All Acute care articles – Page 124
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust cancels planned operations for first time 'in four years'
University Hospitals Leicester puts 12 day restriction on elective work It cites high demand, bed occupancy and delays on discharging patients Restrictions will cover school half-term week One of the NHS’s largest trusts has been forced to restrict elective activity for the first time in “at least four ...
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NewsStevens: STPs will get 'decision rights' to reorganise trusts and CCGs
Sustainability and transformation plan leaders will be given the right to “recommend” member trusts and commissioners reorganise, where the “veto power or inertia” of individual organisations is holding up change, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsPrivate hospital rated outstanding by CQC
A private hospital in the capital has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsAnalysis: A&E performance sinks to record low
Performance on main A&E measure lowest since targets introduced Fall in performance outstrips 3.7 per cent increase in admissions and attendances North west London and Cambridgeshire see worst performances and steepest declines Accident and emergency performance for December in England has sunk to its lowest level since the ...
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CommentWill the NHS never learn?
Patient safety campaigner James Titcombe gives his reaction to MPs’ report on why the health service is still so slow to heed the lessons of the past
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NewsRevealed: A&E patients at struggling trust admitted to 'virtual ward'
Trust’s audit reveals discrepancies in A&E patients’ “virtual” and actual admission to emergency decisions unit Whistleblower claims staff at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust admitted patients into “virtual ward” to avoid four hour target breaches Trust says investigations found no “deliberate” gaming of four hour target but revealed “poor processes ...
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NewsDalton: Scrap national targets and merge CCGs to speed service change
One of the NHS’s most influential chief executives has said it is taking too long to deliver the Five Year Forward View and has proposed a series of policy changes, including abolishing national access targets, to speed it up.
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CommentTen ways to speed up the forward view improvements
It’s taking too long to deliver the necessary improvements – here are some thoughts on what we should prioritise
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NewsTrusts face fines over checking patients' credentials
The Department of Health is considering new rules to enable commissioners to fine acute providers if they fail to check whether a patient is from overseas and eligible or not for free NHS care.
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NewsRevealed: 24 A&Es could be closed or downgraded
Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 per cent of the national total - could be closed or downgraded in the next four years, analysis shows HSJ has identified and mapped those most likely to be affected in an unprecedented analysis Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 ...
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CommentAnalysis: Keogh’s A&E overhaul has not materialised
NHS England set out plans for major reform in its milestone urgent and emergency care review in 2013. But now over three years since its publication, the flurry of A&E reclassifications has simply not materialised.
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NewsPatient safety fears after trust moves to radiology consortium
Kettering General Hospital dealing with major reporting backlogs affecting thousands of scans, including urgent and cancer MRI and CT scans At least one serious incidence and 68 other incidences of potential harm identified, with patients waiting up to 3 months for routine MRI scan results Fault attributed to flagship ...
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CommentNext phase of inspections: a turn in the right direction?
Amina Uddin takes a look at the Care Quality Commission’s proposed new phase of regulation, which closes to consultation on 14 February
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HSJ LocalCQC praises leadership at 'outstanding' trust
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Foundation Trust has been rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsAnalysis: 10 trusts responsible for quarter of 'winter pressures' alerts
Ten trusts responsible for a quarter of “winter pressures” alerts since start of December South of England is the worst hit region London reported only five out of 830 alerts Just 10 hospital trusts have been responsible for more than a quarter of the “winter pressures” alerts issued ...
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NewsNHS Improvement: Trust finances hit by A&E pressures
NHS Improvement says many providers have found ways to address financial pressures but warned others have “more work to do” Many providers will have been forced to use additional agency and bank staff in recent weeks Not yet clear how much unplanned expenditure there has been Extra strain ...
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HSJ LocalMP criticises 'remote' Simon Stevens over hospital reconfiguration
MP criticises NHS England and Simon Stevens for silence over Shropshire emergency care reconfiguration row Telford and Wrekin CCG and Shropshire CCG at deadlock over preferred reconfiguration plan Health minister said CCGs will appoint an independent chair who will have a casting vote in future disagreements NHS England says ...
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust failing to comply with end of life court ruling
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust issued with requirement notices by the CQC Half of “do not attempt resuscitation” orders seen by inspectors were incorrectly completed by staff Court of Appeal ruling in 2014 created a new legal right for patients to be consulted over DNAR decisions One of ...
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NewsNew consultation on future of specialist heart surgery imminent
NHS England to launch consultation on congenital heart disease services “soon” It has not publicly changed its controversial plans but said “no decision” will be made before consultation is completed Royal Brompton and University Hospitals of Leicester trusts remain at risk of losing their services NHS England is ...
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NewsPatient Safety Awards: last chance to enter
The deadline to enter the Patient Safety Awards has been extended to 9am on 30 January. The awards recognise and reward outstanding practice in the NHS and independent healthcare organisations.