All Acute care articles – Page 4
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Inquiries – who are they for?
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss three major NHS inquiries that started hearing evidence this week.
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HSJ InteractiveHow wound care can be a priority for the NHS
An HSJ roundtable, in association with Smith+Nephew, considered how wound care can be a priority for the NHS
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Getting what you pay for
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues talk winter, money and “collective action” from GPs.
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NewsDemands on maternity services have ‘changed beyond recognition’, says NHSE director
Expectations on maternity services have “changed beyond recognition” in recent years, an NHS England director has said, admitting “status quo” staffing levels “will not be sufficient going forward”.
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NewsHospital reconfigurations ‘negatively impacting’ patients, warn government advisers
Clinical service reconfigurations are mostly driven by the “poor condition of [the] NHS estate” and a lack of staff rather than a desire to “improve clinical outcomes”, advisers to the Department of Health and Social Care have said.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Chairs in the hot seat
This week’s HSJ podcast looks at the results of the Care Quality Commission’s inpatient survey, plus a contentious story on chairs and non-executive directors.
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HSJ LocalCEO expresses ‘extreme concern’ about trust performance
An acute trust chief executive has warned that his organisation will struggle to “provide high-quality, timely, and financially affordable care” over the winter.
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NewsRevealed: the best and worst trusts for inpatient experience
Satisfaction with NHS inpatient care held up in 2023 despite increasing pressure on the service, a Care Quality Commission survey has revealed.
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HSJ InteractiveCould artificial intelligence help refine diagnostic pathways for arrhythmia?
A recent HSJ webinar, in association with iRhythm Technologies, explored challenges in arrhythmia diagnosis, highlighting AI’s potential and the need for patient trust
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust appoints interim CEO from neighbour
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has appointed an interim chief executive from a neighbouring specialist provider, just days after the current CEO announced her departure.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in June 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsRevealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
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NewsExclusive: 20,000 patients a year ‘warehoused’ in community beds after hospital discharge
More than 20,000 patients each year are being left to languish in care homes and community beds after discharge from hospital without any rehab support according to new data obtained by HSJ.
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NewsNHS needs ‘financial reset’, says leading CEO
A leading system CEO has called for a “financial reset” for the NHS and a move away from using 2019-20 as the baseline against which elective recovery is measured.
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NewsIT outage still disrupting services after region declared ‘critical incident’
Disruption to GP services is expected to continue this week, while London had to declare a “critical incident” over the Microsoft outage.
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NewsThree trusts to share CEO and chair
Three trusts in the South West have announced plans to appoint a joint chair and chief executive, and form a new “group model”.
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NewsCQC chief admits ‘we’ve lost your trust’ and announces more inspections
The Care Quality Commission’s new chief executive has admitted the regulator “got things wrong” during the rollout of its new inspection regime and announced an increase in the number of assessments it carries out.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsLong waiters increase raises fresh questions over key NHSE target
The number of 65-week elective waits has increased for consecutive months with the figure rising by more than ten per cent to around 56,000 in May, NHS England’s latest statistics show.
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HSJ LocalTransfusion never events just ‘tip of iceberg’ at troubled trust
Fourteen never events recorded at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s transfusion service were the “tip of an iceberg”, an external review has concluded.