All Acute care articles – Page 184
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Exclusive: Former HR director alleges bullying and false imprisonment at The Christie
A former human resources director of The Christie Foundation Trust is suing the organisation for exposing her to bullying, harassment and false imprisonment which she says left her with an enduring stress-related illness, HSJ has learned.
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MRC head brands Care.data naysayers ‘consent fetishists’
The head of the Medical Research Council has said data sharing in the NHS would be seen as a “no brainer” by patients if the government explained the scheme properly.
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Supplements
Service improvement: Are you ready?
How to boost the chances of successful surgery and enhance recovery
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Nutrition survey: low priority given to malnutrition
HSJ and Nutricia survey highlights fears about priorities
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Long term conditions: Will that telecare system deliver the promised savings?
Two trusts tell HSJ how they are approaching radical change
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Long term conditions: Solving the case problem
Bringing economic rigour to business cases for change
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End of life care: The importance of home
How can we move terminally ill people out of hospital?
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End of life care: ‘We do more with the same resource’
How services around the country are allowing more terminally ill patients to be supported at home
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: University Hospitals Bristol 'inured' to impact of failings
An adviser to the national review of children’s heart surgery has warned recent failings at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children “echo” those which led to a public inquiry almost 20 years ago.
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Exclusive: More children who have self harmed on acute wards
A growing “hidden cohort” of children who have self-harmed are admitted to acute hospitals because of a lack of appropriate mental health services, according to a survey shared with HSJ.
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£10m boost for maternity services
Maternity services are being given £10m worth of funding in a bid to improve care for women and their babies, the Department of Health has announced.
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Confed chief: NHS leaders must look 'beyond their own organisations'
Provider chief executives must be “system leaders” beyond their own organisations, the new chief executive of the NHS Confederation has told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge
#Transformation2019: The key issues to tackle
Sue James looks at the transformation process ahead
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News
'Change rules on baby organ donors'
Sick very young babies in need of organ donations have “the odds stacked against them” because of current UK guidelines, experts have warned.
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Hospital discharge delays 'cost NHS £100m'
Delays in discharging patients from hospital while they are waiting for social care to be arranged are costing the NHS in England about £100m each year, a documentary claims.
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HSJ Knowledge
#Transformation2019: What does hospital transformation mean in Derby?
Sue James looks at the transformation process ahead
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Junior doctors 'will be forced to train in community'
All junior doctors in England will be forced to undertake at least four months’ community placement during their first two years in the NHS, to better prepare them for the future of service delivery, it has been announced.
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Heart surgeon loses court fight against trust
A heart surgeon who has not returned to work since five of his patients died after becoming infected with an antibiotic resistant bug during valve replacements has lost a High Court case against his employer.
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Exclusive: Clinical senates have only made three recommendations
Only three formal recommendations have been made by clinical senates since their formation, and only two of these have related to clinical matters HSJ has learned.