Acute Care – Page 16
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HSJ LocalExclusive: main hospital corridor turned into ‘makeshift ward’
The main corridor of an acute hospital has been closed to patients and staff and turned into a ‘makeshift ward’, in what sources describe as an ‘absolutely unprecedented’ situation.
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NewsTrusts need hundreds of millions to stop hospitals’ roofs collapsing
Trusts need hundreds of millions of pounds to remediate dangerous roofs.
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HSJ Local‘Relationship breakdown’ between councils and NHS trust
Relationships are said to have broken down between councils and a trust which has just come out of critical incident status amid extreme pressures.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Devo leaders jump on life expectancy findings
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsCovid positive hospital patients double in a fortnight
The number of covid positive patients in English hospitals has increased by 4,745 over the last two weeks as the fourth wave of 2022 continues to surge.
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NewsExclusive: Patients declining two dates could be struck from waiting lists
Patients face being removed from the NHS waiting list if they decline two dates offered to them for their treatment, new internal guidance seen by HSJ reveals.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Could NHSE ‘throw in the towel’?
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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NewsDozens of trusts still not sharing single pathology service
One in three pathology networks are still running testing services independently at trust level, despite having been asked to consolidate the services five years ago, new figures reveal.
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NewsGrowth in covid hospital admissions equalling January surge
The growth in the number of hospital patients who test positive for covid is rising as steeply as during the January wave.
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HSJ PartnersNew evidence for an integrated virtual ward approach
Paul McGinness, chief executive, Lenus Health, presents new evidence showing how a digital service model can reduce respiratory-related hospital admissions and enable care at home
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Therese’s NHS short-term plan
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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NewsFourth covid wave of 2022 picks up speed
The number of people admitted to hospital who test positive for covid is rising once more in every English region after two months of decline.
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NewsBMA ‘acting like football agents’ inflating extra shift pay, say trust chiefs
A row has broken out between trust bosses and the British Medical Association over the doctors’ union’s campaign to drive up consultants’ hourly pay rates for extra shifts, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCovid admissions rise sharply in the South West
The number of covid positive patients admitted to hospitals in the South and East of England has stopped falling and, in some areas, is rising steeply.
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NewsTrusts face quadrupling in gas prices
A leading energy broker for the NHS has told trusts to expect gas bills to rise by more than three times from April, according to information seen by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalHospital issues ‘full capacity’ alert days before move to smaller building
A major acute site has issued a ‘full capacity’ alert to staff, just days before the services are due to move into a replacement hospital with fewer beds.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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HSJ PartnersEmpowering Everyone in the Bowel Cancer Care Ecosystem with a Human-Centred & Digital-led Approach
80 experts, 80 hours, over 140 stress-tested ideas: a pop-up open innovation model shows us how combining talent from service design, digital technology, and healthcare can deliver results rapidly.
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NewsHospital picks new private partner after firm’s sudden liquidation
An integrated trust has appointed a new provider of its diagnostic centre following the collapse of Rutherford Health in June.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will ‘ICS first’ survive the Coffey era?
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.