All Nursing articles – Page 74
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HSJ KnowledgeThe HSJ and Capgemini Liberating Ideas Award Winners - Winning ideas are going places fast
The HSJ and Capgemini Liberating Ideas Award celebrates the best local innovations and set the challenge for national adoption. Read about the winners here
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Comment'The NHS is every health secretary's trainset'
The NHS, always in danger of becoming every health secretary’s trainset, faces yet another major reorganisation. The idea is that GPs will lead the quality and safety and value for money charge that will be needed over the next five, perhaps 10, years.
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NewsScottish health bodies spent £11m on leasing cars
Scottish health boards and NHS bodies spent almost £11m on leasing vehicles including Jaguars, Mercedes and BMWs last year, new figures have revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeAcute stay management and PACE
A co-provision approach to post acute re-enablement has reduced lengths of hospital stays in pilot areas, as Katie Donlevy and James Heffron explain
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NewsCQC lifts half of conditions at east London hospital trust
Half of the registration conditions imposed on Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust have now been lifted by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsRCN 'extremely disappointed' at lack of nurse inclusion in reforms
Government reforms will “struggle to succeed” without more engagement with nurses, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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NewsWeekend admission 'raises death risk'
Being admitted to hospital with internal bleeding on a bank holiday pushes up the risk of dying by 41%, researchers have said.
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NewsMId Staffs inquiry told HSE was 'under-resourced'
The Health and Safety Executive was reluctant to prosecute over a patient’s death at Stafford Hospital because it did not have the resources to cope with more families coming forward, the public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been told.
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NewsSocial care cuts may raise hospital spend
Researchers have laid bare how cuts to adult social care could lead to significant extra demand for acute services.
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NewsMedics’ needs may dominate training
The training needs of nurses and allied professionals could be undermined if the government merges the three main clinical education advisory bodies.
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NewsIncrease in assaults on NHS workers
There was an increase in physical assaults on NHS staff last year, with almost 57,000 incidents taking place, latest figures show.
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HSJ KnowledgeHigh impact actions for preventing pressure ulcers
Caroline Dowsett and Richard Shorney explain how the High Impact Actions save money in pressure ulcer prevention
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HSJ Knowledge
Fundamentals of the NHS - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Fundamentals of the NHS conference.
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NewsCNO to step down in March
Chief nursing officer for England Dame Christine Beasley is to retire in March it has been announced.
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News'27,000 posts earmarked for cuts'
The Royal College of Nursing claims nearly 27,000 NHS job have been earmarked to be cut in the UK - including 18,000 in England - which it warns risks endangering patient care.
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NewsNHS Professionals reports first modest profits
NHS Professionals has turned its first ever monthly profit, according to interim financial results shared with HSJ.
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SupplementsSpending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
The last time an NHS funding settlement was so tough, wards were axed, quality fell and waits surged. HSJ gathered some of the leading players in healthcare finance to debate how the service will fare in the new economic landscape. Ingrid Torjesen reports
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NewsCourt rules automatic barring of nurses 'unlawful'
The Royal College of Nursing has won its judicial review against the barring scheme run by the Independent Safeguarding Authority.
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NewsMore choice needed in end of life care, says King's fund report
More should be done to give patients and carers choice about end of life care, according to a report by the King’s Fund.
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NewsBad referrals waste district nurses’ time
Every mismanaged referral to a district nurse wastes five hours of their time, research by the provider arm for three London primary care trusts has found.