Details of a leaked DH report on emergency services, Monitor takes action in Stockport, and the rest of today’s news
10.53am A study has found that over-the-phone physiotherapy assessments provide equally good patient outcomes and reduced waiting times.
The researchers said telephone physiotherapy appointments could save time and money if rolled out across the NHS.
10.48am Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
10.34am BREAKING: Foundation trust regulator Monitor has taken action at Stockport FT aimed at improving performance within the trust’s accident and emergency department.
The regulator has found the Trust in significant breach of its terms of authorisation due to successive failure to meet its A&E healthcare target for four out of the last six financial quarters. More to follow.
10.32am HSJ Local reveals that the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital has hired a PR firm to “manage negative coverage” of its planned private finance initiative rebuild.
10.30am Two East Midlands acute trusts – Northampton General Hospital Trust and Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust – have revealed that they are investigating options for closer working together, up to and including a full merger.
10.29am Also interesting on the site this morning: NHS deputy chief executive David Flory has told mental health trusts they need to improve the “quality and completeness” of their clinical data, in advance of the introduction of mental health payment-by-results.
10.05am You can also read HSJ’s analysis of the story - and the leaked document in full - here.
10.00am An HSJ exclusive up this morning: A leaked report reveals that national officials are considering a major reorganisation of emergency services including the possibility of renaming units as “999 emergency departments” and “111 emergency departments”.
7.30am Good morning, during recent weeks the health secretary and the chief nursing officer have called for a renewed focus on leadership based on compassion and not simply meeting ever-increasing targets and commercial interests. Keith Brown, director of the National Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work at Bournemouth University, says that against a backdrop of health-related care scandals, self-leadership holds the key to fostering compassionate organisations.
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