All Acute care articles – Page 249
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NewsPlans to ramp up NHS overseas branches
NHS hospitals are to be invited by the government to set up profit-making branches abroad to raise funds for patients at home and raise the international profile of the health service.
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NewsLansley hails cancer care improvements
Treatment for cancer sufferers has undergone a “fantastic” improvement, the health secretary has said
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HSJ KnowledgeLet's be clear on cancellations
The service has a duty to be transparent about cancelled operations, says Peter Homa
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NewsLatest surgery outcome figures show 'marked' variation
There is “marked” variation in the level of health benefit patients feel from common surgical procedures, national performance figures show.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Cost revealed of PR battle over children's heart surgery
The public relations battle between the NHS and trusts that stood to lose services under the national reconfiguration of paediatric heart surgery cost nearly three-quarters of a million pounds, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCourt to hear medical treatment case
The courts are being asked to rule in a dispute over whether it is in “the best interests” of a man in a vegetative state to receive life-saving treatment if his condition deteriorates.
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NewsReview of cosmetic surgery launched
Plastic surgeons have welcomed the launch of a major review of cosmetic surgery following the PIP breast implant scandal.
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NewsNew Legionnaires' outbreak confirmed
Samples from hot tub confirmed as strain legionella bacteria
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NewsCataract surgery restrictions criticised
Sight-saving surgery is being wrongly restricted due to cost-cutting measures, it has been claimed.
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NewsLetter reveals uncertainty hanging over quality observatories
Regional quality observatories - set up to monitor and improve service standards - may come to an end when strategic health authorities are abolished next year, a letter reveals.
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NewsCall for NHS 111 rollout slowdown undermined
Just eight clinical commissioning groups have asked the Department of Health for an extension to the deadline for the rollout of NHS 111, despite widespread calls for the process to be slowed down.
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NewsTrust wins treatment intervention ruling
A health trust has won a court ruling that medical staff do not have to forcibly give a seriously ill man the life-prolonging treatment he is resisting.
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NewsBed waiting times soar for A&E admissions
The number of patients waiting more than four hours in emergency departments for a bed to become available has rocketed in the past year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe paper chase is on
As trusts change the record, strategic approaches to document scanning are key
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NewsEmergency services feel strain of telephone trial
A telephone triage system developed by Connecting for Health to direct patients to the most appropriate forms of care appears to be increasing pressure on emergency services, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsCall to target kidney care costs
Kidney disease costs the NHS more than breast, lung, colon and skin cancer combined, yet too many cases remain undiagnosed and untreated.
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NewsSurgeon calls for obesity surgery to be prioritised over end of life cancer drugs
A surgeon has suggested that it might be better to spend NHS funds on surgery for obese patients than on palliative care for the terminally ill.
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NewsSutton GPs oppose downgrade of local hospital
GPs are opposing a proposed downgrade of accident and emergency and maternity services at St Helier Hospital in south London, it has emerged.
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HSJ KnowledgePatients 'should take trusts to court' over drug access
‘Numerous trusts are acting unlawfully… denying patients an innovative and cost-effective treatment,’ writes NICE chair Sir Michael Rawlins in a recent HSJ article. Read the article, listen to the BBC’s follow-up and share your views.