All Acute care articles – Page 205
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NewsPwC to support 'operational challenge' of new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is drafting in staff from PwC to help support the first wave of its new inspection regime, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Bedford’s future viability questioned by auditors
Bedford Hospital Trust faces “significant challenges” remaining sustainable in the future, its auditors have warned.
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NewsThis week on HSJ: what is the future for a seven-day NHS?
All week we will investigate the opportunities and obstacles for seven-day working in the NHS
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NewsDoctors 'must be free to innovate' says MP
Doctors should be free to innovate and be given greater opportunities to find cures for cancer, a Conservative MP has urged.
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CommentThe Keogh review holds up a mirror to the NHS
The report makes us reflect on NHS culture and values
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HSJ KnowledgeBarts sets the pace on better procurement
London trust saves millions by getting clinicians involved in buying
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NewsCollege urges reconfiguration to support seven-days-a-week care
Hospitals must be reorganised so patients do not have to move beds or wards unless medically necessary, the Royal College of Physicians has urged.
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CommentCanterbury tale: making a success of integrated care
The New Zealand health organisation provides a template
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NewsSurvey suggests staff concern about quality and pressure
A survey suggests healthcare workers are concerned their organisation could have similar problems to those seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, and worries about pressure and bullying.
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HSJ Knowledge'Even good trusts can learn from the Francis report'
Salford Royal’s journey to improvement
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CommentBad plans - not competition rules - are the obstacle to improvement
Rules will keep mergers in check
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NewsGovernment announces A&E fund winners
The government today announced the allocation of its £250m fund for the trusts thought to be most at risk of failing their accident and emergency targets this winter.
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HSJ PartnersHow Buckinghamshire is working towards seamless integrated care
The trust is using new technology for better patient transisitons
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NewsRoyal college to say hospital reconfiguration is 'inevitable'
Reconfiguration of hospital services is “inevitable” if better standards of hospital care are to be achieved, a major Royal College of Physicians report is expected to say.
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News'Opt-out' organ system becomes law in Wales
A new law creating the first opt-opt organ donation system in the UK is to be rubber-stamped at a special ceremony on 10 September.
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NewsTwitter chat: is A&E on the brink of a crisis?
Join experts from the NHS Confederation to discuss survey findings
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NewsInterview: New GP leader condemns PM's A&E plan
The chair elect of the Royal College of GPs has condemned the prime minister’s £500m accident and emergency bailout plan as “voodoo med-economics” and said it was driven by “political priorities ahead of a forthcoming general election”.
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NewsA&E departments 'could reach breaking point'
The prime minister has been accused of leaving accident and emergency departments on the “brink of a serious crisis” as a series of surveys reveal the concerns of patients, nurses and health service leaders.
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NewsRevised negligence scheme 'will not lead to big price swings'
Plans to scrap discounts on clinical negligence premiums will not lead to “big swings in price”, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals' share of spend grows as GPs' slice shrinks
The proportion of NHS funding spent on hospital care increased in 2012-13, with general practice slightly reducing its share, official figures obtained by HSJ indicate.