All Acute care articles – Page 221
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HSJ Local
United Lincolnshire under 'sustained pressure'
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has said it is facing “sustained presure” on its services due to high demand for emergency services.
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NewsExclusive: Delay to 111 go live in third of country
NHS Direct has been asked to provide a contingency service in almost a third of England due to delays in rolling out the government’s flagship 111 urgent care phone number, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOnly half health and wellbeing boards consider end-of-life care
Concerns have been raised that some bodies introduced under the NHS reforms have not considered the needs of dying people.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospital claims safety data error
PERFORMANCE: The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says there was an error in its patient safety data.
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BlogsHarkness Fellows: can payment reform improve public health?
Payment reform for healthcare delivery in the US could improve not only the service provided, but public health as well, writes Douglas Noble
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NewsNuffield Trust: Patient views vital post-Francis
The Nuffield Trust has given its strong backing to the Francis Report’s call for better engagement with patients across the health service.
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NewsThird of foundation trusts failed A&E waiting targets in Q3
Monitor has reported a sharp decline in performance of foundation trust accident and emergency departments, with over a third of the sector missing A&E waiting targets in the last three months of 2012.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow an earthquake sped up care reform
The 2011 disaster forced New Zealand into action
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NewsExclusive: Keogh mortality probe could be 'model' for chief inspector of hospitals
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh hopes his review of care quality at 14 acute trusts will provide a model for the future chief inspector of hospitals.
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NewsBerwick will look at Francis report with 'a critical eye'
The NHS faces a fresh wave of reform recommendations this summer aimed at improving quality and safety, with two influential reviews triggered by the Francis inquiry due to report in the same month.
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CommentFrancis chairs survey: Odgers Berndtson's view
The majority of chairs feel empowered to challenge their executives
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NewsMost chairs back Francis's recommended rules for board members
Nearly three-quarters of hospital and mental health provider chairs back the introduction of a “fit and proper person test” for membership of trust boards
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NewsTrust chairs believe there are other Mid Staffs-type failures
“A small number” of trusts are failing in a similar way to Mid Staffordshire, HSJ survey finds
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NewsCQC: NHS 'failing dementia patients'
The health and social care system is “struggling” to care properly for people with dementia, the health watchdog said.
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Aggregate hospital ratings 'risk leaving out what matters'
A study into quality ratings for hospital trusts has found that single organisational measures - which are being explored by the government - “run the risk of leaving out what matters to patients with specific conditions”.
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HSJ KnowledgePositive steps already taken towards dignity in the NHS
How the diginity in care board addresses the concerns of Francis
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NewsEx-older people's tsar criticises out of hospital obsession
Planning for large reductions in older people in acute hospitals is “absolute la la land”, the government’s former older people’s tsar has told HSJ.