All articles by Dave West – Page 82
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News
SHAs must assess delivery of maternity choice
A survey next year will assess the NHS’s delivery of choice in maternity care.
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Ambulance trust wins £10m boost
West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust has been given a £10m funding boost this year after an external review found more resources were needed to meet growing demand.
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NICE calls for more transparency on uptake of guidance
Primary care trusts and trusts could be told to declare whether they are complying with each piece of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance.
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Cornwall PCT looks for leader as another chief goes
Cornwall’s primary care trust and hospital trust are both looking for new chief executives.
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Hospital mortality ratio wrangling ‘compromises confidence’
Disagreement about the right way of measuring hospitals’ standardised mortality ratios is compromising “confidence in them and their effective use”, the NHS Information Centre has warned.
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Minister delays foundation trust application
A hospital trust’s foundation application has been delayed by health minister Mike O’Brien in an unusual intervention in the authorisation process.
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Community
Talking the health economics talk
Pleasing to learn that health economists, occasionally accused of being in a world of their own, at least share an international language.
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Community
Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
Congratulations to Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board, which will take over from the North Wales Trust and a clutch of smaller local health boards under the NHS Wales reorganisation.
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Quality accounts: trusts to pick their own performance measures
The Department of Health has proposed that quality accounts will not include any mandatory clinical or performance data.
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Patient reported outcome measures may be public next year
Information comparing how much patients’ health improves with the care received at different hospitals will appear early next year, the Department of Health is hoping.
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SHAs seek control of senior managers' pay, MiP claims
Some strategic health authorities will try to dictate the pay of senior managers on their patch despite new guidance, their union has warned.
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Blogs
Personal health records continued
Following my frustrated experiments with personal health records last week, a south London GP has drawn my attention to another option.
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News
Spending on maternity 'now increasing'
Hospital trusts are significantly increasing their maternity spending for the first time in several years, according to research by the Royal College of Midwives.
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Community
FT love letters
Outgoing Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes took on an emotional tone, uncharacteristic both for himself and Foundation Trust Network conferences, at a network event last week.
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News
Managers fearful over DH hit list
National and regional managers have been warned not to take overzealous action against those named on the first list of trusts not meeting minimum NHS standards.
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Battle over foundation freedom heads for Parliament
A new battle over foundation trusts is set to begin in parliament next month, with the opposition expected to attack proposals they say would rob the organisations of their autonomy.
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West Midlands trust aims for big reductions in A&E attendance
An assessment of emergency care at a West Midlands hospital has revealed that nine patients had attended accident and emergency 128 times in a three month period.
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Thirty four trusts not meeting minimum standards
Thirty hospital trusts and four ambulance trusts have been identified as not meeting minimum standards under the NHS performance regime.
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Lansley: NHS growth will be much lower than under Thatcher
NHS spending growth under the Tories would be significantly less than that seen under Margaret Thatcher, Andrew Lansley has said.
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Mental health killings reports urge better information sharing
Reports into two killings by a man with schizophrenia have sparked calls for better sharing of information in management of mental health patients.