All Acute care articles – Page 326
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CommentCally Bann: Volunteers and Friends
So they’ve debated, they’ve negotiated, they’ve coalesced and they’ve agreed.
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NewsCalmer chameleon: the new face of Monitor
Monitor’s new chair Steve Bundred wants to put the gladiatorial era of his predecessor behind him and usher in a new spirit of co-operation. Endless battles with the Department of Health are out; faith in the health secretary is in, he tells Dave West
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CommentJohn Deffenbaugh: let us exploit our canny GPs
Let’s tap into local doctors’ famous entrepreneurial nous - and pay them to manage demand on the NHS
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NewsNHS reputation is on a par with Iceland chain
The English NHS has a public reputation roughly on a par with frozen food retailer Iceland or the UK media sector, according to a unique analysis exclusively obtained by HSJ.
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NewsChoice more important to patients than doctors
GPs resistant to offering choice of hospital treatment are underestimating its importance to patients and undermining its ability to improve quality of care.
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NewsPoor DVT policies 'putting lives at risk'
Patients’ lives are being put at risk by NHS bosses failing to take adequate steps to prevent them developing deep vein thrombosis, a charity has said.
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NewsC diff deaths at Salford Royal
An investigation is under way at one of the country’s top performing trusts following an outbreak of C difficile.
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News‘Patient safety must survive quango cull’
Health Foundation chief executive Stephen Thornton has urged health secretary Andrew Lansley to put patient safety “centre stage” and to “cull [NHS] quangos with care”.
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NewsMonitor chair wants FTs off public balance sheet
Foundation trusts should be freed from one of the shackles put in place during the Labour government’s internal battle over their creation, Monitor’s new chair has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeImplementing the Safer Childbirth standards
Teams across the country are piloting risk-minimising practices for maternity services to help avoid mishaps and litigation, says Rebecca Fitzpatrick
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NewsLorenzo goes live at Morecambe Bay
A contentious IT system has gone live at its first trust, officials confirmed this morning.
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NewsScottish patients to be assessed by nurses to increase productivity
Controversial proposals have been announced that will see patients in Scotland assessed by nurses instead of consultants in a bid to achieve targets for NHS waiting times.
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HSJ KnowledgePublic engagement: how foundation trusts fish for members
Staging activities and projects with popular appeal helps foundation trusts boost membership, says Ann McGauran
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NewsPatients 'endangered by shift work'
The practice of shift-working for doctors is likely to endanger patient safety, a report by BMA Scotland has said.
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NewsRuth Carnall: I'm not resigning
NHS London’s chief executive Ruth Carnall has said it is her “firm intention” to stay in post following the resignation of two of its directors.
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NewsImperial College Healthcare chief backs GP integration
One of the biggest hospital trusts in England wants to convert itself into a vertically integrated care organisation.
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NewsWill NHS building plans stay on the drawing board?
All spending commitments approved by the DH or Treasury this year have been called in for review as the new government seeks massive savings in the public sector. Some major NHS development plans now face uncertainty, reports Alison Moore
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CommentYour Humble Servant: NHS regime change
‘The Major Incident Plan has been implemented as the first effects of the new regime are felt. All leave has been cancelled and we are making do as best we can’
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NewsNHS service change plans will face stricter controls
Plans for major NHS service change will in future have to meet stricter standards, including the approval of GP commissioners, under rules to be announced next month.
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NewsLong term condition services inefficient due to poor design
Many primary and community care managers are designing ineffective and inefficient services for people with long term conditions, a senior Department of Health adviser has said.