All Acute care articles – Page 5
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HSJ LocalTroubled ICS diverting 400 electives each week under new model
One of England’s most challenged systems is diverting around 400 patients a week, mostly long waiters, away from its largest trust towards private hospitals and neighbouring NHS providers, after setting up a new “coordination centre”.
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LeaderThe three tensions the new government must resolve
The new government will need to resolve three tensions in its mission to fix the broken NHS, writes Dave West.
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NewsBiggest ever fall in maternal smoking after NHS prevention scheme expanded
Last year saw the biggest ever fall in the proportion of mothers smoking during pregnancy, which campaigners have attributed to expansion of a “stop smoking” programme in maternity services.
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CommentA blueprint for NHS efficiency
David Selwyn explains how NHS leaders must optimise the surgical pathway to reduce last-minute cancellations, improving patient outcomes and saving in the process
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed if artificial intelligence could help refine diagnostic pathways for arrhythmia
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. More than 2 million people in the UK are said to have arrhythmia and 1.4 million of those have atrial fibrillation – a heart rhythm disturbance in which the heart beats irregularly ...
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HSJ LocalNurses to strike over 9pm finish time
Theatre nurses who are Unite members at a major teaching trust are set to go on strike over the extension of their shift times, the trade union has announced.
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NewsCQC appoints interim chief inspector
The Care Quality Commission has appointed an interim chief inspector of healthcare to cover another director’s period of illness.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentWait list and longest waits all worsen in last figures before election
The waiting list has grown since Rishi Sunak pledged it would fall, but his promise people would get care quicker has come true
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NewsICB plans to ‘decommission outpatient clinics’
An integrated care board is planning to decommission secondary care outpatient clinics and replace them with primary and community care services.
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CommentStreeting should empower ICSs, not undermine them
Wes Streeting risks undermining integrated care systems, and Labour’s own promise not to restructure the NHS, if he seeks to manage elective recovery directly via trusts, says NHS Confederation CEO Matthew Taylor
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2024: Driving Change Through Data and Analytics Award
WINNER East London NHS Foundation Trust: Bringing Integrated aAnalytics Into the Hands of Clinicians
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HSJ LocalReview of maternal deaths at 'inadequate' unit
A trust has launched an external review into deaths at its “inadequate” maternity unit after concerns were raised about its mortality rate.
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NewsICS explores wide-ranging service reorganisation
An integrated care system is seeking support to explore a wide-ranging reconfiguration programme encompassing all acute and community services, HSJ has learned.
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CommentTesting Labour’s waiting list pledge
Waiting list expert Rob Findlay examines whether Labour’s election pledge to restore the 18 week elective target within five years is feasible.
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News‘Most improved’ trust exits NHSE intensive support
A trust that has spent most of the past decade in regulatory “special measures” has left NHS England’s “recovery support programme”.
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HSJ LocalNew hospital set to open with £40m running cost gap
A new hospital which has taken over a decade to deliver will open without all the funding needed to run it, the trust’s chief executive has warned.
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HSJ LocalMaternity-scandal trust to share chair with neighbour
A struggling acute trust has announced plans to share a chair with its neighbouring community provider.
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HSJ InteractiveNavigating the complexities of obesity treatment in the NHS
An HSJ webinar explores strategies for the NHS to tackle challenges such as managing patient demand, navigating resource constraints, and assessing the effectiveness of new medications in combating the obesity crisis
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HSJ Local‘Rolls-Royce’ EPR still being driven ‘like a Ford Focus’ admits trust CEO
The chief executive of an acute trust operating in one of the country’s most troubled healthcare economies has admitted his organisation is struggling to get the most from its top of the range electronic patient record system three years after rollout.