All Acute care articles – Page 295
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NewsTrusts fail to tackle spiralling kidney care costs
Latest figures revealing the rising cost of treating kidney disease highlight trusts’ failure to address the growing problem of acute kidney injury, HSJ has been told.
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NewsLabour attacks government on waiting times
Labour has attacked the government’s NHS reforms, claiming that longer waiting times for patients showed cuts were already starting to bite.
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NewsLondon hospital nurses weigh up industrial action
Nurses at St George’s Hospital in London are being balloted for possible industrial action over changes to their rotas.
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NewsLansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
Health secretary Andrew Lansley today defended sweeping NHS reforms against claims that GPs would qualify for banker-style bonuses and private firms would win major contracts.
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
On the day the government’s radical reforms for the NHS were laid out in full in the Health and Social Care Bill, health secretary Andrew Lansley spoke to the audience at HSJ and LGC’s Public Health Congress about what the changes mean for the health service and the people who ...
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CommentAn open letter from David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS
‘We will be showcasing what is brightest and best about the NHS and healthcare in the UK’
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News1,600 job cuts criticised by Unison
Union leaders have attacked plans to cut 1,600 posts at a Midlands trust, warning it could lead to a possible repeat of the hospital scandal that led to hundreds of avoidable deaths.
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NewsNHS writes off £35m owed by foreign patients
The NHS has failed to collect more than £35m owed by overseas patients for treatment in England since 2002, according to official figures.
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Comment
The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders
The NHS Commissioning Board’s greatest influence on quality will be through how it splashes its cash
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CommentWhat happens if the health reforms work?
Anyone looking at the future of the government’s reforms is always interested in the question: “What happens if this doesn’t really work the way the government wants it to?”
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NewsTrust fined after asbestos breaches
A trust and a security firm it hired have both been fined for health and safety breaches after asbestos was released into a hospital.
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NewsHospitals face fines for mixed-sex wards
Hospitals will be fined £250 per patient per day for breaking rules on mixed-sex accommodation after more than 11,000 breaches in just one month, the government has said.
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News40% of A&E patients do not need treatment
Almost 40% of people attending A&E and minor injury units leave without needing any treatment, according to a new report.
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NewsTrusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
Two London hospital trusts, one of which is struggling with a large private finance initiative, are competing to swallow up two smaller trusts.
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NewsYour essential guide to the Health Bill
Analysis of this week’s Health Bill by HSJ and lawyers Beachcroft has shed further light on the direction and nature of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS reforms.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham Trust risks unfunded activity
FINANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is reporting a deficit against plan of £1.28m and is carrying out activity that may not be funded by commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust spending £3.6m more than plan on pay
FINANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is reporting an adverse variance on pay expenditure against plan of £3.602m.
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HSJ Local
North Staffs sets revised date for becoming FT
STRUCTURE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has put back its proposed timescale for achieving foundation status.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT board focuses on community services
STRUCTURE: The board is expecting close involvement in the “problematical and time-consuming” task of vertical integration with the community services from Newcastle Primary Care Trust.
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NewsBill could lead to 'dilution' of pensions benefits
Monitor could push for the value of NHS pensions to be reduced under the terms of the Health Bill.