All Acute care articles – Page 223
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NewsA&E performance tracker: Improvement continues at end of May
Accident and emergency performance has again improved on the previous week’s position, the latest data shows.
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NewsKing's Fund reports on A&E performance
Waiting times for accident and emergency patients reached a nine-year high in the fourth quarter of 2012-13, the King’s Fund said today.
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CommentSuccess means different things for different trusts
How to turn a failing hospital into a winner
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SupplementsCatch me if you can − an HSJ/NHS Confederation supplement
Examining how to improve hand hygiene and the use of patient data in the NHS
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NewsLabour warn over increase in ambulance 'diverts'
The pressures on A&E departments show “no sign of abating” Labour has warned, after figures revealed a “major increase” in the number of ambulances turned away from busy emergency departments.
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HSJ KnowledgeA strategy for maximising hospital capacity
Using home care services to reduce emergency admissions
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HSJ KnowledgeInviting peers to help improve stroke services
A scheme delivering significant improvements in stroke care
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CommentPrepare for the workforce boom
The DH has to face up to 20,000 future unemployed hospital doctors
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NewsConcern over NHS giving commercial access to new mothers
NHS officials have been criticised for letting sales people have access to new mothers just hours after they have given birth.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe potential risks of closing small A&Es
Trusts’ struggles have little relation to their size
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NewsReport reveals concern about using friends and family test in A&E
Trusts “consistently” raised concerns about using the controversial friends and family test in accident and emergency departments, according to research commissioned by the NHS and obtained by HSJ.
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NewsA&E performance tracker: Some improvement but new trusts miss target
Accident and emergency performance has improved slightly, but some trusts which had been hitting the waiting time target have seen performance suddenly plummet.
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Foundation trusts 'boost UK wealth'
Foundation trusts in the NHS benefit the UK economy to the tune of £30bn a year, a new report has found.
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NewsPatient-centred care training urged
NHS staff should be required to take classes in “patient-centred care”, a think tank suggested after a poll found that almost three-quarters of NHS professionals do not think that patient care is given enough priority in the health service.
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HSJ Local
CQC issues warning notice to Kettering General Trust
PERFORMANCE: Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has been issued with an warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors identified a series of failings.
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CommentMichael White: a gloomy picture of A&E
The inevitable result of soaring demand and dwindling resources
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CommentWhy hospital failure is fine, but passing is not
Examining Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of high mortality rates
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HSJ Local
Safety not guaranteed at 18 A&E depts amid 'toxic overcrowding'
PERFORMANCE: Patient safety at 18 accident and emergency departments in the West Midlands cannot be guaranteed according to a joint letter signed by leading clinicians from across the region.
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NewsHealthcare leaders fear 'unintended consequences' of hasty Francis legislation
Senior figures have warned of “unintended consequences” of rushed legislation in response to the Francis report.
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NewsLabour highlights hospital capacity fall
Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned, after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6 per cent since the coalition government took office.