All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 30
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Trusts blame high SHMIs on poor coding
More than half of the trusts that performed poorly against the new summary hospital-level mortality indicator have blamed their figures on coding issues, with palliative care a particular area of concern.
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Fourteen trusts rated worst by first official hospital death rate
Fourteen hospital trusts have been identified as the poorest performers in the first official hospital-wide mortality ratings.
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Mid Staffs inquiry hears calls for regulation of managers
The code of conduct for NHS managers does not feel “real” and should be replaced with a stronger system of regulation, the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry has heard.
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Second PCT cluster chief resigns
The chief executive of a south west primary trust cluster has resigned fewer than six months after taking up the post, citing personal reasons.
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European integrated care models weighed up by struggling hospital
A struggling district general hospital in South West England is considering adopting Europe’s most innovative models of integrated care to ensure future sustainability, HSJ can reveal.
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TCS social enterprise transfer faces legal challenge
A judge has ordered a primary care trust to halt the planned transfer of its provider arm to a social enterprise, pending the outcome of a High Court hearing.
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NHS 111 could struggle to meet demand
Attempts to “stitch together” different models of provision for the new NHS 111 non-emergency phone number could lead to a fragmented service that will struggle to cope with peaks in demand, the Ambulance Service Network has warned.
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South West community enterprises go operational in October
While many acute trusts in the South West were contending with an unseasonal heatwave that saw daytrippers flocking to the region’s beaches and emergency departments, the community sector was busy sizing up the raft of new social enterprises which became formally operational on 1 October.
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Chief exec leaves underperforming ambulance trust
An ambulance trust chief executive who retired suddenly around the time the organisation was fined £5m for poor performance received a lump sum worth twice his annual salary, HSJ can reveal.
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Lansley's candidate for Commissioning Board chair narrowly wins MPs' backing
The health secretary’s preferred candidate to become NHS Commissioning Board chair has only won endorsement from the House of Commons health committee on the casting vote of its chair.
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NHS missing an 'opportunity' over complaints
Poor communication leads to thousands of complaints being referred to the health service ombudsman unnecessarily, a review of complaints handling in the NHS has concluded.
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NHS Commissioning Board chair announced
A barrister and academic who has advised government on genetically modified food has been named as the health secretary’s preferred candidate for chair of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Exclusive: SHA cluster chief executives appointed without competition
Just one candidate was interviewed for the post of chief executive in each of the three new strategic health authority clusters, HSJ can reveal.
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Government 'duty of candour' plans criticised
Government proposals to contractually oblige organisations providing NHS services to inform patients of mistakes in their care have been criticised as inadequate.
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Mid Staffs warned on A&E staffing levels
The Care Quality Commission has issued Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust with a formal warning to improve staffing levels in accident and emergency or risk service closures.
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Duty of Candour to be enforced through contracts
All organisations providing services to the NHS will be contractually obliged to inform patients and relatives if a mistake has been made under proposals set out by the government.
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CQC Mid Staffs evidence 'wishful thinking'
Evidence given to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry by Care Quality Commission board members was “aspirational” and did not reflect what was happening in practice, the inquiry has heard.
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Mid Staffs to close 165 beds on road to recovery
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to close nearly 40 per cent of its beds as part of a recovery plan designed to tackle its growing deficit.
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Former Mid Staffs chief admits to considering suicide
The former chief executive of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has revealed he considered taking his own life in the wake of the fallout from the Healthcare Commission’s investigation into the trust.
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Ambulance services strive to avoid A&E
Two of England’s ambulance services have reduced the proportion of patients they convey to accident and emergency departments by more than 7 per cent since April, new figures from the Department of Health show.