All Acute care articles – Page 94
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NewsTrust leaders notified of extra funding allocations with 'clear expectation'
National bodies have written to hospital leaders to detail their allocations from the £335m winter funding announced in the budget.
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NewsConsultant accused of sexual harassment barred from returning to hospital trust
A hospital consultant has been barred from returning to work at his trust over claims of sexual harassment, despite winning his claim for unfair dismissal.
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HSJ LocalHole in CCGs' finances after bed closures abandoned
A plan to close 100 beds in an acute trust has not been implemented – leaving a hole in clinical commissioning groups’ budgets for this financial year.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHS England director hired to support health economy over winter
A former NHS England regional director has been called in to help a troubled health economy with winter pressures.
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NewsSignificant savings from mental and physical health integration pioneers
Providing talking therapies to patients with long term conditions saved nearly £200,000 for physical health services in one trailblazing site, data shared exclusively with HSJ shows.
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LeaderRevealed: The surprising answer to fixing the NHS's A&E crisis
This year’s HSJ100 highlighted the Mexican standoff between Simon Stevens and Jeremy Hunt over whether the NHS had enough money to deliver on its priorities – particularly A&E access and elective waiting times.
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HSJ LocalFormer St George's boss appointed trust chief executive
Miles Scott, the former chief executive of St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been appointed to run Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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NewsNew form of NHS organisation planned for first ACOs
A new form of NHS organisation may be created to run the NHS’s first “accountable care organisations”, to avoid tax problems and potentially make them less controversial.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Trust acquires first GP practice
An acute and community trust is set to become the first in its county to acquire a GP practice.
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HSJ LocalStruggling A&E 'feeling increased pressure', warns trust chief
A trust where patients died on trollies last winter is already near full capacity at its main hospital and struggling to maintain safe staffing levels coming into winter.
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NewsAcute trust triggers surgery review after never event cluster
An acute trust has commissioned an external review of its operating theatres following a string of never events, all of which caused harm to patients.
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HSJ LocalCCG chairs abstain from crunch reconfiguration vote
Three out of the five clinical commissioning group chairs in mid and south Essex abstained from a vote over publishing a consultation on plans to reconfigure local hospital services, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalLegionella found in teaching trust's water system
Eleven water outlets in an East Kent hospital have tested positive for legionella after a patient developed Legionnaire’s disease.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health services get £18m winter boost to support A&E
Mental health services are to be handed nearly £20m of the new £335m winter resilience funding to help take the pressure off beleaguered accident and emergency departments, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMackey criticises NHS 'negativity' over budget
Jim Mackey has warned that negativity over the NHS’s budget settlement will have “pissed off” ministers, arguing the £1.6bn of new funding was a “serious investment” which could deliver real improvements – but only if stabilising chaotic emergency departments was prioritised.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Major London trust chair resigns as trust put into financial special measures
The respected chair of one of the country’s largest trusts has resigned, saying government funding of the NHS left him no choice.
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CommentMental health is a bigger driver of cost than chronic illnesses
We tend to underplay the massive impact of mental illnesses but by identifying patients with high demand and costs we can target care to improve outcomes. By Scott Bentley and Ben Richardson
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HSJ LocalTrust searches for 'imaginative' estates partner in £100m deal
An integrated foundation trust is looking to partner with a private company for up to 25 years in a bid to unlock capital funding for its future estates plans.
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NewsRoyal college concerned over lack of investment for pathology shake-up
The new president of the Royal College of Pathologists has said she is concerned about a lack of investment in new laboratory IT systems amid a national overhaul of NHS pathology departments.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: How well has the NHS prepared for winter?
NHS England’s first weekly “winter situation report” for this year is published today, marking the beginning of what is feared could be a hugely difficult winter. So, how well prepared is the NHS?