All Acute care articles – Page 337
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CommentYour Humble Servant: lights, camera, casualty
‘The crying was spot on. As you talked with humility about the demise of Mrs Smith, the tears that began rolling down your cheeks captured the emotion and sincerity of our apology perfectly’
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NewsNHS is yet to capture the wealth of the net
Texting appointment reminders is a good start but the health service lags far behind leading industries in exploiting the rich potential of the digital revolution, reports Dave West
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NewsQuestions over national cold weather plan
Calls for the creation of a national “cold weather plan” have sparked concerns over who should deliver it among health and social care, and primary and acute care.
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CommentRoger Taylor on the NHS safety debate
The public needs all the facts to enable them to fully engage in the debate on healthcare safety
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LeaderHeed Liam Donaldson’s frosty warning on winter pressures
The chief medical officer’s call for a plan to reduce the number of deaths in winter was welcomed by the health service but the responses from different parts of the sector smacked of buck passing.
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NewsClose hospital beds to save money, says report
Some regions of the country should close more than a quarter of their hospital beds to save on running costs and improve care for individual patients, a think tank has said.
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CommentAndrew Haldenby on hospital closures and competition
The gloom surrounding the UK’s public finances is darkening as the general election approaches.
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NewsPatient groups back closure of hospitals
Dozens of patient organisations are backing plans to close hospital services in coming years, but fear they will be let down by bad public engagement.
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NewsCall to close beds
Think tank Reform has called on the NHS to close tens of thousands of hospital beds.
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NewsBill Moyes teams with Paul Corrigan in policy talks
Two heavyweights of Labour’s health policy have teamed up with a think tank close to the Conservatives to argue for a curtailing of the Department of Health’s power and remit.
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NewsSussex chief to step down without notice
The chief executive of a Sussex acute trust is to leave at the end of the month without working out her notice.
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NewsAssault reporting scheme rolled out
A surveillance scheme has been launched that uses NHS hospital data to provide a snapshot of the number of assaults taking place each year in Scotland.
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NewsRape victims 'need more NHS support'
Every victim of rape should be offered a choice of a male or female doctor on the NHS, a landmark review has recommended.
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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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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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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.