All Acute care articles – Page 121
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CommentNo jam today, and no jam tomorrow either
Policy ambition and public funding don’t add up in either the short or long term – and the result spells long-term economic trouble
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NewsRevealed: Details of new waiting targets for trusts
All emergency and urgent mental health patients in A&E and hospital wards should be seen within one hour by liaison psychiatry staff Emergency patients should be treated within four hours and urgent patients within 24 hours Trusts to submit how quickly they respond to emergency mental health crises at ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: 'Left to die alone'
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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NewsNHS staff 'quitting to stack shelves', warns provider chief
NHS Providers chief says health service wages are “uncompetitive” Chris Hopson warns trusts are “seriously worried” about retaining vital staff if pay restraint continues Survey shows concerns about retention of staff at all levels Trusts deserve great credit for driving down deficits, Mr Hopson says Staff in lower ...
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NewsHopson: Keeping trusts' deficit under £1bn would be 'extraordinary'
Chris Hopson says NHS had been “insufficiently celebratory” about stopping deficit from “running out of control” Provider deficit reduction shows trusts can deliver when given “sensible plans”, he says Refuses to rule out providers hitting £580m deficit target but says there is “risk” Keeping the provider sector deficit ...
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CommentHow Brexit and the US election could be impacting your IT budgets
It is a good time to ensure great value for money for the products and services you need, to support your organisation deliver great patient care
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CommentA simple idea that could breathe new life into clinical leadership
A collaboration between the NHS Leadership Academy and undergraduate clinical education providers could stimulate an interest in – and capability for – this neglected area, says Ali Raza
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HSJ LocalFormer hospital trust director pleads guilty to corruption
A former hospital trust director has admitted corruptly awarding an IT contract while in the role.
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NewsChildren's services review accelerated
First findings of national review of paediatric intensive care services due in next few weeks Review follows investigation into Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital Services under pressure as children with more complex needs need PICU and lengths of stay increasing An NHS England review of paediatric intensive care services ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trusts and GPs to create 'ACO'
Oxford University Hospital and Oxford Health Foundation to create not for profit organisation with GP federation The partners must agree contractual and organisational model by next week to enable some joint commissioning for 2017-18 Oxfordshire CCG will devolve all but its statutory accountabilities to the new organisation Two ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: A CSU-sized stumbling block
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.
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NewsGoogle and NHS sign 'game changing' deal
Royal Free hails deal with Google’s DeepMind as “game changer” Trust will continue developing DeepMind’s real time patient data tracking app Trust says app will help save lives and drive productivity Deal follows controversy over the firm’s access to patient data The NHS has deepened its relationship with ...
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' FT to close urgent care centres overnight
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust to reduce opening hours at three urgent care centres Wansbeck, Hexham and North Tyneside hours to go from 24/7 to 8am to midnight Trust says this will allow it to redeploy nurses to the busier Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital One of the country’s ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Major incident as patients wait in ambulances for up to two hours
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has declared an internal major incident after patients were left waiting in ambulances for up to two hours during five days of high pressure on emergency services.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Hospital chain trust looking at primary care integration
The Royal Free London Foundation Trust, which already runs a chain of hospitals across north London, is looking at models of integration between acute and primary care.
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Exclusive: Tighter bailout controls to deal with NHS 'cashflow crisis' revealed
Requests for short-term revenue support will be subject to “increased challenge and scrutiny” Trusts’ reliance on bailout support has grown in recent years as expenditure has increased faster than income Providers seeking support will need to detail if “suppliers are threatening to put trust’s account on stop” NHS ...
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NewsAnalysis: Half of hospital trusts miss reduced waiting targets
Trusts missing largely lower “reset” targets for elective treatment times Performance means organisations could miss out on sustainability and transformation funding Total waiting list approaches 4 million More than half of England’s hospital trusts have missed their elective waiting time targets set by NHS Improvement.
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HSJ KnowledgeIn search of a stop to same day cancellation of operations
A northern trust created a role to identify the causes of same day cancellations – and possible methods for reducing them
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The gritty detail of STPs that leaders fear
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 LocalA&E could be downgraded to 'urgent care centre-plus'
United Lincolnshire chief executive says trust wants to reopen unit 24/7 but suggested it could lose services One option is for Grantham to become an “urgent care centre-plus” Trust announced “temporary” night time A&E closure was being extended until “at least” February The chief executive of the trust ...