All Acute care articles – Page 310
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NewsGuide hopes to avoid death rate panic
The NHS is launching a coordinated attempt to manage the reaction to this year's Dr Foster Hospital Guide, due next month.
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NewsSingle rooms no better say economists
Giving patients their own hospital room does not improve infection rates or lengths of stay and increases the likelihood of falls, unpublished research for the Department of Health shows.
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Comment'La La is throwing his limited political capital into reshuffling bureaucracy'
It’s all getting rather confusing with La La Lansley. Is he the mild mannered janitor who turns in to Hong Kong Phooey, or is he just the janitor for Stephen Dorrell?
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NewsGovernment drops one-on-one cancer nurse plan
Plans made under Labour to improve cancer services and provide free prescriptions for people with long term conditions have been abandoned by the government, it has confirmed.
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CommentAn action plan for busting NHS deficits
An action plan is needed now to ensure acute trusts do not run out of money in 2011
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NewsMP calls for NAO investigation into 'misguided' halting of reconfiguration plans
An MP has asked the National Audit Office to investigate health secretary Andrew Lansley’s decision to order a review of a reconfiguration consultation.
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NewsNHS London volunteers external oversight in 'Lansley tests' over reconfiguration plans
NHS London could lose its responsibility for applying the four tests Andrew Lansley has ordered all hospital reconfiguration plans to meet.
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NewsWard closed after C diff deaths
A hospital ward has been closed after the death of two patients who had contracted the Clostridium difficile infection, health chiefs have said.
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NewsLondon trusts top of patient complaints list
London hospitals are the subject of more serious patient complaints than any other type of secondary care trust, a review by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham reveals.
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NewsNHS IT supplier agrees contract 'efficiencies'
BT – one of the major NHS IT suppliers – has agreed changes “designed to deliver efficiencies” in its government contracts.
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NewsMaternity ward sealed off over skin infection
A maternity and neo-natal ward where two babies and a mother fell ill with a skin infection has been sealed off.
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NewsPublic finance adviser joins Mid Staffs inquiry
Former public finance adviser to the treasury Sir Adrian Montague has been appointed onto the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry team.
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NewsSalisbury chief seconded to DH provider role
Salisbury Foundation Trust chief executive Matthew Kershaw has been appointed director of provider delivery at the Department of Health.
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News‘Nearly £2bn could be saved’ in NHS property sell-offs
The NHS owns empty or under-used buildings and land that could be sold for £1.45bn, saving a further £521m in revenue costs each year, according to a new study seen exclusively by HSJ.
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NewsTwo ambulance trusts get all-clear from Lansley
Two ambulance service trusts are the first to be put forward by the health secretary for approval to become foundation trusts.
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NewsDH turns a blind eye to working time rules
The Department of Health has moved to “limit” the impact of the European working time directive on the NHS, HSJ has learnt.
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CommentCompetition could change the face of healthcare
Competition could change the health landscape in the same way it did with gas, electricity and telecoms
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NewsNHS estate services costs vary widely
The EC Harris study found significant variations between the best and worst performing trusts on estate costs.
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CommentTake the lead in preventing ill health
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Britain was known as “the sick man of Europe”. Then it related to industrial strife and poor economic performance. Now we are in danger of regaining that mantle, but this time in public health terms.
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NewsCollege to lobby for inclusion of secondary care in consortia
The government must formally acknowledge the vital role consultants can play in commissioning, the Royal College of Physicians has said in its white paper response.