All Acute care articles – Page 199
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A&E performance raised in County Durham FT contract meeting
PERFORMANCE: County Durham and North Darlington Foundation Trust failed to meet its 95 per cent four hour A&E wait target in September, and this was “formally discussed” at a contract meeting, according to board papers from North Durham CCG.
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LeaderThe fear of an irrevocable tipping point haunts plans to rescue A&E
There are two kinds of performance problems large enough to set alarm bells ringing at national level and get newspaper leader writers dusting off their “NHS in crisis” clichés.
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NewsMorecambe Bay investigation will seek families' input
Further details have emerged of the independent inquiry into University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust’s maternity and neonatal services.
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NewsMore emergency departments breach waiting time targets
Increasing numbers of accident and emergency patients are being treated outside the maximum four hour wait year on year over the past four summers, an HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsHealth burden is greatest during moderately cold weather
The NHS has been urged to place greater emphasis on supporting vulnerable groups during periods of moderately cold rather than freezing temperatures after a study suggested this is when services come under greatest strain.
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News'Large variations' in place of death
There are “large variations” across England in the proportion of people who die at hospital or in their own homes, figures show.
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NewsCancer survival rate highlighted
Cancer patients living in the most deprived parts of England are a third less likely to be alive five to 10 years after diagnosis than those in the most affluent areas.
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CommentCommunity trusts are invisible to politicians
End the preoccupation with all things hospital
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Trust errors result in hundreds breaching waiting time target
A hospital trust has revealed it failed to properly record the waiting times of 60 per cent of its elective inpatients, causing hundreds of them not to receive treatment within the 18-week deadline.
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NewsNick Clegg defends A&E closures
Nick Clegg has defended the government’s decision to downgrade two accident and emergency departments.
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HSJ PartnersSupporting trusts through a tough winter
Identifying and implementing organisational change to survive a challenging winter
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NewsA&E pressure increasing admissions
Accident and emergency departments are under increasing pressure, which is leading to high numbers of patients being admitted, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
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CommentHSJ launches Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People
Find out more about HSJ’s landmark study to explore how to tackle the most pressing issue facing the NHS
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NewsHSJ commission to tackle "the major issue affecting NHS performance"
HSJ has launched a commission to investigate and help improve the hospital care of frail older people.
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NewsGP and hospital records to be ‘linked’ by June
The flagship patient data service, care.data, will be able to “link” data from patients’ GP records to their hospital records by June next year, NHS England has announced.
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Community trusts devise plan to 'level playing field'
Community services trusts are starting work on a national programme to develop indicators to benchmark their performance and value, which could potentially underpin a tariff payment system for the sector, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: Wellbeing boards must avoid becoming 'a side show'
More than three quarters of health and wellbeing boards believe they have little influence over NHS England, according to a major study shared exclusively with HSJ and its sister title Local Government Chronicle.
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NewsHigher death rate NHS trusts named
Seven NHS trusts have higher than expected death rates for patients who die in hospital or within 30 days of discharge, according to new data.