All Health Service Journal articles in 14 July 2011 – Page 4
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HSJ Local
Northants General fails on A&E targets
PERFORMANCE: A patient waited for nearly 15 hours in accident and emergency at Northampton General Hospital, as the trust failed on three A&E indicators in May.
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HSJ Local
King's College aims for £13m in private income
FINANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is aiming to make £13m in private income during 2011-12, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
North East tops regions on A&E waiting times
PERFORMANCE: NHS North East performed better than all other English regions on waiting times in accident and emergency, with 98 per cent of patients seen within four hours.
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HSJ Local
North Manchester General passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Derby Hospitals missing five Monitor targets
PERFORMANCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust is missing five Monitor targets including referral to treatment times for admitted patients, and accident and emergency waiting times
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HSJ KnowledgeSupporting surgery: how to get the best out of locum surgeons
The best and safest surgery is delivered by settled teams so it makes sense to provide well managed support for locum surgeons. Chris Milford offers some guidelines for hospitals.
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NewsCameron accused of breaking NHS cash promise
The prime minister’s “personal promise” to give the NHS a real rise in funding “is being broken”, shadow health secretary John Healey has claimed.
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NewsRise in complaints about health bodies
A parliamentary watchdog investigated double the number of complaints about government departments in the past year than in the previous 12 months, a report has said.
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NewsNHS ready to investigate Brown hack claims
The NHS in Scotland is prepared to launch an investigation into how the medical records of Gordon Brown’s family were leaked to the media, according to Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
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NewsEaston: no quality in many savings plans
The man responsible for driving the NHS’s £20bn quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings plan has warned that some schemes being pursued under its banner have “no semblance of quality in them at all”.
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NewsLansley heralds change in size and role of acutes
Andrew Lansley has used an HSJ interview to signal significant changes in the size and role of acute hospitals, although he insisted there was no certainty that hospitals would close.
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NewsSir David sets out single commissioning vision
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has jump-started development of the reformed commissioning system, publishing details of his emerging national board and telling primary care trust clusters to follow a “single operating model” for the next two years.
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HSJ Local
MP criticises infrastructure investment at Suffolk PCT
PERFORMANCE: A local MP has criticised NHS Suffolk over patients being treated in temporary buildings at a GP practice in Suffolk.
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HSJ Local
Capacity a risk in NHS Sandwell's commissioning support model
STRUCTURE: Sandwell PCT’s ability to offer effective commissioning support in the future could be diminished by a lack of capacity, a stock take has found.
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HSJ Local
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells not compliant with mixed sex rules
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells has issued a statement admitting that it is not yet fully compliant with the Department of Health’s latest rules on phasing out mixed sex accommodation.
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HSJ Local
North East SHA reduced management costs
WORKFORCE: NHS North East’s management costs expenditure totalled £6.98m in 2010-11 - 2.44 per cent of net operating costs, compared to 3.84 per cent in the previous year.
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HSJ Local
North Devon Healthcare to do deal with council
STRUCTURE: The board of Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been asked to agree a memorandum of understanding with Devon County Council for the “provision of integrated adult health and social care services”.
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CommentEast of England raises concerns in accountability reviews
The East of England has been doing its annual round of accountability reviews at its primary care trusts. As well as South West Essex, Great Yarmouth and Waveney have had a visit.
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NewsCommissioning brain drain ‘stripping assets’
HSJ research reveals for the first time the extent of the brain drain caused in the past year by paying off primary care trust managers - half of whom were either clinicians or experts in commissioning and finance.
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CommentMedia Watch: migraines, babies and social care, oh my
Any newspaper-reading migraine sufferers might conclude that the NHS could soon use Botox to prevent their headaches - but only at the expense of making them unrecognisable to their babies.