All Acute care articles – Page 265
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NewsHospital PFI deals attacked after car park charges increase
Private finance initiative contracts signed by the last Labour-led administration to build hospital car parks have been attacked following a decision by one hospital to increase charges by 62 per cent.
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CommentDebate: is general practice pulling its weight in the efficiency challenge?
On 30 June, HSJ columnist Noel Plumridge suggested primary care should carry its share of the £20bn Nicholson challenge, alluding to the Nuffield Trust’s March recommendation that primary care “should become a key focus of the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention agenda”. Noel’s article led to this correspondence with Pat ...
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SupplementsHSJ special report: sustainability in the NHS
HSJ’s special report this week looks at sustainability in the NHS, inculding the award-winning efforts by Sandwell PCT, and how the issue has a huge part to play in the futures of all organisations in the NHS - now, and after the reforms.
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NewsPharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry
The pharmaceutical industry is urging the NHS to be more open to research projects which could illuminate the wider societal benefits of treatment.
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NewsLiberating Ideas Award 2011: can your idea benefit the rest of the NHS?
Great ideas drive improvement in the NHS. Enter your organisation into the second Capgemini and HSJ Liberating Ideas Award now.
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NewsGerman firm linked to DH hospital plan down-plays involvement
Helios Healthcare, the company mentioned in correspondence between the Department of Health and McKinsey in recently released emails, said its “strategic focus [would remain] on the German hospitals market” .
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Commercial-only finance plans for FTs scaled back
The government has pulled back from plans to stimulate a market for private sector lending to foundation trusts, under which they would have been cut off from all finance other than commercial loans.
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NewsExclusive: 500 avoidable deaths a year in London due to understaffing
There are more than 500 avoidable deaths a year in emergency care each year in London, a report obtained exclusively by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ Local
Virtual care service launched for North West stroke patients
STRUCTURE: An “out of hours” virtual clinical service is being launched in the North West to help support treatment for acute stroke patients.
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HSJ Local
London trust wide of the mark on waiting times
PERFORMANCE: More than half of patients seen at North Middlesex University Hospital Trust in June had waited more than 18 weeks for treatment.
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NewsNew ambulance indicators suggest variation in stroke care
New figures measuring ambulance trust performance against a set of key clinical practices has exposed huge variation in care for stroke.
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NewsOnly two hospitals rated 'poor' in annual PEAT scores
Just two hospital sites across the NHS and private sector were rated “poor” in this year’s patient environment action team inspection results, published by the NHS Information Centre.
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NewsDH in talks for 'international players' to take on struggling hospitals
The Department of Health has held discussions about “international players” running up to 20 NHS hospitals, according to confidential emails.
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Comment'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'
In the battle against Whitehall maybe the NHS needs its own Arab Spring – led by managers, suggests Kieran Walshie.
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Comment'Health services need a new type of investment to help achieve savings'
The constrains that the current funding model puts on the NHS means value for money improvements are almost impossible to translate into long term savings. Paul Corrigan looks at how a new model of investment can change this cycle.
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NewsHealth secretary to retain reconfiguration veto
The health secretary would largely retain his powers over service reconfigurations following amendments to the Health Bill - despite previous promises he would take a “hands-off” role.
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NewsCull hospital and consultant numbers - Crisp
The NHS needs a new “vision” if it is to improve and should cut the number of hospitals and consultants to do so, one of its former chief executives has said.
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HSJ Local
FT plans 20 per cent growth in private patient income
FINANCE: The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust, Britain’s biggest specialist cancer trust, is planning to increase its private patient income by 20 per cent this year.
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HSJ Local
FT predicting significant fall in MoD income
FINANCE: The main provider of acute healthcare for the armed forces is predicting a significant fall in Ministry of Defence income as the UK scales back its deployment in Afghanistan.
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NewsEighty trusts call in lawyers over board level exits
Nearly 80 NHS organisations have employed law firms to deal with the departure of board members over the past five years, an HSJ investigation has revealed.