Acute Care News
Exclusive: Care Quality Commission to get external assessor
An “external body” is set to be appointed to assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learnt.
CQC calls for improved care quality data
The Care Quality Commission is backing a campaign started by Dr Foster Intelligence for hospitals to record simple care quality information when patients are admitted to hospital.
Revealed: all but six of London's non-FT hospital trusts unviable by 2014-15
Only six of London’s 18 non-foundation hospital trusts will be viable in their current form in 2014-15, HSJ can reveal.
CQUIN and CQC quality results don't match, report finds
The results of a financial incentive scheme to improve quality do not match up with other quality measures in hospital care, a study has found.
Death rates higher after weekend admissions, study confirms
Patients admitted to hospital at weekends have a greater chance of dying than those admitted on a week day, a large-scale review of NHS data has reiterated.
Healthcare trust facing deficit considers 'wholesale' outsourcing
The trust predicting the largest deficit in the country is considering a “wholesale approach to outsourcing corporate functions”, HSJ has discovered.
Fears over 'destabilising' C difficile fines to be investigated
The possibility that fines for C difficile infections will have a “destabilising” effect on some hospitals next year is to be investigated by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Hinchingbrooke plans set out by new owners
The private provider at the first NHS hospital to be taken over by a private sector firm have set out their vision to turn around its fortunes.
Poor outcomes continue for heart failure, audit reveals
Heart failure outcomes remain poor with variations in quality of care across the country and a lack of access to specialist management, according to a major national review.
Exclusive: St George's drops out of St Helier merger bid
Mergers affecting £1bn of NHS services have been thrown into doubt after a key participant pulled out of the running to take over a neighbour.
Health board fined after patient contracts Legionnaires'
A health board has been fined after an “entirely avoidable” chain of events resulted in a hospital patient being diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, the Crown Office has said.
More private clinics to treat implant patients for free
Two more private firms have agreed to remove PIP breast implants free of charge.
Exclusive: private acute providers warned over slowing NHS-funded work
The UK’s private acute healthcare industry shrank in 2010 for the first time in at least three decades despite continued growth in its NHS-funded business, according to a new report by analysts Laing and Buisson.
Private patient income continues to fall
The NHS’s real terms income from treating private patients declined in 2010 for the fifth year, according to market analysts Laing and Buisson.
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More CQC inspections risk 'diverting' funds from patient care, MPs to be warned
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Monitor licensing could stifle innovation - FTN
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Exclusive: police investigating fraud claim at foundation trust
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Organ donation target 'will be missed'
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Managers encouraged to blow whistle on colleagues in draft plans to regulate NHS leaders
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Trusts facing 'difficult choice' over service provision
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Hospital mergers have little benefit, study suggests
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Leadership and staff engagement 'critical' to hospital savings challenge - study
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Cameron demands improvements to frontline nursing 'red tape'
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Training boards must 'resolve' financial conflicts of interest
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Trusts rewarded with 'quality premium' under Future Forum plan
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One in 10 people 'end 111 calls early'
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Cameron announces 'Nursing Forum' review of care standards
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Give doctors stronger assisted dying powers, report says
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Nuffield Health makes pledge on implant surgery costs
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Exclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14
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Lansley vows to reduce readmissions
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NHS Confederation calls for end to hospital-or-bust NHS
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Rise in number of hospital infections
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Norovirus 'within expected levels'
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QIPP progress revealed after DH publishes cash savings
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Outpatient appointments increase by 4.5pc
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Nursing care standards report unveiled
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Hospital closure plan rejected by health secretary
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Prince Charles praises trusts for hospital food improvement
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Met police drive demand for ambulances
