All Acute care articles – Page 300
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NewsRush to market cancer test breakthrough
An experimental blood test that can spot a single cancer cell among a billion healthy ones has taken a step closer to being brought to market.
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NewsNHS 'wastes billions' on procurement
More than £1bn of taxpayers’ money a year is being wasted by NHS managers who spend vastly differing amounts on the same supplies, the head of a government-backed healthcare efficiency drive has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeA model for the co-provision of home-based care
A co-provision approach to post acute re-enablement has reduced lengths of hospital stays in pilot areas, as Katie Donlevy and James Heffron explain
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CommentIncentives for doctors: the big chill will hit medics too
Incentives for doctors is not a bad idea but they should only be given for tangible improvements
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CommentA survival plan for non-foundation trusts
The government has committed to the foundation trust model as the default structure for providers in the NHS.
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NewsFlu death toll reaches 27
A total of 27 people have died from influenza this winter, including nine children, latest official figures show.
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Five trusts now predicting year-end deficits
Four primary care trusts and one hospital trust who were predicting year-end surpluses in the first quarter of 2010-11 are now predicting deficits.
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NewsNumber of A&E consultants must double to cope with new indicators
The new accident and emergency indicators will require some departments to double their A&E consultants while others will struggle to record the data without upgrading their IT, the HSJ has been told.
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NewsCQC lifts conditions on Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT
The Care Quality Commission has lifted all the registration conditions previously imposed on a foundation trust in Buckinghamshire.
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NewsRise in intensive care beds occupied by flu patients
The number of flu cases being treated in critical care beds has increased by 66 per cent in the last week, according to figures released by the Department of Health.
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NewsCQC lifts half of conditions at east London hospital trust
Half of the registration conditions imposed on Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust have now been lifted by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCancer survival in UK worse than other developed countries
Glaring gaps in cancer survival rates between the UK and other developed countries have been exposed in a major study.
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NewsDundee hospital told to improve hygiene
Infection control standards at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee have come under fire from health inspectors.
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NewsProstate cancer monitoring scanner developed
An advanced type of body scan could help doctors decide when a man with slow-growing prostate cancer needs treatment.
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CommentWaiting times tracker: analysis of seasonal effects
An important issue in understanding trends in waiting times - and what may be influencing changes since June - is seasonal variations.
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NewsFirst NHS outcomes framework published
The first NHS outcomes framework has been unveiled, identifying 51 indicators to be used to judge the service.
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NewsPrice competition could raise death rates, experts warn
The decision to let NHS hospitals compete with each other on price from next year threatens to harm care and raise death rates, experts warn.
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NewsEmergency targets scrapped in favour of performance measures
The four-hour accident and emergency target and the 19 minute category B response time for ambulances are to be scrapped, the government announced today.
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NewsHospital productivity has fallen over last decade
Hospital productivity has fallen by an average of 1.4 per cent a year since the publication of the NHS Plan ten years ago, the National Audit Office has said.
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Rise in cancer target breaches among foundation trusts, new Monitor report shows
The number of foundation trusts that missed cancer treatment targets rose by a third to 28 out of 130 in the past three months, their regulator Monitor has revealed.