All Acute care articles – Page 232
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Blogs
New record best for one-year-waiters (now let's go for zero)
A fantastic result on one-year waiters: come on, let’s get them down to zero. Otherwise, everything on waiting times is pretty much treading water.
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CommentStandards suffer when children's services are fragmented
Disparate children’s services need an urgent review
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HSJ Local
Health minister meets campaigners
STRUCTURE: Campaigners fighting plans to review acute services in Worcestershire have had a 45-minute meeting with health minister Dan Poulter.
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NewsDoubts raised over friends and family test
Statisticians have raised doubts about the validity of the nascent friends and family patient satisfaction test amid claims some trusts are “manipulating” their scores.
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NewsAnalysed: the friends and family test
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the friends and family test being piloted by NHS Midlands and East.
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HSJ KnowledgeAntibiotic-resistant diseases are a potential crisis
A collective response is necessary to save lives
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NewsProviders to be judged on integration and deaths from poor care
NHS organisations will be judged by whether patients report their care as well integrated, and the number of deaths in hospital attributable to poor care, under the mandate.
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BlogsTrust chief executives have one of toughest jobs there is
The people in the hottest seats around need more support
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News
Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
For all the talk of easing top-down control of trusts, the mandate mentions some levers that could hit providers.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital chiefs warned to check celebrities' access to patients
All NHS hospitals have been told to review their approach to giving celebrities access to patients in light of the allegations about Jimmy Savile
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CommentIt's time to rethink payment by results
The landscape has changed, and with it so should the tariff system
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HSJ KnowledgeLive Q&A: how to improve leadership at your trust
We’ll be offering advice on Thursday 15 November at 10am
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NewsGovernment puts £25m into maternity care
The government has pledged £25m to help improve maternity wards.
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NewsOmbudsman calls for health staff to listen more to patients
The Health Service Ombudsman has called on health professionals to improve the way they deal with complaints after more dissatisfied people referred their issues to her.
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NewsNorth West hospital cash incentives 'cut A&E deaths'
Financial incentives could improve hospital mortality rates, according to a study.
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NewsNational Audit Office raises concern over Hinchingbrooke franchise
The National Audit Office has raised questions about the procurement process for one of England’s first privately run NHS hospitals.
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News
CCG Barometer: CCGs fear political flak for controversial service shifts
Clinical commissioning group leaders are enthusiastic about their ability to improve services, including through controversial moves such as closing emergency services and limiting treatments, but they fear politicians will stand in their way.
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CommentLet's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS QUEST aims for best quality and safety standards
Fourteen trusts are focusing on key priority areas
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CommentWhy wait for the Francis report? Here are 10 things to do now
The key points from an alternative report