All Acute care articles – Page 344
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CommentPeter Reeves: a new deal for NHS non-executives
Fresh thinking is needed to help NHS non-executive directors hold their boards to account - and find self-fulfilment
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NewsQIPP leads reveal hit list
Slashing follow-up appointments after surgery and spending on drugs will be two of the controversial areas targeted first by the national quality and productivity leads.
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NewsNHS IT programme: patient record options urged
The national programme for IT must urgently support short term alternatives to its main hospital patient record products. Otherwise, it will put at risk NHS efforts to save money while protecting patients, the former interim Department of Health chief information officer has said.
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NewsTrust failings allowed nurse to kill, says report
A series of failings at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in West Yorkshire allowed former nurse Colin Norris to kill four elderly patients, an independent inquiry has found.
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NewsKing's Fund report calls for end of life care investment
Steps must be taken to continue the existing commitment to end of life care and give patients meaningful choices about where they are to die, a report by the King’s Fund says.
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NewsData on assault admissions released
More than 181,000 people were admitted to accident and emergency after assaults in 2008-09, data from the NHS Information Centre reveals.
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Foundation seeks pay rise below Agenda for Change rate
The only foundation trust outside the national pay framework has made its first real attempt to break away from national pay rates.
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NewsHospital lands low carbon award
A London hospital has joined Marks & Spencer, Chelsea Football Club and high street chain Pret a Manger in earning recognition for its work on reducing carbon emissions.
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NewsHealth Foundation announces quality improvement scheme
The Health Foundation is offering 18 funded places on a new quality improvement leadership scheme.
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NewsAdvisory panel for BME cancer patients
Black and minority ethnic cancer patients are to be given a greater voice through a new advisory panel.
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HSJ KnowledgeTake action to avoid coroners’ reports
Coroners produce rule 43 reports into deaths to prevent future fatalities. Providers must follow a number of steps to stay out of them, says Adam Hartrick
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HSJ Knowledge
Pathology Modernisation
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Pathology Modernisation conference
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HSJ Knowledge
Pathology Modernisation - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Pathology Modernisation conference
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NewsKing's Fund highlights risks of quality reporting
A King’s Fund report published today has highlighted the benefits of measuring and reporting on quality of care, but also the significant risks.
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NewsMPs told to ‘free’ PCTs of acute commissioning
Primary care trusts should be “released” from commissioning acute care and left to concentrate on improving primary and community services, MPs have been told.
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NewsRise in acute admissions will be ‘unsustainable’ for PCTs
Just 10 per cent of primary care trusts have successfully reduced emergency admissions to their local acute trusts.
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LeaderThis is PCTs’ admission of failure – but everyone shares the blame
Analysis of primary care trusts’ emergency and elective admissions data, shared exclusively with HSJ by health intelligence provider CHKS, reveals that in the majority of areas, both trends are going in the wrong direction: upwards.
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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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CommentNeil Churchill: advice for managers on giving criticism
As a manager, you are meant to give three pieces of praise for every piece of criticism. That’s the minimum ratio experts believe is effective in encouraging good performance.
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NewsEast Midlands Ambulance Service Trust given clean bill of health
East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust has been given a clean bill of health after a repeat hygiene inspection by the Care Quality Commission.