Acute Care Resource Centre
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How to deliver a successful and sustainable hospital transformation
How do you deliver long term transformational change at your hospital when the immediate concern is short term cost improvement? McKinsey senior expert Neil Griffiths has some ideas.
Developing a new care pathway to enhance responses to alcohol cases
Alcohol-related emergency care demand needs to be understood and managed if the number of cases is to be reduced, say James Bell and colleagues.
How service line management can inspire improved behaviours throughout NHS organisations
Service line management can empower frontline clinicians to make the changes the NHS needs for future viability. The big challenge is changing the way NHS organisations are managed, says Chris Calkin.
How a COPD care bundle is reducing readmissions
Implementing a COPD care bundle can reduce readmissions and aid patient self-management. But it is only part of the solution, say Trish Winn, Maria Buxton and Mary Noone at the North West London Hospitals Trust.
How a holistic approach to healthcare drives better value
Services are often fragmented across systems and even within organisations, causing waste. True value in healthcare, says Kate Hall, comes from smoothing patient pathways.
A blueprint to improve services for patients with hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a growing problem in London but many sufferers are not getting the care they need. Kosh Agarwal and colleagues present a blueprint for treating the disease.
Will Any Qualified Provider bring the private sector and the community together?
With the provision of some community based services being opened up to Any Qualified Provider, Beachcroft LLP partner Robert McGough examines five crucial questions for commissioners to consider.
Better buying: how to achieve value for money procurement
Under pressure for savings, NHS organisations need to focus on best value supplies, and not just lower costs, warns Jonathan Wedgbury.
How predictive modelling can help reduce risk, and hospital admissions
Accurate prediction of patients at risk is central to preventing admissions, but funding to develop predictive models has been withdrawn by the DH. Geraint Lewis and colleagues look at some of the tools available to local commissioners now charged reducing admissions.
Breathing space: how one trust's approach to respiratory pathways is improving outcomes
Royal Bolton Hospital introduced “patient gateways” to improve its respiratory pathway, with great success. Brian Bradley and colleagues explain how they did it.
How care bundling drives down mortality rates in pneumonia care
The North West London Hospitals Trust, implementing a care bundle approach, has reduced mortality rates for patients with pneumonia. Trish Winn and Sunder Chita explain how.
Fair for all? What the future holds for pensions in the NHS
With government proposals expected in October this year, Beachcroft LLP partners Neil Bhan and Nicholas Chronias explore the possible effects of long term pension reform in the NHS following Lord Hutton’s report into public sector pensions back in March.
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Is more surgery the answer to the nation's obesity crisis?
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Learning from lean: the techniques transforming pathology services
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How pairing clinicians with managers could speed up clinical excellence
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The toolkit hoping to revolutionise the use of patient discharge data
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How a change in practice can reduce hospital admissions for older dementia patients
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The case for reinvigorating management and leadership training in the NHS
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How a broader view of emergency readmissions could reduce overall activity levels
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Healthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHS
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Maximising the mutually beneficial value of apprenticeships in acute care
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A hire price to pay: how leasing equipment saves money and improves service quality
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Why sustainable health services are key to the future of healthcare
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Improving the quality of nutritional care in hospitals
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HSJ roundtable: education and training
Training in the NHS costs £5bn a year. Alison Moore reports from a lively HSJ roundtable discussion on the government’s plans to reform it.
