All Acute care articles – Page 26
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NewsCovid update 3 Jan: Rapid growth in the North East and Yorkshire
HSJ’s newsletters are taking a break between 24 December and 3 January. During that time, we’ll be covering news through our live blog on this page. Got a tip to share? Contact us here.
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NewsFirst eight ‘new nightingales’ revealed
The location of first ‘covid surge hubs’ has been announced by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsNHS given its 10 priorities for 2022
NHS England has set out 10 priorities for the 2022-23 financial year in its annual planning guidance, which was published late on Christmas eve.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The Great Isolation
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CommentAct now to deliver the stroke priorities in the long-term plan
After this difficult winter is behind us, we must see a renewed focus on commissioning the right evidence-based interventions to deliver better acute and post-stroke care, writes Juliet Bouverie
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NewsNHS set target to care for 15pc of covid patients at home by end of month
A minimum of 15 per cent of hospital patients who are covid positive should be treated in virtual wards, urgent new guidance issued by NHS England has stated.
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NewsExclusive: NHS plans ‘lots of little Nightingales’ to cope with omicron surge
NHS leaders have been told to make plans for temporary ‘field hospitals’ in hospital car parks and to review the capacity of their mortuaries in readiness for the expected surge of covid patients over the next five weeks, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Turn private hospitals back into cancer hubs’, NHS urged
The UK’s leading cancer charity has called for the rapid reopening of cancer hubs, which saw independent hospitals used by the NHS to protect urgent surgery during previous covid waves.
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NewsStaff absence forecasts reveal ‘bleak picture’ for coming days
The number of NHS staff in London absent due to covid has more than doubled in four days, and one in three of the workforce would be absent by new year’s eve if the growth rate continues.
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NewsNurse sacked for allegedly trying to discredit hospital during CQC inspection cleared by tribunal
A nurse who was sacked by a private hospital provider treating NHS patients which believed she had deliberately tried to sabotage its Care Quality Commission inspection has won a tribunal.
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NewsNHS told to raise its game on IPC or face omicron-driven surge in hospital infections
The NHS must apply covid infection prevention and control measures more robustly if it is to avoid a steep rise in infections within healthcare settings, a senior doctor at NHS England has said.
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HSJ InteractiveWhat do emerging treatments for cancer tell us about how the NHS can best spread innovation?
This article was organised and fully funded by Bristol Myers Squibb, as a follow-up to a roundtable hosted in collaboration with HSJ. This article has been developed by HSJ and Bristol Myers Squibb has reviewed the article to check for accuracy. This article has no promotional intent. Bristol Myers Squibb ...
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NewsOmicron helps drive London covid admissions to 10-month high
Admissions of covid positive patients to hospitals in London have risen by 30 per cent.
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NewsSteep increase in number of trusts struggling with long stay patients
Acute trusts are reporting increasing numbers of long stay patients as NHS England highlights the number of ‘medically fit’ patients who do not need to be in hospital.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in October 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsTrusts delay controversial merger due to ‘operational pressures’
A large acute trust and small specialist trust have delayed plans to complete a controversial merger.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: ‘It feels explosive’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsHSJ deputy editor wins top journalism award
HSJ deputy editor Dave West has been named health journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Is the NHS making best use of private sector capacity?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsCovid admissions increase ahead of potential Omicron wave
The number of covid positive patients being admitted to hospitals in London and the South East has risen noticeably, while the decline in the rest of the country is slowing.