All Acute care articles – Page 141
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NewsCQC investigates Birmingham trust over cardiac surgery deaths
CQC launches investigation into cardiac surgery at UHB Chief inspector of hospitals finds significant concerns over safety, effectiveness and responsiveness The Care Quality Commission has launched an investigation into adult heart surgery at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust after an audit identified the service as a mortality outlier.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Two very different trusts, united by failure
What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsSpecialist care vanguard may design new 'experimental tariffs'
Vanguard trusts looking at creating new tariffs for orthopaedics Alliance could also “accredit” care at other trusts Sign up to receive the What’s New in Care Models newsletter every week An alliance of specialist trusts could develop new “experimental tariffs” to encourage acute providers to improve or franchise ...
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NewsRevealed: Trust has 1,000 patients waiting over a year for treatment
East London trust has 1,015 patients waiting more than a year on elective RTT pathway Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s total dwarfs reported national figure True national total not known as large acute trusts fail to report waiting times data Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEX-NONE/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's New in Care Models: Franchising vanguard breaks cover
Everything that’s new in care models and tracking the progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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NewsSir David Dalton named top chief executive for third year
Third HSJ Top Chief Executives list revealed Sir David Dalton’s achievements at Salford Royal and nationally highlighted by judges Twenty-two women in the list of 50 Sir David Dalton has been named as the leading provider chief executive in the NHS for the third year in a row, ...
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LeaderThe influencers on our list hold sway across the health economy
Our third Top Chief Executives List is not intended simply as a historical record of who did well in their own organisation over the last year
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SupplementsHSJ Top Chief Executives 2016
HSJ’s third annual list celebrates the NHS leaders whose contributions and vision stand out in challenging times.
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HSJ LocalPrestigious teaching trust restricts access to heart service
Cambridge University Hospitals temporarily restricts outpatient cardiology service for out of area patients Leaked letter says decision made to avoid “potential safety concerns” CUH cites increase in demand and staff shortages as reasons Waiting list for cardiology outpatient service rising by 50 patients a week ACUTE CARE: A ...
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NewsLord Darzi calls for trusts to invest in social care
Professor Lord Ara Darzi has said NHS providers should get into the social care business to take the pressure off acute trusts.
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HSJ KnowledgeValue in Healthcare podcast: an ambulance service revolution
East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust talks to HSJ about how it transformed local ambulance services by partnering with Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service and Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Services (LIVES).
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NewsExclusive: One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red
Majority of trusts already had large deficit plans at the start of the year, but are now even deeper in the red than expected HSJ has examined the finance reports for 136 acute trusts to reveal their latest recorded positions Of trusts reporting against original plans, Heart of England ...
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NewsRevealed: The trusts most behind on their financial targets
HSJ research has revealed that more than a quarter of acute trusts reported a financial position which was more than £5m worse than planned for the first nine months of 2015-16.
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HSJ LocalIconic specialist hospital discovers 7,000 patients missed off waiting list
Great Ormond Street Hospital finds 7,000 patients who should have been on its waiting list that were not recorded “Small number” of patients sent to other providers as GOSH seeks to ensure no patients were harmed GOSH has not reported waiting times data since July PERFORMANCE: An internationally ...
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NewsMapped: Staff survey engagement scores
This map shows acute and specialist trusts’ overall engagement scores in the 2015 NHS staff survey at a glance.
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NewsNorth of England: Staff survey best and worst performers
Analysis of the best and worst performers in the North of England region on key measures in the NHS staff survey 2015, released today.
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NewsMidlands and East: Staff survey best and worst performers
Analysis of the best and worst performers in the Midlands and East region on key measures in the NHS staff survey 2015.
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NewsExclusive: Baby death investigation uncovers systemic failings at trust
New investigation exposes how vital documents never existed and policies were out of date Midwives routinely ignored policies and guidelines as part of the “culture” in midwifery led unit Trust to review historical incidents and deaths to ensure no wider problems A midwife who retrospectively altered the clinical ...
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NewsCCG leaders expect surge in A&E reconfiguration
More than a third of commissioning group leaders responding to an HSJ survey expected the publication or implementation of plans to close or downgrade accident and emergency services in the next year.
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NewsCCG leads doubt delivery on finance and A&E for 2016-17
Large majority of CCG leaders responding to survey have little confidence in delivering health system balance or A&E targets High confidence in delivering new mental health targets The large majority of local commissioner leaders responding to an HSJ survey have little confidence their health system will return to ...