All Emergency care articles – Page 139
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A decade of the national clinical directors - aka the czars
The NHS’s czars, or national clinical directors, have been hailed as a success.
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Chief was 'misled' over A&E before quitting West Middlesex Hospital trust
A hospital chief executive was “misled” about pressure on its accident and emergency department, which led to her resignation, an internal report has revealed.
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Former chief Tara Donnelly 'misled' over A&E breaches
A report on events blamed for the departure of a London trust chief executive has revealed managers were “misled” about the extent of accident and emergency target breaches.
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Doctors claim NHS bears the cost of private care complications
Private patients are being re-defined as “NHS” patients to pass the costs of complications to the NHS, the chair of the British Medical Association’s consultants committee has claimed.
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New health row rocks Channel Islands
A new row has broken out in the Channel Islands over who caused the Department of Health to pull out of a 33-year-old reciprocal health deal.
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SHA negotiates £124m national NHS Direct contract
NHS East of England has negotiated a £124m contract for services from NHS Direct on behalf of the English NHS.
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East of England calls in heart czar to quell public outcry
Commissioners in the East of England have called in heart disease czar Roger Boyle following a public outcry over changes to services for people suffering severe heart attacks.
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NHS trusts meet A&E waiting targets as demand rises
The government’s accident and emergency waiting target was met in 2008-09 for England as a whole despite a rise in attendances of more than 400,000 on the previous year.
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Sink or swim: how small hospitals survive competition
Small district general hospitals are often the heart of their communities but their survival is only assured by outmanoeuvring the big trusts. By Alison Moore
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NHS meets accident and emergency waiting time target
English emergency departments met the government’s accident and emergency waiting target by a tenth of a percentage point 2008-09.
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No time for complacency on European working time directive
NHS organisations have to be compliant with the European working time directive by 1 August and only a tiny minority can reasonably expect any exception to the rules
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Imperial College Healthcare pioneers shift in managerial relations
Imperial College Healthcare trust chief executive Steve Smith tells Alastair McLellan how the new academic health science centre allowed a radical cultural shift to clinical leadership
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Swine flu stockpiles could compromise NHS, pharmacists warned
The Department of Health has warned pharmacists not to stockpile swine flu medicines because this could undermine the NHS’s ability to cope with a pandemic.
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Alan Johnson approves south east London NHS reconfiguration
Far-reaching hospital reconfiguration proposals for south east London have been approved by health secretary Alan Johnson.
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Alan Johnson launches new rules on patient involvement
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a series of policies to help avoid more NHS services falling to the “appalling” standards exposed at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Mid Staffs scandal: confed says NHS must 'put its own house in order'
The NHS Confederation has said the NHS must “put its own house in order” in response to the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Mid Staffs reports: new duties on NHS to prove patient involvement
The government has announced that NHS organisations will have to publish information that proves they are involving patients to prevent a repeat of the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Swine flu fears increase as WHO ups alert level for second time
The World Health Organisation has raised its pandemic flu alert level for the second time in the space of a week, increasing fears that a global outbreak is inevitable.
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Confed proposes peer review to avoid Mid Staffordshire repeat
The NHS Confederation has called on hospital trusts to invite others trusts’ directors to inspect their services to help prevent failures such as those at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust.
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DIY doctors: patients can boost NHS's value
The Budget means the NHS must get better value for money. As the need for efficiency grows, the key is to get patients with chronic illnesses to manage more of their own care