All Acute care articles – Page 229
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Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
Discussion on changes to bonus payments for consultants look set to begin in earnest next week with the publication of a long awaited report into clinical excellence awards.
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NewsConsultant contract 'failed to boost output'
The NHS consultant contract has failed to increase productivity since being introduced in 2003, according to a 10-year study.
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NewsLicensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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BlogsOrthopaedics scrapes inside waiting target for first time
Long waits are down again, but the total number waiting is a bit higher than usual. This will become worrying, if it carries on.
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CommentA timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
Acute trusts cannot prevent overcrowding but they can reduce demand
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CommentToo big to fail: why PFI will get a helping hand in an emergency
PFI creditors are likely to be protected when NHS trusts fail
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HSJ PartnersIs it time to break with the 1948 provider model?
Providers need a radical rethink to prepare for challenges of the future
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to design and deliver a clinically led organisation
There is a shortage of clinical involvement in hospital management
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NewsBoards could be made to declare staff level is safe
Hospital boards could be required to publicly declare their staffing levels are appropriate at least twice a year, under plans set out in the chief nursing officers’ vision and strategy for nursing.
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NewsFT wins Ministry of Defence contract to serve British troops
England’s largest foundation trust has won a £365m contract to continue providing healthcare services to the British army in Germany.
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NewsAnalysed: The case for changing primary care in Greater Manchester
Clinicians and commissioners are considering a controversial model for reform of Greater Manchester’s primary care
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HSJ KnowledgeCommunity care is a means to a better end
Community services can improve the quality of end of life care
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NewsNHS bed occupancy figures queried
A health minister has said he does not recognise figures on bed occupancy used in an influential report to show NHS hospitals are dangerously full.
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NewsA&E waiting times rising - survey
Accident and emergency waiting times are getting longer, new research suggests.
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CommentWhy the friends and family test won't work
The test will overload NHS leaders with more meaningless data
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HSJ KnowledgeSouth Staffordshire’s approach to surge planning
Working collaboratively to address winter pressures
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BlogsThe drama of being a whistleblower
The potentially traumatic experience of being a public sector whistleblower, plus the dangers of NHS hospitals being “all most full”
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NewsLansley adviser criticises friends and family test focus
Andrew Lansley’s former policy adviser has criticised the friends and family patient satisfaction test, saying it is “too narrow and too crude” to be the main focus of the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeIs bigger better for the NHS?
Economies of scale do exist in the NHS – so how do we reap the benefits?
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NewsNumber of trainee doctors to be cut
The number of trainee doctors in England will be reduced to tackle a growing over-supply of medics, the Department of Health has said.