All Acute care articles – Page 369
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NewsNHS hospitals to be forced to accept major trauma cases
Regions must earmark hospitals as major trauma centres that can be forced to accept seriously injured patients, the trauma czar has said.
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NHS Counter Fraud Service slated after trial collapses
The former chief executive of a private hospital group has criticised the NHS Counter Fraud Service and police after his trial for fraud collapsed.
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CommentLord Darzi on the first year of high quality care for all
The NHS’s cup is not running over as the service enters a period of increasing financial pressure, but the vintage laid down last year offers the best hope for everyone’s future
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NewsWales NHS managers report boosted self confidence
Healthcare managers in Wales are reporting boosted self confidence as a second senior manager departs the English health service to work in Wales’s integrated system.
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NewsQuality is 'the buzzword' in the NHS
Health minister Lord Darzi has said the impact of his next stage review has “far exceeded” his expectations already.
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NewsMid Staffs refuses to publish report on chief executive
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has defied ministers by refusing to publish an independent report on its former chief executive.
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CommentSophia Christie on NICE and lifesaving myths
Last year, journalist Adam Wishart approached me about taking part in a television documentary, The Price of Life, which aired on BBC2 last week.
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NewsMRSA figures reveal patchy success
Nearly a third of trusts have failed to halve their MRSA rates a year after the deadline for the NHS to cut infection levels by 50 per cent.
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NewsOrgan donations to strangers increase
More than 20 people in the UK have donated a kidney to a stranger, according to the Human Tissue Authority.
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Monitor has ‘effectively cancelled’ PFI contracts
Monitor has been accused of “effectively cancelling” the remaining NHS private finance initiative schemes.
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NewsBowel cancer survival rates improve
Bowel cancer need not be a death sentence, say experts at the National Cancer Intelligence Network and the Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service.
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NewsTrust to review 3,500 cancer tests following 'misdiagnosis'
Concerns that patients at a hospital trust were misdiagnosed have prompted an independent review of 3,500 cancer tests, it has been revealed.
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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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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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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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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.