All Acute care articles – Page 453
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Pandemic flu guidelines published for social care
The Department of Health has published guidelines for dealing with an influenza pandemic.The guidelines, for social care staff and volunteers, is supplementary to the revised national framework on responding to a flu pandemic.Read the guidance here
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Review says junior doctors should get guaranteed interviews
The review group examining the selection process for junior doctors has recommended all eligible applicants are guaranteed an interview for their first or second choice of training post.The review also said those who have not been shortlisted for any interviews will have their applications reviewed.Read the press release here
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Doctors have feelings too
I read Anna Donald's article on doctors' motives with interest (opinion, page 17, 8 March 2007). In terms of what doctors need, it is about finding an acceptable means of emotional release.
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X-ray waiting lists drop
Patient waits for diagnostic tests such as x-rays have dropped by as much as 33 per cent, according to a report by the Healthcare Commission.But the report also found two out of three clinicians are waiting too long for results.Read the report here
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Your Humble Servant: life on Mars
‘The ambulance would be at least an hour and that they should do what first aid they could until the paramedics arrived’
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HSJ Knowledge
Kate Silvester on process mapping
Mapping a process can help to solve problems, leading to savings, better efficiency and happier staff
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Major malfunction
The market-based system of payment by results is not functioning as hoped, causing adversarial relationships,
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Burnham launches payment by results consultation
Andy Burnham has invited views on a number of ways to develop the payment by results system for 2008-09 and beyond.The ideas include strengthening payment by results data, more unbundling of tariffs, setting prices based on effective practice rather than on average costs and extending the system to more services.Read ...
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Joint replacements to face tougher safety tests
New European legislation has reclassified hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements in an attempt to make them safer.They will now require a higher level of scrutiny by certification organisations, before they are placed on the UK market.The change follows concerns that hip implants were not classed as a high-risk device ...
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Good Hope consultation nears close
Residents from north and east Birmingham and South Staffordshire have until 19 March to put forward their views about the future of Good Hope Hospital. NHS West Midlands is collating public views on proposals for the hospital to become party of Heart of England foundation trust.Since November 2005, Heart of ...
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Sussex reorganisations to be examined separately as elections split consultation
Public consultation on controversial changes to hospitals in parts of Sussex is to get under way this month - despite campaigners' objections that plans for the whole county need to be looked at together.
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Minister responds to continuing care report
The minister for care services Ivan Lewis has responded to the report by the health service ombudsman Retrospective Continuing Care and Redress.He recognised the difficult decisions faced by families considering residential care and said the government would isssue guidance in response to the ombudsman's recommendations.Read more here
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Diagnostic waiting times released
The Department of Health has released the waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS.It says the data shows progress in tackling the waiting times for diagnostic tests like scans.Get the waiting times here
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DIY service improvement kit launched
Doctors, nurses and call handlers will be able to assess their ability to identify emergencies, the quality of their advice and speed of response using a new clinical audit toolkit to help improve the standard of out-of-hours services.The arrangements are set out in a document published by health minister Andy ...
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Lord Crisp heads bid to tackle health worker shortage
A World Health Organisation international task force co-chaired by former NHS chief executive Lord Crisp met for the first time today to tackle the global shortage of health workers.The shortfall of workers worldwide is around 4.3 million in 57 countries, including 1 million in 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Initial ...
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DoH publishes partnerships guidance
The Department of Health has published guidance on the role of third sector providers in health and social care.The guidance includes case studies on how effective commissioning of the third sector can lead to a more innovative and dynamic service.Read the guidance here
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Patients fear effects of nursing shortages
A YouGov poll commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing has found the public are concerned that nurse under-staffing will have a detrimental effect on patient safety.Over 70 per cent thought that if more nurses were employed standards of healthcare would improve. Ninety-three per cent felt the NHS has a ...
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Commission to look at learning disabilities accusations
The Healthcare Commission has said it will review six cases highlighted by learning disability charity Mencap of people with learning disabilities who died from physical illnesses.Mencap has accused the NHS of institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities, saying their physical health needs are ignored.Meanwhile the Department of Health has ...
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Tristan Reuser on clinical engagement
The re-engineering of health systems requires traditional barriers between primary and secondary care to come down, writes Tristan Reuser
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Healthcheck consultation launched
The Healthcare Commission is to consult on plans to drive a culture of safety through the NHS, using its annual assessments of NHS organisations to monitor rates of healthcare-acquired infection and compliance with the hygiene code.The proposals also include a stronger focus on clinical effectiveness and commissioning.Find out more here