All Acute care articles – Page 180
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NewsProviders fail to report waiting times data
The NHS has missed its target for starting patient treatment within 18 weeks of admission for the second consecutive month, the latest official figures show.
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CommentTo the NHS: Please explain the missing waiting list data
Yet another trust has dropped out of the stats
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Comment'There's no discrepancy in the A&E data, it's just not true'
We must question the credibility of the College of Emergency Medicine study
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NewsCo-commissioning plan could ease pressure on A&E, report author claims
NHS England’s primary care co-commissioning plan could help ease pressure on accident and emergency services, a researcher behind a new College of Emergency Medicine study has claimed.
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CommentBeyond the official data: a different picture of A&E attendances
It is an opportunity to design services fit for the future
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plead for extra cash to pay bills
Hospital trusts needed financial help last year to fend off legal threats from suppliers, update “obsolete” medical equipment and even keep electricity supplies flowing, according to a raft of pleas for bailouts seen by HSJ.
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NewsDH defends reconfiguration process after foreign secretary's 'intervention'
The Department of Health has defended the national review system for NHS reconfiguration proposals after a local councillor claimed the foreign secretary had lobbied officials involved in the controversial plan.
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NewsElective backlog must be cleared this summer says Hakin
Hospitals must clear their backlogs of planned operations over the summer to help the NHS get “back on track for sustainable delivery” before autumn, NHS England’s deputy chief executive said yesterday.
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CommentCCGs should authorise 18-week target breaches
We must make sure a good crisis does not go to waste
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HSJ KnowledgeAll in a day's work: the drive for better ambulatory care
Make same-day care the default option
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NewsNHS technology funding faces £60m shortfall
A £500m technology fund set up by NHS England to help hospitals move away from paper based systems appears to have been slashed by £60m, official documents suggest.
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BlogsThe better care fund fiasco
Taking money from hospitals and giving it to local authorities is unlikely to improve working relationships
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal government and the NHS: Finding the way to work together
NHS transformation leaders must get local politicians on side
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NewsData video: specialised commissioning overspend tops £450m
HSJ senior correspondent Sarah Calkin explains NHS England’s specialised commissioning overspend
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NewsFall in public satisfaction with emergency departments
Public satisfaction with accident and emergency services dipped to a five-year low in 2013, according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey.
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HSJ KnowledgeViolence in A&E: the zero tolerance myth
Attacks on staff are causing a recruitment crisis
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CommentQuality and safety must determine our targets
Rob Findlay’s analysis of issues around the 18-week waiting standard is timely.