All Acute care articles – Page 9
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NewsNHS reluctance to be open with patients after care failures sparks government review
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a review of the ‘duty of candour’ policy, which gives patients and families the right to receive open and transparent communication when care goes wrong.
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HSJ PartnersTackling health inequalities in the elective care backlog
Martin Watts explains how a new insourcing model is helping to reduce long waits for disadvantaged patient groups with more complex conditions
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CommentThe surgeon called me 'a snivelling clerk', I stood my ground
Ken Jarrold reflects on a career shaped by the commitment to patient care, recalling pivotal moments enforcing a code of conduct and navigating controversial service reconfigurations
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NewsTrust reports two ‘never events’ in area already under review for errors
A teaching trust has reported six ‘never events’ in less than two months, including incidents in a specialty already under review for errors.
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NewsNHSE seeks to calm row over ‘advice and guidance’
NHS England has sought to quell concerns from GPs around “advice and guidance” by saying it will not be mandated before referrals.
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HSJ LocalRush to reduce elective backlog increasing ‘never events’, report finds
Moving less complex procedures out of operating theatres and into other care settings to free up capacity to support elective recovery has ‘inadvertently’ increased the risk of ‘never events’ at an acute trust, a report has warned.
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NewsHigh profile director hired by trust to lead recovery from scandal
A trust which has been at the centre of a series of scandals over the last year has appointed a former regional director as its group chief medical officer.
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HSJ PartnersLeeds launches innovative remote monitoring trial for elderly care
A remote monitoring trial in Leeds will help gain insights on how best to support older people living at home with long-term conditions
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NewsICS resets decision making to accelerate ‘new model of care’
An integrated care system is creating two new provider collaboratives, overhauling its ‘place’ leadership, and promising to create 16 integrated neighbourhood teams.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The only way is reconfiguration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsLetby inquiry to seek rapid change to NHS services and culture despite legal delays
The public inquiry into the Lucy Letby murders will seek changes to NHS services and culture next year despite the fact that formal hearings are likely to be delayed until the autumn.
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NewsExclusive: Minority of trusts declare benefits as NHSE presses on with £480m data service contract
Only eight of 36 NHS trusts said to be piloting NHS England’s controversial new data platform have been willing to cite any specific benefits from it, HSJ has found.
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NewsCharity which gave just 10% of income to NHS found guilty of ‘serious breaches’
A charity which claimed it was raising money for the NHS has been found to be in serious breach of the sector’s fundraising code of conduct.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Digitising Patient Care Award
Partnered by WINNER Leeds Children’s Hospital, NHS Diabetes Programme and DigiBete CIC The Digibete App - 24/7 Digital Diabetes Self Management Solution For Children And Families
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Place-Based Partnership & Integrated Care Award
Winner Walsall Together Walsall Together – Collaborating for Happier Communities
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Provider Collaboration of the Year
Winner Cheshire and Merseyside Acute and Specialist Trust Collaborative Elective Recovery, Delivery And Transformation
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Medicines, Pharmacy & Prescribing Initiative of the Year
Winner Barts Health Trust, North East London Integrated Care Board, Clinical Effectiveness Group (Queen Mary University of London) and UCLPartners Specialist Pharmacy-Led Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management In Primary Care - A Population Health Management Approach
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Military and Civilian Health Partnership Award
Partnered by Winner Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board The Lincolnshire Military Maternity Project
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Acute Sector Innovation of the Year
WINNER University Hospitals of Leicester Trust Atrial Fibrillation Virtual Ward