All Acute care articles – Page 311
-
NewsAlcohol-related hospital admissions soar
Nearly a million people were admitted to hospital due to alcohol-related harm in England in 2008/09, researchers have found.
-
NewsEx Cornwall chief exec wins £1.2m compensation
The former chief executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been awarded £1.2m in compensation for unfair dismissal over whistleblowing.
-
HSJ KnowledgeCardiac care pathway: all hands to the pump
A countywide angioplasty service is speeding up recovery times through multi-trust cooperation, reports Alison Moore
-
NewsHundreds of patients face hip replacement recall
A medical device company has issued an urgent safety notice after discovering problems with hip replacement devices thought to have been fitted in hundreds of NHS patients.
-
NewsElderly 'being left to go hungry on wards'
Elderly people are being left to go hungry on NHS wards, a report has claimed.
-
NewsInfant deaths prompt deep clean at UCH
A leading hospital has said it had stepped up cleaning and taken other measures after four premature babies were found to be infected with a an infection resistant to common antibiotics.
-
HSJ KnowledgePatient data management system
Following Brighton and Hove Integrated Care Service’s (BICS) first year in operation, the not-for-profit organisation had a comprehensive understanding of its core values and recognised the need to implement a tailor-made patient data management system.
-
InformationStroke indicators
Istroke patients receiving treatment, with hospital acquired pneumonitis, or dying in hospital
-
News
Trust rapped over patient records found at bus stop
A trust has signed an agreement to tighten up its data protection procedures after more than 100 copies of patient records were found on a CD left at a bus stop.
-
NewsBid to avert health driver strikes
Last-ditch talks will be held today to resolve a dispute over plans to privatise the work of health staff who drive patients to and from hospitals.
-
NewsFT proposals: 'difficult questions' remain
White paper plans for moving trusts to foundation status are “not very sophisticated”, the NHS Confederation has warned.
-
HSJ KnowledgeUsing patient opinion to inform service design
Patients’ opinions of the care they received are informing better service design choices, writes Jennifer Taylor
-
NewsCQC tells United Lincs to improve on dignity and workforce support
An acute trust has been told to improve standards on quality and safety following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
-
NewsTrust not meeting Royal College of Surgeons' decontamination policy
Hillingdon Hospital Trust, where contaminated surgical instruments were identified last week, is not complying with the Royal College of Surgeons of England policy on decontamination.
-
HSJ KnowledgeStop lethal blood clots: get good ideas into circulation
In Salisbury work on upgrading risk assessment for lethal blood clots halved secondary venous thromboembolism rates in two years, reports Jennifer Taylor
-
Comment'Remove the barriers to healthcare innovation'
We need new players in healthcare because they, not the incumbents, are the innovators
-
NewsClinical coding improving, says Audit Commission
The accuracy of hospital trusts’ clinical coding has improved significantly in the past three years, but remains very poor at some organisations, according to the Audit Commission.
-
NewsMonitor set local authority concerns aside
Monitor has declined to act on local authority concerns about major foundation trust service change on at least two occasions in the last year, it has emerged.
-
NewsNHS complaints reach record high
The number of complaints about NHS hospitals and community health services in England is at a record high, figures showed today.
-
NewsHospital ward closed after fatal streptococcus outbreak
A Drumchapel Hospital ward has been closed following a Group A streptococcal bacterial outbreak that claimed the life of an elderly patient, a health board has revealed.