All Acute care articles – Page 198
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NewsKeogh reveals plan to redesignate emergency services
Hospital emergency departments are set to be reclassified, with as few as 40 of them offering a higher level of staffing and expertise, NHS England has revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Bath developed new thinking on coping with winter pressures
A new approach to seasonal care
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Hospital Transformation
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HSJ KnowledgeWinter pressure fund is cold comfort for some
Is it fair that the most challenged trusts are getting a bailout to ease winter pressures?
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HSJ KnowledgeQuality governance: burden or opportunity?
A good system goes far beyond regulation and the regulators
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting on board with 'patient experience'
Is a patient experience director need to keep the issue at the top of everyone’s agenda?
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HSJ KnowledgeAnalysis, quality, rigour: what the new NHS chief means for you
Simon Stevens has a track record on incentives, benchmarking and innovation
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HSJ LocalCouncil loses bid to halt reconfiguration
Enfield Council has lost its legal challenge to a large reconfiguration scheme in north London.
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NewsPM focused on A&E winter measures
Downing Street has confirmed that David Cameron is getting personally involved in overseeing the NHS’s response to expected pressures on casualty departments in England this winter.
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NewsConfederation and FTN fill top posts
The two main NHS organisation representative bodies have announced senior appointments today.
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NewsChief executive of London specialist trust to retire
The chief executive of a leading London specialist trust is stepping down ahead of a major capital project.
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NewsNew database hailed in cancer fight
Weather forecasting science is being used to predict the most effective ways to fight cancer in a ground-breaking new development.
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NewsLondon trust considered moving to Cambridge
A central London foundation trust has announced plans to sell off land worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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NewsNHS food supplement spend revealed
Hospitals spend more money on nutritional supplements than food, campaigners have said.
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NewsA fifth of maternity funding spent on insurance
A fifth of maternity services funding is spent on insurance against malpractice, a report suggests.
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NewsA&E units 'facing worst winter yet'
Accident and emergency departments in the NHS are facing what may be “our worst winter yet” due to a combination of soaring demand, a shortage of doctors and “toxic” overcrowding on hospital wards, a senior consultant has warned.
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HSJ Local
CQC says Colchester should be placed into special measures
The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust be placed under special measures after a recent unannounced inspection led to the regulator referring its findings to the police.
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HSJ LocalMother of cancer boy seeks justice
The mother of a four-year-old boy who died at a hospital accused of falsifying cancer care data has demanded “justice” for her son.
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NewsWhistleblowing laws 'must change'
Whistleblowing laws in NHS hospitals must change so staff can report their concerns with confidence, a union has said.
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NewsIncrease in hospital admissions
The number of hospital admissions rose again last year, with the total level being nearly a third higher than that recorded a decade ago, data reveals.