All Acute care articles – Page 312
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NewsHospital Guide consultation - share your views
HSJ readers have until 3 September to help determine the metrics that will be used in this year’s Dr Foster Hospital Guide.
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NewsLabour accuses SNP of hypocrisy over bed cuts
Labour has accused the Scottish government of “staggering hypocrisy” after figures showed more than 1,100 hospital beds have been cut in the past three years.
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NewsOperations suspended after flesh contamination
Operations at two hospitals have been suspended after surgical kits were found to be contaminated with human flesh.
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HSJ KnowledgeVenous thromboembolism
VTE is a significant cause of mortality, long-term disability and chronic ill health. It is thought that there are around 25,000 deaths from VTE each year in hospitals in England.
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NewsCare trust plus chief executive quits for hospital
The chief executive of North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus is leaving the organisation after 10 years.
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NewsKidney transplants from cardiac deaths could reduce waiting lists
Supplies of kidneys suitable for transplant operations could receive a major boost after new research backed the use of organs from donors who died due to heart problems.
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NewsMixed sex wards and ennui
Health secretary Andrew Lansley this week announced an end to mixed sex wards in the NHS, prompting an outbreak of ennui.
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NewsFinancial fears as axe falls on Audit Commission
The abolition of the Audit Commission has heightened concern about the NHS losing control of financial management as the government cuts growth and overhauls commissioning.
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NewsNHS Confed is still ‘looking out’ for all its members
After a ‘torrid’ first three months as chair of the NHS Confederation, Sir Keith Pearson believes the organisation can continue to be an umbrella for purchaser and provider interests, he tells Charlotte Santry
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Comment'We all know NHS change will keep coming - the trick is to adapt'
In the immediate wake of the white paper it would be churlish to ignore what are potentially the most significant changes in the history of the health service.
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NewsFTs favour male nurse directors
Foundation trusts are more likely to give senior nursing posts to men than acute trusts without foundation status, an investigation by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has found.
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NewsDr Foster consults on the Good Hospital guide
HSJ readers have been given the exclusive opportunity to help determine the metrics which will be used in this year’s Dr Foster Hospital Guide.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic exemplifies the spirit of clinical leadership, says Claire Lemer
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LeaderHelp shape the 2010 Hospital Guide
The history of Dr Foster’s Hospital Guide is a microcosm of the last decade’s debate over healthcare quality.
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NewsHospital criticised over maternity unit standards
HEI inspectors uncovered a number of problems, including finding out-of-date medical supplies dating back to 2002, when they visited a hospital maternity unit, it has been revealed.
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NewsHospitals to face mixed-sex ward fines
Hospitals will face fines if they fail to end the “indignity” of mixed-sex wards, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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InformationAHRQ patient safety indicator composite
Including postoperative haemorrhage, physiologic and metabolic derangement, respiratory failure, and pulmonary embolism
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InformationUrology basket
Including length of stay, day case rates, and standardised readmission ratios for urology procedures
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InformationMortality in conditions amenable to healthcare
Standardised mortality ratio of admissions from selected causes considered amenable to healthcare that resulted in death
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InformationPaediatric basket
Including umbilical hernia complications, emergency appendicectomies and medical circumcisions