All Acute care articles – Page 334
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NewsCMO's report: national plan needed to cut winter death toll
A national cold weather plan should be developed to help reduce England’s annual winter death toll, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has said in his final annual report.
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HSJ Knowledge
Urgent and Emergency Care
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Urgent and Emergency Care conference
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HSJ Knowledge
Urgent and Emergency Care - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Urgent and Emergency Care conference
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NewsPoor hospital communication criticised in coroner's report
Communication between doctors and nurses treating a 21 month old boy who later died was “poor”, a coroner’s report says.
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News'Major changes' after avoidable hospital deaths
A hospital has introduced “major changes” to its nursing care after a coroner said a catalogue of failings had led to the deaths of two patients, its chief nurse said today.
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NewsPlans made for deauthorising failing FTs
A process for deauthorising failing foundation trusts is set be put in place during the summer after a “proper” consultation process led by Monitor.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on suspending NHS incentives
Research from the London School of Economics published in December gave insight into how competition within the NHS is benefiting patients.
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NewsFirst patient reported outcomes due in April
The first results from the NHS’s landmark collection of patient reported outcome measures are expected to be published next month despite earlier concerns about whether enough patients had responded.
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NewsAndrew Lansley backs Burnley crusade
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed calls for accident and emergency status to be restored to the emergency service at Burnley General Hospital in Lancashire.
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NewsA&E wait is not being gamed, new data suggests
The proportion of patients admitted from accident and emergency units without first being assessed or treated has more than halved since the four hour target was introduced.
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News£21bn spent on health inequalities has had little impact
There is little to show for the £21bn in annual NHS spending allocated to reduce health in-equalities, the Audit Commission has concluded.
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NewsHospital staff at risk of 'compassion fatigue'
Being asked to treat patients in unsuitable conditions could make nurses desensitised to poor care, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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NewsTrust defends its use of extra beds
Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust has justified its policy of putting patients in wards which are already full, after Nursing Times received a complaint that the practice was unsafe.
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News'Full' hospitals are treating patients in non-clinical areas
Patients are routinely being treated in areas of hospitals not designed for care, a survey by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has revealed.
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NewsNHS trusts 'give incorrect performance data'
More than half of hospital trusts inspected last year provided the public with incorrect information on their performance and quality of care, it has been claimed.
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NewsTrust appoints medical director
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Dr Robin Bolton as its new medical director, taking effect from 1 April.
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NewsCall to boost rural healthcare
The Royal College of Nursing Scotland is calling for new technology to improve patients’ access to healthcare.
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NewsExcluding independent sector from NHS services 'potentially unlawful'
Excluding the independent sector from bidding to provide NHS services is “unacceptable and potentially unlawful”, the NHS Confederation Partners Network has said.
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NewsHeart surgery suspended as deaths investigated
John Radcliffe Hospital is investigating the deaths of four children who underwent heart operations there in recent months.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on the rules of payment by results
A rules-based system. That was the aspiration in 2004 when payment by results was introduced to England’s NHS.