All Acute care articles – Page 234
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NewsHinchingbrooke receives cash advance after posting deficit
Privately-run Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust has negotiated a £4m cash advance on its service contract with its local primary care trust cluster to ease “cash flow issues” after posting a £4.1m in-year deficit.
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HSJ LocalSHA halts hospital takeover
NHS London has halted the takeover of a district general hospital by a foundation trust in a neighbouring strategic health authority.
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HSJ KnowledgeTrusts share in transformation
Swapping good practice is helping seven trusts to deliver cost and quality efficiency savings
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HSJ KnowledgeEasing winter pressures
Consultant-delivered multidisciplinary team working is providing a host of positive outcomes
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CommentA fair deal for older people
One of the clearest signs of medical and social progress in the post-NHS era is the leap in life expectancy
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CommentWhistle while you work - if you dare
Whisteblowing is publicly encouraged but privately still a dangerous business
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NewsProductivity is low at urgent care centres
Urgent care centres appear to have low productivity rates and lack clear data allowing commissioners to tell whether they are value for money, according to a report published today.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire review decision pushed into New Year
STRUCTURE: A shortlist of options to reconfigure acute services in Worcestershire could be unveiled by the New Year after being delayed for the second time.
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HSJ LocalFoundation will be test site for redesign of unplanned care
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as a test site for a six-month project aiming to deliver significant improvements in emergency and urgent care.
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NewsOFT begins scrutiny of merger plans
The Office of Fair Trading has begun a formal review examining what it predicts will be the “first of a number” of mergers between foundation trusts.
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NewsThird of acute care 'not needed'
A third of acute services in the NHS are not needed, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsChange urged in NHS care delivery
Most health trusts believe that “major change” is necessary in the way services are delivered to patients, a survey has found.
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NewsMajor reconfiguration delayed by neighbouring PCT
Plans for a major reconfiguration of services in London have been halted after a neighbouring primary care trust said it wanted to become more involved in the process.
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NewsWarning over NHS industrial unrest
There could be “massive” industrial unrest if health workers are not given a decent pay rise after being hit hard by the government’s wage freeze, unions have warned.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire hospitals face 'extreme pressure'
PERFORMANCE: Hospitals in Staffordshire are under “extreme pressure” after a sudden surge in accident and emergency demand, according to the county’s PCT Cluster.
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NewsAnalysed: Performance failings in Cambridge
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has a reputation for excellence, but has recently found itself in some difficulty
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NewsTransforming hospitals - FREE HSJ webinar
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NewsCompetition watchdog clears merger of Kent trusts
The NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel has approved the merger of two Kent acute trusts despite concluding it offered “no benefits” to offset its costs to patients and taxpayers.
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Blogs
Winter pressures, week by week
Good planning and monitoring can reduce the risk of crises this winter. We look at a worked example of week-by-week interactive profiling for beds and waiting times.
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HSJ KnowledgeLive Q&A: making a merger work
We’ll be offering advice on successfully merging with another organisation on Friday 19 October at 9am. Post your questions in the comments section