All Admissions and discharge articles – Page 18
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HSJ Local
Mixed picture for emergency admissions at Somerset trusts
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions to Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust fell by 4.7 per cent in 2011-12 compared with 2010-11, equivalent to a reduction of 607 spells.
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CommentWait control: a new system for better waiting list management
Waiting times expert Rob Findlay on better patient tracking lists.
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NewsOvernight discharge data questioned as hospitals hit back
Misleading data has emerged as a possible explanation for claims that hospitals discharge large numbers of patients in the middle of the night.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnhancing communication between GPs and hospital consultants
Dr Matthew Lewis explains how the approach at his trust is improving the quality of patient referrals, and communication between primary and seconday care clinicians.
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NewsInformation Centre to focus on cost of over-60s hospital care
Patients aged 60 and over account for more than half of the income hospitals receive under the payment-by-results tariff, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has reported.
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HSJ KnowledgeAnalysing the results of the largest ever stroke care survey
The Stroke Association conducted the largest ever survey of stroke survivors undertaken in the UK to get a better understanding of the issues facing stroke survivors in their daily lives. Joe Korner looks at the responses.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe six steps to delivering better stroke care
Five years on from the National Stroke Strategy, London has turned around its performance. Alec Fraser, Sue Fenwick Elliot and David Cohen explain how the changes were made.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to utilise the technology that can transform urgent care
Technology that could revolutionise care has already been developed, so how do we roll it out to all of the NHS, ask Jim Parle and Terry Young.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy stroke care in England needs modernising further
The inconsistency in stroke care across England shows that although some issues have been addressed, there is still room for improvement, says Damian Jenkinson.
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NewsSeeing GP of choice would cut elective admissions - study
Significant hospital savings could result from ensuring patients see the doctor of their choice when they visit their GP, latest research findings suggest.
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HSJ KnowledgeFour principles to improve the care of older patients
Ian Philp offers four key principles for overhauling services for ageing patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow enhanced recovery can improve elective surgery experiences and outcomes
An enhanced recovery pathway at a London trust has led to benefits including earlier discharge for patients. Lisa Hollins and colleagues explain how they did it.
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Comment'The reforms could be the coalition's poll tax'
We will know by 2015 whether the public’s NHS experiences mean Andrew Lansley has pulled off this massive gamble, says Ipsos MORI’s chief executive Ben Page.
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HSJ KnowledgeReducing emergency admissions in children and young people
Dr Ronny Cheung goes through the full list of indicators for child health, plus a case study on children’s epilepsy admissions in children.
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Comment
Health charities can help rescue the innovation drive
The challenging QIPP targets NHS is aiming to achieve can be helped by the voluntary sector, argues Marie Curie Cancer Care chief executive Thomas Hughes-hallet.
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HSJ Local
Specialist discharge sister for end-of-life patients 'a success'
RESEARCH: A scheme piloting the introduction of an end-of-life discharge sister has proved successful for “many patients”, according to UK researchers.
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HSJ Local
Demand outstrips plan in Birmingham and Solihull
PERFORMANCE: Emergency and elective admissions have exceeded plan in Birmingham and Solihull, with particular pressure around the Heart of England Foundation Trust.
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NewsHospitals to review discharge policies
David Cameron will today call for patients to be treated with dignity and respect as hospitals are told to end the practice of discharging vulnerable people from wards during the night.
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NewsKeogh pledges action on overnight discharging
The medical director of the NHS has promised action after it was reported that hundreds of thousands of patients are being sent home from hospital in the middle of the night to relieve pressure on beds.