All Acute care articles – Page 226
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CommentSally Gainsbury: putting a stopper on bungs
The DH and Monitor are in a quandry over EU competition rules
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NewsA&E 'overstretched', says Labour
Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsFull detail: Emergency care review seeks 'paradigm shift'
A Department of Health review of emergency and urgent care calls for a “paradigm shift” in the NHS’s approach to those services.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked DH report signals national A&E shakeup
National officials are considering a major reorganisation of emergency services, including designating units as either “999 emergency departments” or “111 emergency departments”.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat does 'compassionate leadership' mean?
Self-leadership is key to compassionate organisations
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HSJ Local
East Midlands trusts in possible merger talks
Two East Midlands acute trusts have announced plans to investigate models of working more closely together, including a possible full merger.
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CommentMichael White: Burnham's big leap
Burnham’s plans for the NHS finally embrace social care and its implications
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CommentHunt's call on South London will affect the whole NHS
The impact will go far beyond Lewisham Hospital
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NewsGrounds for legal action if hospital downgrade approved, critics claim
A judicial review is likely if health secretary Jeremy Hunt approves plans to downgrade Lewisham Hospital, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsAnalysed: The fate of Lewisham Hospital
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the south east London health economy, which is the first to be subject to the failure regime.
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NewsNHS 'a very strong brand' overseas
Dozens of countries have inquired about setting up NHS organisations abroad after the health service’s starring role in the Olympics opening ceremony, reports suggest.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving consultations from the inside out
A service improvement project set out to better understand patient interaction
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HSJ KnowledgeCancer commissioning: a survivor's guide
Treatment taught one commissioner lessons he hopes the NHS will learn
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HSJ Local
Consultants speak out over 'scapegoat' chief executive
Leading consultants at University Hospital of North Staffordshire have spoken out in support of their “scapegoat” chief executive who resigned in the wake of a financial crisis.
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NewsWarning on NHS trusts' death rates
Death rates at five trusts have been “higher than expected” two years in a row, figures show.
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NewsA&E units get that Monday morning feeling
Hospitals’ accident and emergency departments are at their busiest on Monday morning, dealing with double their average hourly attendance, research shows.
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NewsCash injection for maternity units
Health minister Dan Poulter has announced that £25m will be split across more than 100 hospitals to improve maternity units.
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NewsTrusts to be told to halve pressure ulcers or face fines
NHS trusts could face financial penalties if they fail to halve the number of pressure ulcers in their organisation during the 2013-14, under new rules from the Department of Health.
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NewsAsthma cases 'down after smoke ban'
The number of children admitted to hospital with symptoms of asthma has fallen since the ban on smoking in enclosed public places came into effect, a study has found.
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NewsNicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.