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NewsUnprecedented winter bed pressure revealed in new stats
Bed occupancy hits record high, as overall bed numbers across NHS continue to decline Royal College of Surgeons says data is “exceptionally worrying” Acute bed numbers have however risen slightly overall on last year Acute bed occupancy hit a record high in the final quarter of 2016-17, while ...
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HSJ LocalTrust working with aviation performance experts to wipe out DTOCs
Performance specialist working with Sheffield health system to draw up action plan to bring down DTOCs Trust chief says sustained improvement requires behaviours to change Council director accepts path to improvement has been “rocky” One of England’s largest teaching hospitals is working with an aviation performance specialist to ...
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NewsCCG targets millions in savings under Right Care programme
West Kent CCG uses NHS Right Care data to identify five priority areas for savings Plans to reduce A&E attendances and prescribing costs Investment needed to change care models that no longer meeting patients’ needs Commissioners in Kent plan to save more than £7m by reducing unwarranted variation ...
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HSJ Local'Severe harm' to patients at teaching trust after records failure
A patient suffered a stroke that might have been prevented and another received late treatment for cancer after record keeping failures at a teaching hospital.
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Acute Service Redesign
Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust: Children & Young People Acute pathway (PAU)
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Community Health Service Redesign
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust: Sexual Health Services Integration
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Facilities and Estates Management
QE Facilities: Establishment of wholly owned subsidiary company, [QE Facilities LTD] of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead Foundation Trust
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Emergency, Urgent & Trauma Care
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust: From the Bottom to the Top
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Improving the Value of Surgical Services
Somerset Spinal Surgical Service and Improvement Network at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: An Enhanced Recovery Programme for Elective Spinal Surgery To Improve Quality of Care for Patients and Decrease Length of Stay
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Improving the Value of Diagnostic Services
Homerton University Foundation Trust: Locomotor Service
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Specialist Services
LPFT North East Lincolnshire CAMHS Service: Crisis and Intensive Home Treatment Team
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Improving Value in the Care of Frail Older Patients
Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust: Bradford Virtual Ward
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Managing Long Term Conditions
The Royal Wolverhampton Trust: Development of a Nurse-led Paracentesis and Infusion Service within a Gastroenterology Ward.
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation
NHS England, specialised commissioning (medicines optimisation clinical reference group): National Dose Standardisation for Chemotherapy
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HSJ LocalTrust gets £10m boost from PFI refinancing deal
A large acute trust in Yorkshire improved its financial outturn by £10m last year after a renegotiation of its PFI contract.
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HSJ LocalMental health crisis unit fails to hit admission target
Proportion of service users referred back into community falls from 79 per cent to 55 per cent in March Service user complains that men and women are treated in the same room which is “completely inappropriate and very unsafe and scary for vulnerable women” Trust highlighted large number of ...
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Clinical Support Services
Hampshire Constabulary & Isle of Wight NHS Trust with Wessex Academic Health Science Network: Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM) Project
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Improving the Value of Primary Care Services
NHS Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group: Lambeth DataNet
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Improving Value Through Innovative Financial Management or Procurement
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay: Sustainability – Clinically Led, Efficiency Driven
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HSJ LocalCCG chief officer leaving to lead foundation trust
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG chief to head up mental health and community care trust Tracy Dowling replaces Aidan Thomas who is retiring in the summer Ms Dowling is also accountable officer of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough STP Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group chief officer Tracy Dowling is leaving ...