All Acute care articles – Page 82
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HSJ LocalChief exec and chair to take on neighbouring hospital trust
A remote acute and community trust will share a chair and chief executive with its nearest neighbour in a bid to find “long term solutions” to its challenges.
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NewsPrivate sector insurers agree to share safety data with CQC
Four private health insurance companies have signed an agreement with the Care Quality Commission to share more data about the quality and safety of independent hospitals, it has emerged.
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CommentFuture healthcare funding will require tax increases
Anita Charlesworth discusses the dilemma facing the government: improving the quality of the health service through a rise in healthcare spend or increasing the low level of taxes
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Expert BriefingThe rights and wrongs of introducing new targets
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Next winter's big obsession?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to work around major reconfiguration delay
Two acute trusts are trying to develop a shared on-call rota for vascular surgery after a long awaited reconfiguration was delayed again.
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NewsNHS Improvement to drive reconfiguration of provider sector
NHS Improvement is to drive hospital and service level reconfiguration across the service to deliver greater levels of clinical and financial sustainability.
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NewsNHS bed occupancy rates reach worst ever level
Overnight bed occupancy rates in NHS hospitals deteriorated to their worst ever level since data collections began in 2010-11, hitting 92.6 per cent between January and March this year.
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NewsChief inspector warns NHS over ambulance handovers and corridor care
Emergency services remains a major quality and safety concern with systems not doing enough to tackle “disappointing” performance on ambulance handovers and corridor care, the chief inspector of hospitals has told HSJ.
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NewsCarter: Integrated acute and community trusts are more efficient
EXCLUSIVE: NHS productivity tsar Lord Carter has said integration of acute and community trusts would improve efficiency.
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HSJ LocalTrust takes consultancy to court over 'botched' hospital refurbishment
An integrated acute and community trust has taken a construction consultancy to court after an alleged botched refurbishment of a hospital.
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HSJ LocalChair steps down at special measures trust
The chair of an acute trust in special measures has announced he will step down at the end of this month.
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HSJ LocalLeaders of alliance trusts agree to full merger
Leaders of two acute hospital trusts have agreed to go ahead with plans to merge into one organisation.
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NewsRegion's elderly care services 'inconsistent', says CQC
Health services for older people in Cumbria are inconsistent and services are in the “very early” stages of integration, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsCare standards will fall this year warns CQC boss
The Care Quality Commission has assumed standards in the health and social care sectors could deteriorate in 2018-19.
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NewsExclusive: CQC needs more powers to rate health systems, says Behan
The government should give the Care Quality Commission new powers to inspect and rate local health systems, its outgoing chief executive has told HSJ.
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CommentCommunity services – the glue in the system
Georgia Butterworth argues that we need to recognise and build on the massive untapped opportunities presented by strengthening community services
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CommentFive GP referral systems – four of them safe
Sam Everington discusses the pros and cons of the five ways a GP can refer patients to a hospital
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NewsNHS leaders face fresh criticism over misleading A&E data
Public confidence in official NHS waiting times data “continues to be undermined” because of lack of action by NHS leaders, the government’s statistics watchdog has warned.
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HSJ LocalDeficit trust rejects 'hard to understand' surplus control total
A deficit ridden acute trust has rejected a demand by NHS Improvement to deliver a £23m surplus in 2018-19, with local commissioners criticising the imposed target.