forces trust to cancel operations for two days

    2016-10-31T16:29:00Z

    Struggling trust cancels appointments for two days following computer virus Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT said it will turn away people arriving for planned operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures A&E open as normal but trust tells people to only come if it is an emergency A computer ...

  • James Cook University hospital
    HSJ Local

    Latest STP published reveals hospital reconfiguration

    2016-10-31T12:56:00Z

    Council in the North East become fourth to publish STP Key plans include consolidating specialist services into two specialist hospitals Sets out £260m of efficiency savings Hartlepool Borough Council leader raises concerns about transparency of the process Consolidating specialist hospital services on to two sites and creating a ...

  • Rachel meacock 3x2
    Comment

    The truth behind NHS Digital's take on the 'weekend effect'

    2016-10-31T12:51:00Z

    NHS Digital’s statistics relating to the seven-day services experiment are seriously misleading, say Rachel Meacock and Matt Sutton

  • Injection
    News

    Leak reveals nurse associates will be allowed to give patients drugs unsupervised

    2016-10-31T07:00:00Z

    Leaked document reveals plan for nursing associates to calculate and administer controlled drugs Internal HEE curriculum framework leaked ahead of Department of Health decision on regulation Expansion of role to include administering drugs is a “recipe for confusion”, says professor of nursing policy EXCLUSIVE: Nursing associates will be ...

  • Glen Burley
    HSJ Local

    Trusts make first moves towards hospital chain

    2016-10-28T16:47:00Z

    South Warwickshire directors and chair to be appointed to Wye Valley Trust Hospital chain under development, to be led by South Warwickshire. Trusts will retain separate boards initially No plans to consolidate clinical services Three board members from South Warwickshire Foundation Trust are being appointed to run Wye ...

  • Wye Valley NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Minister criticises regulator for 'encouraging' local trust takeover

    2016-10-27T16:51:00Z

    Local MP claims Wye Valley Trust to be taken over by South Warwickshire FT Trade minister Jesse Norman criticises NHS Improvement for encouraging takeover without consultation Wye Valley chief executive and chair likely to be replaced New CQC inspection report likely to be published next week A government ...

  • surgery
    News

    Survey: Doctors worried over ability to provide safe care

    2016-10-27T11:42:00Z

    Royal college survey reveals concerns over workforce gaps, equipment shortages and poor management Royal College of Anaesthetists president says NHS is at a “tipping point” GMC also warns of a “state of unease” in medical profession after contract dispute Anaesthetists working in hospitals across the NHS have said ...

  • Bristol Children's Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Trust guilty of serious service failure over child's death

    2016-10-27T07:00:00Z

    New report exposes systemic failings in care of four year old boy at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Sean Turner was denied the best possible chance of survival because of failings by doctors and nurses in 2012 Ombudsman report contradicts findings by earlier NHS England commissioned review A ...

  • Yvonne_Coghill
    Comment

    Race equality in the NHS: a balance sheet

    2016-10-26T12:00:00Z

    Black History Month seems a good time to reflect on what has been achieved since the introduction of the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard.

  • North Tyneside general hospital
    HSJ Local

    North East walk-in clinics to be replaced by urgent care centre

    2016-10-26T11:33:00Z

    North Tyneside CCG approves plans to replace three walk-in clinics and OOH service with single urgent care centre Governing body to begin procurement for site and provider of the new service Public consultation found preferred site was North Tyneside General Hospital, run by Northumbria Healthcare FT Trust refuses to ...

  • Max jones 3x2
    Comment

    Do you suffer from 'business illusion'?

    2016-10-25T11:41:00Z

    A new tool can help chief executives and business intelligence teams to see through the data fog

  • Generic pie chart
    News

    Exclusive: Survey reveals STPs' service change priorities

    2016-10-25T07:00:00Z

    The types of service changes and structural reform that will dominate sustainability and transformation plans are revealed in HSJ’s survey of senior local NHS decision makers.

  • Northampton General Hospital
    News

    Acute services could merge under Midlands STP

    2016-10-24T16:07:00Z

    Single service models being developed for 10 acute pathways to “deliver efficiencies” Plans show that “political opposition”, “capital constraints” and “insufficient workforce” are all risks to implementation CCG plans MCP development and staff reorganisation that could result in redundancies STP wants to see “repatriation” of out of area NHS ...

  • North of England map
    News

    Mapped: Providers' new ratings from NHS Improvement

    2016-10-21T13:39:00Z

    This map shows the segmentation rating given to all NHS providers by NHS Improvement today. 

  • Amber Davenport regulation policy adviser for NHS Providers
    Comment

    STPs: moving from plans to programmes

    2016-10-21T08:09:00Z

    Now is a crucial time for the system to address some of the potential barriers to making the STP concept a successful reality

  • Group of clinical professionals talking
    HSJ Local

    500 nurses in pipeline for large teaching hospital

    2016-10-21T07:00:00Z

    Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust to hire 500 more nursing staff Chief executive Julian Hartley says £14m recruitment drive is to improve safe staffing levels CQC raised trust’s rating to good but says it requires improvement on safety One of the largest teaching hospitals in the country is planning ...

  • Heart beat graphic
    News

    Trusts will be asked to rate avoidability of deaths by 2017

    2016-10-21T07:00:00Z

    NHS trusts will be asked to rate adult inpatient deaths on a scale of one to six of avoidability New national mortality case record review to be rolled out “across the NHS” by autumn 2017 Review programme includes online data collection that will allow local “insight” from the data ...