All Acute care articles – Page 167
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NewsTen trusts seek 'local modification' price hikes – and most are rejected
Only 10 trusts have made use of rules introduced under the government’s health reforms to seek permission to raise their prices above national ‘tariff’ rates - and most of those applications have been rejected.
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HSJ LocalStrained ambulance service to cut call-outs by 15 per cent
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust has announced it will cut the number of emergency calls that receive an ambulance response by 15 per cent, in response to staff shortages and rising demand.
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NewsNHS to plan for 'transition' year in 2015-16
The coming financial year will be a ‘transition’ period with few new national requirements so the NHS ‘can focus on core aspects’ such as financial sustainability and waiting time targets, NHS England has indicated.
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NewsConsultation launched on heart surgery standards
NHS England has begun consultation on a new set of standards for congenital heart disease services, in the latest chapter of the long-running debate on the future of children’s cardiac surgery.
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NewsFirst wave integration plans aim low on emergency activity
Four of the first five better care fund plans to receive official approval are all aiming for less than the ‘expected minimum target’ of a 3.5 per cent reduction in emergency admissions.
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NewsDeprived mothers 'get worse care' than wealthiest
More needs to be done to help poor women through pregnancy, experts have said, after new research found that they have a worse experience than better-off mothers-to-be.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, July 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waits around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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NewsBMA calls for next government to tackle lifestyle issues
Alcohol, smoking and poor childhood diets are among public health issues that should be targeted by the next government, doctors have said.
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NewsRCP joins calls for NHS funding increase
The Royal College of Physicians has warned politicians that a “crisis of care” in NHS hospitals can “only be avoided by a significant increase in health funding”.
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NewsA&E and elective performance stalls
Accident and emergency department performance has deteriorated in recent weeks while planned activity failed to increase in July, according to new data.
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust plans to bring in new urgent care provider
COMMERCIAL: Heart of England Foundation Trust is partnering with a local commissioner to find a new provider to run the front door of one of its hospitals.
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News'Variations' in mesothelioma care
More needs to be done to ensure people who suffer from asbestos-related cancer are seen by specialist doctors, a new report has suggested.
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NewsMany boards 'ignore needs of dying'
The needs of dying people and their families are being “ignored” by many local health bodies, two charities have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegrated care round up: Heat turns up in the health and social care debate
Discussion and debate on integrated care has been rife
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CommentSummer's waiting list initiative lost without trace
July’s data shows waiting times have got worse
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NewsNaylor: The current government did not understand the NHS
The chief executive of one of England’s most high profile trusts has said the government did not understand the NHS when it came to power, and that recent health service reforms have created ‘a bureaucratic monster’.
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NewsBurnham pledges no more 'rabbit from the hat' NHS policy shifts
Politicians should never again surprise the public with election time policy shifts on the NHS, the shadow health secretary has said
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NewsSurgery patients report ‘accidental awareness’
More than 150 UK patients could wake up every year while undergoing surgery, figures suggest.
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NewsHospital chiefs urged to tackle A&E crowding
Up to half a million patients could be put at risk every year as hospitals struggle to admit patients to hospital wards from bursting A&E departments, the College of Emergency Medicine has warned.