All Acute care articles – Page 148
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS must replicate retail
The health service has the greatest purchasing power in the UK
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CommentWhy we need politicians who will regulate the revolving door between public and private sectors
Big money’s values in the NHS
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NewsClinicians guilty of manslaughter after Leicester child death
A doctor and a nurse have been convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence of a child at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
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NewsBennett calls for freeze of foundation trust pipeline
The outgoing chief executive of the foundation trust regulator has called for a suspension of the FT pipeline.
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NewsBennett: Government 'micromanagement' creating 'dependency mindset' among leaders
The outgoing chief executive of regulator Monitor has accused the government of attempting to ‘micromanage’ NHS organisations in a way that damages motivation and creates a ‘dependency mindset’ among leaders.
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NewsMonitor chief warns: Providers can’t bear more than 2pc savings
David Bennett has warned that NHS providers have little scope to get their deficit below £2bn in 2015-16, and that national bodies must ensure tariff prices for next year impose a savings requirement of no more than 2 per cent.
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NewsCCGs lead creation of 'around 100 digital footprints’
NHS commissioners have led the creation of around 100 ‘digital footprints’ to develop technology strategies for their health economies, an NHS England director has announced.
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CommentValue-based care needs to be supported by value-based regulation
The Care Quality Commission’s plans for a fees hike are worrying but could herald major shifts in the regulator’s relationship with trusts, argues Johnny Marshall
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NewsRevealed: DH’s spending review bid for up to £5.6bn IT funding
A Department of Health bid to the government spending review has said the NHS will need up to £5.6bn to deliver its technology plans, HSJhas learned.
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NewsTrust chiefs warn bed occupancy already at winter levels
Bed occupancy in acute trusts is already at the most pressured winter levels, trust chief executives and directors have told HSJ.
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CommentDon't overlook sepsis, a bigger killer than cancer
Fighting a condition that kills 37,000 people a year in the UK
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NewsExclusive: Senior clinicians 'recommend merger' of two teaching hospitals
The boards of Liverpool’s two university teaching hospital trusts are to consider a joint report from their senior clinicians that recommends merging the organisations, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalLondon CCGs could form federation to redesign acute and mental health services
STRUCTURE: Five clinical commissioning groups in North London could form a federation to redesign acute, mental health and primary care services.
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NewsStevens sets five NHS 'tests' for government spending review
Simon Stevens has set ‘five tests’ for whether the government’s spending review meets the NHS’s needs, including ‘front-loaded investment’, to fund the changes set out in the Five Year Forward View.
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CommentThe government can't talk its way out of the junior doctors standoff
It has attracted public and political sympathy
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NewsJulie Moore to run second FT: What does it mean?
One of England’s most influential NHS chief executives, University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s Dame Julie Moore, has been appointed to simultaneously run its neighbouring acute trust. David Williams considers the implications.
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NewsExclusive: Julie Moore to run two Birmingham FTs
Dame Julie Moore, the chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, is to take over the leadership of its troubled neighbour Heart of England FT, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSouth West London refused entry to 'success regime'
South West London NHS organisations have asked to join the ‘success regime’, the national programme of directive support for struggling health economies, but have been turned down.
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