http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-placed-in-special-administration/5057424.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-placed-in-special-administration/5057424.article Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been put into special administration by health sector regulator Monitor, it was announced this afternoon. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/michael-white-a-gloomy-picture-of-ae/5058967.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/michael-white-a-gloomy-picture-of-ae/5058967.article The inevitable result of soaring demand and dwindling resources Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/why-hospital-failure-is-fine-but-passing-is-not/5058893.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/why-hospital-failure-is-fine-but-passing-is-not/5058893.article Examining Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of high mortality rates Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/west-midlands/safety-not-guaranteed-at-18-ae-depts-amid-toxic-overcrowding/5058946.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/west-midlands/safety-not-guaranteed-at-18-ae-depts-amid-toxic-overcrowding/5058946.article PERFORMANCE: Patient safety at 18 accident and emergency departments in the West Midlands cannot be guaranteed according to a joint letter signed by leading clinicians from across the region. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 21 May 2013 14:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/healthcare-leaders-fear-unintended-consequences-of-hasty-francis-legislation/5058897.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/healthcare-leaders-fear-unintended-consequences-of-hasty-francis-legislation/5058897.article Senior figures have warned of “unintended consequences” of rushed legislation in response to the Francis report. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 21 May 2013 11:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/labour-highlights-hospital-capacity-fall/5058926.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/labour-highlights-hospital-capacity-fall/5058926.article Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned, after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6 per cent since the coalition government took office. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:04 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/ae-funding-is-a-catch-22/5058812.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/ae-funding-is-a-catch-22/5058812.article Monitor and NHS England must agree a new approach, says Chris Hopson Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/the-nhs-needs-a-more-mature-attitude-to-patient-safety/5058855.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/the-nhs-needs-a-more-mature-attitude-to-patient-safety/5058855.article NHS England must allow open reporting and tough decisions naeem.ahmed@nhs.net (Na’eem Ahmed) Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/ae-performance-tracker-to-12-may-englands-hospitals-miss-waiting-target/5058867.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/ae-performance-tracker-to-12-may-englands-hospitals-miss-waiting-target/5058867.article HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/taking-the-risk-out-of-care-handovers/5057867.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/taking-the-risk-out-of-care-handovers/5057867.article Continuity of care demands seamless and mobile use of information Mon, 20 May 2013 00:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/monitor-will-be-a-fair-and-pragmatic-regulator/5058749.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/monitor-will-be-a-fair-and-pragmatic-regulator/5058749.article We will be rigorous proportionate and enforcing the rules Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/sharp-increase-in-english-waiting-list/5058745.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/sharp-increase-in-english-waiting-list/5058745.blog The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting time pressures to come. But bed pressures over winter do not explain all the increase Fri, 17 May 2013 09:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hunt-plans-260m-to-help-hospitals-go-digital/5058768.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hunt-plans-260m-to-help-hospitals-go-digital/5058768.article Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:45 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/opinion/should-payment-by-results-be-scrapped/5058762.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/opinion/should-payment-by-results-be-scrapped/5058762.article Catch up on our Twitter chat Thu, 16 May 2013 18:16 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/kettering-general-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/cqc-issues-warning-notice-to-kettering-general-trust/5058754.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/kettering-general-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/cqc-issues-warning-notice-to-kettering-general-trust/5058754.article PERFORMANCE: Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has been issued with an warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors identified a series of failings. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Thu, 16 May 2013 16:34 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/rise-in-ae-attendances-during-2012-claim/5058715.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/rise-in-ae-attendances-during-2012-claim/5058715.article The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:12 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/cancer-patients-left-hungry-survey-shows/5058714.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/cancer-patients-left-hungry-survey-shows/5058714.article An “alarming” number of cancer patients are left to go hungry in hospitals and want to drop out of treatment because of the way they were dealt with by staff, a charity has warned. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:07 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/ae-could-collapse-without-change/5058677.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/ae-could-collapse-without-change/5058677.article Accident and emergency units could “collapse” unless urgent changes are made to the way they are run, doctors and managers’ representatives have warned. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:44 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/a-surgical-approach-to-value-based-commissioning/5057835.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/a-surgical-approach-to-value-based-commissioning/5057835.article Establishing guidelines for a wide range of procedures Wed, 15 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hospital-transfer-wait-too-long/5058595.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hospital-transfer-wait-too-long/5058595.article Older patients are having to wait for a month before they are transferred from hospitals to care homes, a charity has warned. Tue, 14 May 2013 14:20 GMT