All Acute care articles – Page 162
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HSJ Local18 week waits, October 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ LocalDorset's better care fund budget slashed
One of the largest and most ambitious bids to pool health and social care budgets has been scaled back dramatically after the plans were checked by NHS England.
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CommentEngland's £250m waiting list initiative slips again
October was another flop for the government’s waiting list policy
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NewsExclusive: Lord Willis reveals plans for the future of nurse education
NHS trusts could be required to provide far more formalised education and training for qualified nurses under radical proposals outlined to HSJ ahead of a major review next year.
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NewsGovernment's £250m campaign fails to clear waiting list backlog
The number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment has increased despite the government pouring £250m into the NHS to clear the backlogs of longest waiters
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Exclusive: Agency pay variations revealed
Hospitals across the North West paid the highest rates for locum medical staff, an analysis of expenditure on temporary staff in 2013-14 has indicated.
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NewsSchism emerges over Stevens' integrated care organisation models
Plans to introduce a range of new care models into the NHS over the next parliament has split the opinion of provider chiefs and clinical commissioning group leaders
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NewsNHS England chief defines 'multispecialty community providers'
The NHS England chief executive has set out nine requirements that define a ‘multispecialty community provider’, one of the key care models in his vision for the future of the NHS.
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News'Success regime' will direct struggling areas to new models, Stevens reveals
National officials will create a ‘success regime’ in which struggling areas are directed to move quickly into the new care models proposed in the NHS Five Year Forward View, Simon Stevens has revealed, while warning local leaders against attempts to ‘re-spray’ their existing plans.
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CommentTogether providers can make Dalton's recommendations a reality
Dalton review has come at a critical time for the NHS
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NewsExclusive: Monitor urged to block 'anti-competitive' CCG
Lawyers have urged Monitor to block a commissioner’s plan to allow a private company to run an NHS urgent care centre.
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NewsExclusive interview: Dalton sets out plan to restart FT pipeline
Sir David Dalton has predicted that ‘every single’ NHS provider in England will be touched by the options for organisational change described in his government commissioned review
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HSJ Knowledge
Ebola lesson 4: development of interprofessional teams and leadership skills
Teamwork can accelerate leadership development
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HSJ KnowledgeEbola lesson 3: how to use volunteers' Ebola experience in the UK
The NHS needs to draw on staff with the appropriate training, experience and confidence to handle this kind of situation safely
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Ebola lesson 2: dealing with the psychology of Ebola
A campaign of consistent, clear and calm messages can help overcome hysteria caused by a crisis
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HSJ KnowledgeEbola lesson 1: the importance of infection control
The Ebola crisis has revealed some inadequacies with screening and the flow of patients through processes like decontamination. Infection control must be the bedrock of all health systems
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Ebola crisis: four lessons for the NHS
How a British team in Sierra Leone helped boost the health system
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NewsStudy exposes 'scandalous' state of NHS neurology services
Patients with acute neurological conditions are waiting too long to see specialist consultants amid ‘scandalous’ widespread variations in hospital services across the country, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeSegment the population to enable better integrated care
Revealing patient needs holistically