All Acute care articles – Page 362
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HSJ KnowledgeA guide to fast and seamless stroke care
Good stroke care is not just about the acute stage - services must be designed from the paramedic through to social care post-discharge.
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NewsHospital apologises for baby snatching incident
A hospital has apologised after a female patient nearly had her nine month old baby snatched from the ward in which she was staying.
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HSJ KnowledgeChanging NHS end of life care for the better
Most people say they would prefer to die at home but many do not as end of life care has traditionally been neglected. But it looks as if things are finally starting to change
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High-risk medications
The key intervention that Medway foundation trust has put into practice is the reducing harm from high-risk meds intervention. This aims to reduce harm from five high-risk medicines with a specific focus on insulin.
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Critical care interventions
Colchester General Hospital signed up to Patient Safety First in 2008. One of the key interventions they have targeted is the ventilator care bundle, which is part of the critical care intervention that aims to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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CommentStephen Eames on large scale health solutions
Writing this, I know there will be catcalls from many quarters because as a chief executive of a large acute organisation I will be regarded as self interested, self serving or at worst unreconstructed, but here goes.
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NewsDepartment of Health plans to split Monitor top job
Monitor’s top job is to be split in two under plans being developed by the Department of Health.
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NewsFoundations defend private board meetings
Foundation trust directors have defended their decisions to meet in private, despite growing pressure on them to be more open.
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NewsHome care to ease hospital bed demands
A Number 10 document setting out the government’s plans for the next 12 months will promise more care for people in their own homes.
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CommentCally Bann on the vagaries of leadership
It should be the best week of the year, what with Sir Seymour still away at his annual shoulder rub with the hoi polloi at the Chelsea Flower Show and the whole of the SHA away for a snuffle in the trough at Liverpool.
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NewsHealth science centre appoints managing director
The UCL Partners academic health science centre has appointed David Fish as managing director.
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CommentSafe staffing levels, safe patients
Staff shortages, equipment shortages, inadequate supervision, delays all round, poor observation of sick patients, staff not sufficiently trained, call bells going unanswered, drugs not given at all or on time, problems with cleanliness, insufficient beds - is there an acute trust chief executive that can answer “none of the above”?
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CommentHow to create a culture of safety in the NHS
Almost every week, there are examples of poorly co-ordinated healthcare in the national papers: a “hospital blunder” here, a “scandal” there. But what will really wake clinicians up are the failures at Mid Staffordshire.
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NewsIntegrated care pilot to be investigated
One of the Department of Health’s integrated care pilot schemes is to be investigated by the co-operation and competition panel to see if it breaches merger, choice and competition rules.
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NewsUK woman dies from swine flu
Health chiefs are continuing to look into the first UK death of a patient suffering from swine flu.
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NewsAndy Burnham promises to overhaul NHS targets
Health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to “deep clean the target regime”.
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NewsBurnham backs review of private patient income cap
Health secretary Andy Burnham has backed a review of the limit on foundation trusts’ income from private patients.
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NewsBe honest about weaknesses in quality accounts, FTs told
Foundation trusts have been urged to be “honest” with the public about weaknesses in their quality reports and accounts.
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NewsFoundation trusts fear ministers may undercut Monitor role
The government has been warned not to undermine Monitor after revealing it may claw back powers from foundation trusts in response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal.
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NewsConcerns NHS could be challenged under EU competition law
NHS contracts with private providers could fall foul of EU competition rules if they allow excessive profits, a briefing paper from the NHS Confederation warns.