All Acute care articles – Page 242
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CommentJohn Deffenbaugh: why the NHS and local government jigsaw can fit together this time
There have been many attempts to bring the NHS and local government closer together.
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New interim chief executive for troubled teaching hospital
An interim chief executive started work today at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust.
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CommentRuth Carnall: take the shakes out of the shake-ups
Revamping NHS organisations will always be intense but these lessons from London can help to make things easier.
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HSJ KnowledgeA safer approach to hospital pharmacy
Pharmacy teams are a vital safety net to avoiding prescribing errors and maintaining the quality of patient care, write Clive Newman and Alison Brailey
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NewsRevealed: DH warnings to pipeline laggards
Delays and failure revealed in warning letters sent after trusts fall behind in attempts to achieve foundation trust status.
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NewsWelsh youngsters 'not offered health funds'
Health officials in Wales have been accused of letting young people who have cerebral palsy “suffer unnecessarily” by failing to offer funds for surgery which could help with mobility.
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HSJ Local
Barnet and Chase Farm sets £21.7m savings target
FINANCE: The north London hospital trust has set a cost improvement programme target that is 6.4 per cent of its turnover, research by HSJ has revealed.
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HSJ Local
NW London agrees £500m block contract with Imperial
FINANCE: NHS North West London has agreed more than half of Imperial’s income would be provided in a block contract rather than under payment by results.
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HSJ Local
Imperial aims to claw its way out of deficit in 2012-13
FINANCE: The central London acute trust is looking to recover from their deficit position of £10.5m in 2011-12 over the course of this financial year.
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HSJ Local
Imperial College Healthcare Trust ends month 1 in deficit
FINANCE: The central London hospital tryst had a deficit in month one of £1.7m, against a plan of £238k.
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NewsUCLH chief fears CCGs could bring more fragmentation
One of England’s most respected hospital chiefs has said he fears clinical commissioning groups could lead to care becoming increasingly fragmented – and that rationalisation of acute services is “happening behind the scenes” without their input.
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HSJ Local
Bed demand forces trust to halt downsizing
STRUCTURE: A Midlands hospital has been forced to pause its programme to cut the number of in-patient beds for up to two years because of “unprecedented” emergency demand.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to buy: clinical portals could help patient information drive
Allowing health professionals to share patient data across organisations could become standard, says Daloni Carlisle.
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CommentThe NHS must address its blind spot on older people's services
End ageism and care will improve for all.
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NewsResearch casts doubt on value of 'friends and family test'
Research commissioned by the Department of Health has raised doubts about use of the “friends and family” test as a single indicator of patient experience.
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Monitor: patient costs could inform national prices
Monitor could use the cost of individual patients to set national prices for NHS acute care as early as 2016-17.
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NewsNICE: trusts must offer DVT tests within 24 hours
Hospitals have been set “challenging” new clinical targets to provide a “seven-days-a-week” service for patients presenting with a suspected venous thromboembolism.
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NewsExclusive: private franchise tops first 'friends and family' chart
Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has been rated joint top in the inaugural results of “friends and family” patient satisfaction test, recently endorsed by the prime minister.
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NewsFailure regime looms as trust faces bankruptcy
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has this evening begun the process of placing an NHS trust in administration for the first time, which would effectively declare it bankrupt.