All Acute care articles – Page 272
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NewsAuditors to query use of foundations’ resources
A number of foundation trusts are likely to face “qualifications”, querying the accuracy of their 2010-11 accounts, because of questions over their use of resources, auditors have warned.
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SupplementsPreventing acute kidney injury: an HSJ special report
Between 20 to 30 per cent of acute kidney injury is predictable and avoidable, and if clinicians get the care basics right, can be prevented.
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NewsNew service for private patients launched
Patients who go private will be able to access a new one-stop service designed to help them get the best care.
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NewsExclusive: NHS efficiency drive won’t close whole hospitals, says Sir David
No “whole hospital” will have to close as a result of the drive to find £20bn of efficiencies from the NHS budget, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has insisted to HSJ.
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NewsDH denies FT momentum will be lost
The Department of Health has denied that the impetus behind achieving foundation trust status for all trusts would evaporate after the dropping of the 2014 deadline.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow public involvement was a foundation for improving healthcare delivery in Hertfordshire
Meeting the public everywhere from scout huts to traveller sites has been a vital component of modernising provision in Hertfordshire. Nick Carver and colleagues explain.
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NewsHalf of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care
Patient care is set to get worse in the next few years, according to nearly half of NHS staff surveyed in a government poll.
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NewsTrusts missing NICE guidelines on stroke treatment
“Considerable variation” exists in the time taken to provide stroke prevention surgery, data from the Royal College of Physicians and the Vascular Society has shown.
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NewsInformation strategy delayed until autumn, DH confirms
The government’s long-awaited “information revolution” strategy for health has been delayed again, and will not now be released until the autumn, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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Royal colleges to be enlisted to identify procedures at risk of 'cherry picking'
The Department of Health command paper on choice, competition and a failure regime for trusts sets out some specifics but leaves many questions unanswered.
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NewsAction demanded over hospital deaths
Labour has called for urgent action following a report about an increase in deaths from dehydration in Scottish hospitals.
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NewsKing's Fund calls for hospital mergers
Twenty hospitals need to be merged or taken over to improve the quality of care for patients, the head of the King’s Fund has said.
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NewsDH redrawing failure regime to avoid up-front political battles
The government is drawing up a revised failure regime to avoid the advance labelling of which hospital and care services could hypothetically go bust and be closed down.
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NewsNHS 111 halts increase in A&E attendances
Emergency departments involved in the pilot of the 111 phone number for non-emergency care saw four per cent fewer patients in the first five months of the scheme, researchers have found.
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NewsCircle floats on stock market
The independent healthcare company set to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust as the first UK hospital franchise was floated last week on AIM, a part of the London Stock Exchange.
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HSJ Local
Bare midriffs banned at hospital
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust has warned staff against wearing clothes that expose their “midriff” or “excessive cleavage”.
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NewsNegligence payouts soared to £1bn in 2010-11
Clinical negligence claims have cost the NHS £2.6bn over the past three years, with payout costs almost doubling in the past year, latest figures have shown.
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HSJ Local
Chesterfield Royal sets aside £40,000 for consultants to tell FT 'story'
COMMERCIAL: Chesterfield Royal Foundation Trust is spending up to £40,000 on consultants to help revise its strategies.
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HSJ Local
Lincolnshire Partnership FT finds £1.3m gap in efficiency plan
FINANCE: Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust’s efficiency plan for 2011-12 has a gap of £1.3m.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.