All Acute care articles – Page 293
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News
Discharge delays questioned after patient deaths
Concerns have been raised after it emerged 93 patients died in one health authority area while waiting to be discharged from hospital.
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HSJ Knowledge
Learning valuable lessons from clinical audits
Two clinical governance audits have highlighted the positive changes in Croydon’s mental health acute inpatient bed use over three years, tracking improvements from service redesign. Caron Gaw, Croydon borough’s former head of psychology and Lauren Redrup, a support time and recovery worker for South London and Maudsley, explain the audits’ ...
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HSJ Local
Leeds Hospitals looks for 'solid platform' for FT bid
STRUCTURE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is focusing on agreeing a “solid platform of financial assumptions” with commissioners, to move towards foundation status.
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News
Barts to cut 250 nursing posts
More than 250 nursing positions are being lost at an NHS trust as it tries to meet the government’s demand for efficiency savings.
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HSJ Local
Over 1,000 patients miss waiting time targets at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust
PERFORMANCE: More than 1,000 patients have been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.
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HSJ Local
Consultant referrals create red risk at Telford and Wrekin
PERFORMANCE: NHS Telford and Wrekin are reporting a red risk related to the high number of consultant to consultant referrals.
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HSJ Local
QIPP slippage puts Hereford Hospitals behind plan by £2.3m
FINANCE: Hereford Hospitals Trust is reporting a deficit against plan of £2.3m.
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HSJ Local
Staff from North East London Foundation Trust support hospital trust struggling with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Staff from Community Health Services, the provider arm of NHS Barking & Dagenham which NELFT now manages, are preparing extra beds in transitional and rehab units to take some of the strain from nearby Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Hereford Hospitals to receive £2.8m of withheld SHA funds
FINANCE: NHS West Midlands is “inclined” to return £2.8m of withheld funds to Hereford, to be shared equally with the primary care trust and NHS hospital trust.
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HSJ Local
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT overperforming on PCT budget
FINANCE: A report from commissioners at NHS Hammersmith and Fulham found the acute trust was overperforming by £913,000 in the year-to-date.
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HSJ Local
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Trust risks unpaid activity
FINANCE: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital Trust is at risk of carrying out activity at a loss due to tightening commissioner resources and a capacity shortfall.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bristol explores possibility of research centre
STRUCTURE: NHS Bristol and partners in the Bristol Research and Innovation Group for Health (BRIG-H) are drawing up plans for a research centre.
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HSJ Local
East Kent FT experiencing rise in mixed sex incidents
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is experiencing “slightly” deteriorating performance on mixed sex accommodation.
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex hospitals ups rating in gay friendly employer list
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust was ranked 72 in the latest Stonewall Top 100 Workplace Index – making it one of only five NHS organisations to appear in the list.
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HSJ Local
Dartford acute trust consults on equality plan
WORKFORCE: The trust has launched a consultation on a draft Single Equality Scheme 2011-2014.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bournemouth ahead on cancer
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals FT is outperforming all seven targets on cancer waiting times.
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HSJ Local
North Devon Healthcare boss to take direct action on hand hygiene
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of North Devon Healthcare Trust is to tackle individuals not complying with the hand hygiene policy.
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News
Ambulances refitted to transport larger patients
Ambulance fleets across the country are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting gear to cope with the increasing number of obese patients, it has been reported.
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Comment
Successful healthcare mergers, like marriages, need a lot of hard work
Mergers and acquisitions of healthcare organisations in the developed world have become much more commonplace over the last decade.
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News
Ambulance workers call off strike at last minute
Staff at Great Western Ambulance Service Trust called off industrial action at the eleventh hour last week after agreeing to more talks with the trust.