All Acute care articles – Page 298
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NewsTrusts warned not to neglect patient experience
Hospital trusts should not neglect efforts to improve patient experience, as it can lead to savings and also improve quality, according to the NHS Confederation.
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NewsWide variation found in outpatient attendance
Attendance rates for outpatient appointments vary significantly between trusts and regions, analysis by Dr Foster and HSJ reveals.
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NewsKing’s Fund finds quality accounts tension
The first set of NHS quality accounts were characterised by “variation and a lack of comparability”, a King’s Fund analysis has found.
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NewsReview of care for limbless ex-servicemen
A review of how the NHS looks after former British service personnel who lost limbs serving their country has been launched by the government.
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NewsSHA did not have 'hidden agenda'
South West Strategic Health Authority has been cleared of having any improper influence over the dismissal of a hospital chief executive.
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NewsMonitor plans tougher standards for FTs
Foundation trusts will face tougher standards from next year on tracking and reporting care quality, under new proposals published by their regulator Monitor.
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NewsKnighthood for Guys' chief executive
Ron Kerr, chief executive at Guys and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has been knighted in the New Years Honours list.
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NewsRush to market cancer test breakthrough
An experimental blood test that can spot a single cancer cell among a billion healthy ones has taken a step closer to being brought to market.
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NewsNHS 'wastes billions' on procurement
More than £1bn of taxpayers’ money a year is being wasted by NHS managers who spend vastly differing amounts on the same supplies, the head of a government-backed healthcare efficiency drive has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeA model for the co-provision of home-based care
A co-provision approach to post acute re-enablement has reduced lengths of hospital stays in pilot areas, as Katie Donlevy and James Heffron explain
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CommentIncentives for doctors: the big chill will hit medics too
Incentives for doctors is not a bad idea but they should only be given for tangible improvements
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CommentA survival plan for non-foundation trusts
The government has committed to the foundation trust model as the default structure for providers in the NHS.
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NewsFlu death toll reaches 27
A total of 27 people have died from influenza this winter, including nine children, latest official figures show.
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Five trusts now predicting year-end deficits
Four primary care trusts and one hospital trust who were predicting year-end surpluses in the first quarter of 2010-11 are now predicting deficits.
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NewsNumber of A&E consultants must double to cope with new indicators
The new accident and emergency indicators will require some departments to double their A&E consultants while others will struggle to record the data without upgrading their IT, the HSJ has been told.
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NewsCQC lifts conditions on Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT
The Care Quality Commission has lifted all the registration conditions previously imposed on a foundation trust in Buckinghamshire.
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NewsRise in intensive care beds occupied by flu patients
The number of flu cases being treated in critical care beds has increased by 66 per cent in the last week, according to figures released by the Department of Health.
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NewsCQC lifts half of conditions at east London hospital trust
Half of the registration conditions imposed on Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust have now been lifted by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCancer survival in UK worse than other developed countries
Glaring gaps in cancer survival rates between the UK and other developed countries have been exposed in a major study.
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NewsDundee hospital told to improve hygiene
Infection control standards at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee have come under fire from health inspectors.