All Nursing articles – Page 75
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HSJ Knowledge
Directorate management teams
Most acute hospitals in the UK are subdivided into directorates with each directorate taking care of one or more specialities.
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NewsGovernment facing NHS Direct backlash
The government is facing a backlash over plans to scrap medical helpline NHS Direct.
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NewsElderly 'being left to go hungry on wards'
Elderly people are being left to go hungry on NHS wards, a report has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnglish language requirements
Dr Mike Milanovic gives advice on getting English language requirements right in the medical sector
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NewsCQC tells United Lincs to improve on dignity and workforce support
An acute trust has been told to improve standards on quality and safety following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ KnowledgeStop lethal blood clots: get good ideas into circulation
In Salisbury work on upgrading risk assessment for lethal blood clots halved secondary venous thromboembolism rates in two years, reports Jennifer Taylor
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CommentNHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
It could be the language that seals the deal. New Labour’s mission got lost in a technocratic haze, so a white paper more comfortable with the vernacular of the voluntary sector is helping patient groups swallow the pill of another reorganisation while showing genuine enthusiasm for the changes ahead.
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NewsNorth East PCTs to vote on forming social enterprise
Around 2,500 staff at three primary care trust provider arms in the North East are to be balloted about becoming the largest social enterprise in the health sector.
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NewsDithering trusts increase their staff agency bills
Acute trusts are inadvertently increasing staffing costs and reducing patient safety through indecision over whether to employ bank staff, according to a report seen by HSJ.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnd of life care
Yvonne Cartwright explains how a Sue Ryder Care rapid response service supported people in northBedfordshire to die at home
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NewsLabour accuses SNP of hypocrisy over bed cuts
Labour has accused the Scottish government of “staggering hypocrisy” after figures showed more than 1,100 hospital beds have been cut in the past three years.
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HSJ KnowledgeVenous thromboembolism
VTE is a significant cause of mortality, long-term disability and chronic ill health. It is thought that there are around 25,000 deaths from VTE each year in hospitals in England.
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NewsFTs favour male nurse directors
Foundation trusts are more likely to give senior nursing posts to men than acute trusts without foundation status, an investigation by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has found.
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NewsHospital criticised over maternity unit standards
HEI inspectors uncovered a number of problems, including finding out-of-date medical supplies dating back to 2002, when they visited a hospital maternity unit, it has been revealed.
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NewsC diff deaths falling
The number of deaths from healthcare associated infections in Scotland is falling, official statistics show.
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HSJ KnowledgeE-rostering
Recent media coverage highlights genuine concern from the BMA and other NHS representative bodies about the impact of threatened and actual cuts in NHS staffing levels.
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NewsNHS staff must not be burdened with 'excessive workloads' as jobs are cut
NHS staff must not be burdened with “excessive workloads” as thousands of jobs disappear in the service, union leaders in Scotland have warned.
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CommentMedia Watch: lazy and unproductive?
Many NHS staff won’t be getting a pay rise and fear for their jobs, but they are lazy and unproductive too, newspaper reports suggest.
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NewsNurses say pension cuts may mean strike action
More than half of nurses and midwives will consider industrial action if the terms of their pension scheme are worsened, a survey by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has revealed.
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NewsCQC lifts restrictions on Mid Staffs
Five of the six licence restrictions placed on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been lifted by the Care Quality Commission, following an interim report on the trust’s progress against recommendations made in a 2009 report by the Healthcare Commission.