All Acute care articles – Page 138
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NewsWide variation found in emergency specialist surgery mortality rates
Thirty day mortality rates for emergency bowel surgery vary between 20.7pc and 3.2pc at best and worst performing hospitals Quarter of hospitals do not admit high risk patients to critical care post-surgery in recommended timeframe Six per cent annual drop in most urgent patients reaching theatre within two hours ...
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CommentThe NHS has been left with no financial wriggle room
The close accounting scrapes by the Department of Health may be fascinating but what is the longer term picture on spending likely to be
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke and Peterborough to draw up 2017 merger plan
Cambridgeshire trusts confirm they will draw up full business case to merge by next April Full business case will be considered by both boards in September The move follows outline business case in May STRUCTURE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust have confirmed ...
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HSJ Local
Locum shortage forces trust to close hospital unit
WORKFORCE: Difficulties in recruiting locum doctors has led to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust temporarily closing its ambulatory care unit at Dewsbury Hospital, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust 'not sustainable' in current form
East Cheshire Trust board says organisation is not sustainable in its current form Trust reported a £24m deficit in 2015-16 and it cannot make required savings under payment by results tariff Trust is discussing with local commissioners the possibility of becoming an accountable care organisation STRUCTURE: East Cheshire ...
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NewsSpecial measures trust chief: The problem is demand not inefficiency
The chief executive of one of the five trusts put in financial special measure said his organisation’s overspending was mainly due to demand rather than inefficiency.
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NewsThird of providers will still miss A&E target in March 2017
Third of trusts not predicting hitting A&E target by the end of 2016-17 NHS Improvement and NHS England to replace fines for access performance with conditional access to bailout funding. 12.5 per cent of monthly bailout dependent on hitting A&E trajectory, 12.5 per cent on RTT trajectory and five ...
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees block contract for A&E
FINANCE: A south London acute trust has agreed a block contract with its commissioners for the first half of this financial year.
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CommentYou should get out more: why meeting beats tweeting every time
We can never hope to win the public over to our side by staying in our offices and using social media – we must get out there and meet the people
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HSJ Knowledge
Turbulent times put squeeze on hard-pressed finance directors
A survey of finance directors reveals achieving sustainability, safety and financial balance as major challenges
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NewsSystem-wide failure identified in damning report into child's death
Second investigation report into death of Sam Morrish calls for change in culture to improve local NHS investigations PHSO report says NHS trust failed to “accept that no view other than their own was the right one” Report follows criticism of PHSO, which took two years to carry out ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Procuring an MCP
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.
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NewsTransformation funds plugging hospital deficits, say MPs
There are “grave doubts” over attempts to integrate health and social care due to unprecedented financial pressures on the NHS, a group of MPs has concluded.
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NewsTen trusts responsible for 20 per cent of A&E breaches
Continued decline in A&E performance − a priority area for the health service Ten trusts responsible for 20 per cent of target breaches Emergency care improvement programme team to be sent into a further 12 areas Ten hospital trusts clocked up 20 per cent of all accident and ...
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NewsJim Mackey: 'The NHS is in a mess'
Jim Mackey says he does not expect to fix the NHS’s problems but demands “progress” A&E is key priority and workforce identified as key problem News comes as data shows continued decline in performance this year NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey has told senior managers the health ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: We need to talk about governance
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.
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HSJ LocalLandmark reconfiguration held up by capital funding squeeze
Healthier Together reconfiguration delayed due to constraints on capital funding The project in Greater Manchester requires £35m-£61m of capital funding, but only £3m has so far been confirmed Local leaders revisit implementation plan to “send clear message that commissioners are committed” FINANCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester have ...
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HSJ LocalMajor teaching trust appoints top Dutch chief executive
Professor Marcel Levi to take over at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust Sir Robert Naylor will step down in September and Professor Levi will start in January Deputy chief executive Neil Griffiths will cover the top role from September APPOINTMENT: A new chief executive has been announced ...
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NewsSTPs offer private sector 'enormous opportunity'
STPs offer “enormous amount of opportunity” to private sector and charities, says NHS England director Public-private sector partnerships through STPs could help NHS solve issues it could not solve by itself, Michael Macdonnell says Cites estates management and new care models as areas that could benefit from external assistance ...
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NewsMackey: A&E failure is 'normalised' at some trusts
Jim Mackey concerned about 25-30 trusts where A&E performance is “stuck” NHS Improvement chief warns breaching the four hour target has become ‘normalised’ at some providers Regulator working to identify A&Es most at risk of closure due to lack of staff The emergency care performance of around 30 ...