All Acute care articles – Page 179
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HSJ LocalRecruitment struggle spells end for franchise rescue
The struggle of England’s smallest acute trust to recruit consultants played a major role in the decision to ditch its search for an independent sector management franchise to take it over, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ KnowledgeOpen book accounting can lead to a more honest NHS
Forging more honest debate about costs
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NewsWinter pressures continue into spring
Hospital trusts across England reported higher than planned deficits in the first month of the financial year, linked to winter pressures dragging on into the spring, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsCCGs respond poorly to CQC pre-inspection requests
The majority of clinical commissioning groups are failing to relay concerns about their providers to the Care Quality Commission before inspections are carried out, denying the watchdog intelligence about the quality of hospital services.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waits around England, with links to the detail by organisation and specialty
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NewsBill Moyes questions whether FT model remains 'sensible'
Bill Moyes, who championed the development of foundation trusts as Monitor executive chair, has urged the NHS to reconsider “whether the model of foundation trusts is sensible”.
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CommentRun community hospitals as social enterprises and save the NHS millions
A culture driving change
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NewsDH creates £250m fund for elective 'resilience'
The Department of Health is to provide an additional £250m to the NHS to help providers clear their planned care waiting list backlogs.
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NewsMonitor: 'No evidence' of poorer quality of care in small hospitals
Small hospitals should continue to play an “important role” in the NHS, Monitor has indicated after a new study found “no evidence” of poorer quality clinical performance when compared with larger providers.
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NewsMSK procurement model could 'destabilise' local health economies
Clinical commissioning groups that commission elective and trauma musculoskeletal services separately risk destabilising their local health economies, the British Orthopaedic Association has warned.
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NewsElective waiting list at its longest in six years
The waiting list for planned healthcare treatments has grown to its longest length in six years, according to official figures.
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NewsNon-acute leaders join Dalton review panel
Two healthcare chiefs with experience in the non-acute sector have joined the Dalton review panel
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NewsHunt moves to shield hospitals from integration fund failure
Jeremy Hunt warned that there must be a ‘proper risk sharing profile’ in all better care fund plans to protect hospital finances
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NewsLorenzo implementation linked to data delays
Three of the seven trusts that were unable to provide waiting times data in time for its planned publication by NHS England last month linked the delay to the implementation of the Lorenzo electronic record system, a technology the Department of Health has paid trusts to adopt.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS gets the A&E demand it deserves
High demand stems from the service’s own offer to patients
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NewsTrust misses urgent cancer wait target for one in five patients
A surge in referrals and lack of capacity saw a large hospital trust miss the two-week cancer wait target by 13 percentage points.
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NewsCall for salary rise for non-foundation trust chairs
A survey of chairs working across the NHS provider sector has found unanimous support for the view that NHS trust chairs are underpaid compared with their foundation trust counterparts.
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HSJ KnowledgeAre patients being heard? The friends and family test reviewed
Study highlights issues with the validity and data
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NewsA&Es miss target for a month
Accident and emergency departments have missed the target to see, treat, admit or discharge 95 per cent of patients within four hours for the fourth week in a row as demand on the service grows.
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NewsDH expects to lose 85 per cent of overseas visitors and migrants costs
The Department of Health expects to recover up to around 15 per cent of the estimated £2bn of costs shouldered by the NHS for overseas visitors and migrants