All Acute care articles – Page 325
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NewsFirst ISTCs lose activity guarantees
Care UK looks set to secure a 25 year deal on one of its independent sector treatment centres. It plans to operate the centre without a guaranteed activity contract.
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CommentDoctor numbers: all trained up, nowhere to go?
Expanded training means there is an emerging glut of doctors - what should be done?
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NewsBMA consultants committee chairman over-ruled on revalidation plans
Doctors have over-ruled a senior member of the British Medical Association by rejecting plans to introduce regular competency tests for medics.
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NewsTrusts warned over instrument checks
Trusts not performing quality assurance checks on surgical instruments before use could risk litigation and endanger patients’ lives, HSJ has been told.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: Coabolition
‘So what is the opposite of “top down”? Bottom up. And how do we tend to regard things that come out of bottoms?’
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NewsData security fears hold up trusts' IT upgrades
Concern over the security of patient data stored outside of the UK has left IT upgrades at seven trusts in limbo since February, HSJ has learned.
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CommentPredictions on the new government's next moves
The future of the largest departmental budget and the second biggest area of government spending after welfare initially boiled down to just 30 words in the government’s initial coalition agreement.
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NewsRisk linked to surgery volume
Mortality rates can be up to three times higher for a common operations at smaller, low volume acute trusts than at their larger neighbours in the same region, research published by NHS London suggests.
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NewsGovernment announces full Mid Staffs inquiry and whistleblower move
The government has announced a public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal.
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NewsHospital parking too expensive, says report
NHS patients and their families are the victims of wheel clamping, fines and excessive costs in hospital car parks, according to a report.
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NewsGOSH chief exec has 'support' of board following resignation calls
Managers at Great Ormond Street have hit back against calls for their chief executive to resign.
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NewsLansley: readmissions move is to drive integration
Penalising trusts for readmissions will push the integration of acute and community care, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsBasildon handed fine over death of disabled patient
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been fined £50,000 plus £40,000 costs following the death of a patient with cerebral palsy.
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NewsHospitals to face financial penalties for readmitting patients
Hospitals will face financial penalties if patients are readmitted as an emergency within 30 days of being discharged, under government plans to be announced today.
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Trusts to report weekly on infection
The Department of Health has asked the Health Protection Agency to publish hospital infection reports on a rolling basis.
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NewsGreat Ormond Street chief faces calls to quit
A letter of no confidence calling for the resignation of the boss at Great Ormond Street Hospital has been signed by more than 40 consultants, according to the BBC.
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NewsScottish NHS 'to pay £6.7bn in PFI fees'
The NHS in Scotland will lose nearly £6.7bn over the next 30 years to pay for privately funded building projects, according to figures.
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NewsASBO issued to patient who faked illness
A homeless man with over 70 aliases, who became an expert at faking illness so he could gain overnight admittance to hospitals, was issued with a three year criminal ASBO.
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SupplementsPreventing stroke: action or crisis
There is a growing concern that too little is being done for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, an at-risk condition that is easier to diagnose than many practitioners realise
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NewsHuge A&E attendance gaps revealed
The proportion of patients attending accident and emergency departments who are not sick enough to require an admission varies widely across England, unpublished data seen exclusively by HSJ reveals.