All Acute care articles – Page 346
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NewsDr Foster misses out on NHS Choices mortality data contract
The contract to provide hospital mortality ratios and other information on quality for NHS Choices has been awarded to a US based firm.
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NewsKnighted Nicholson pays tribute to NHS staff
NHS chief executive David Nicholson, cancer tsar Mike Richards and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence chief executive Andrew Dillon have been given knighthoods in the New Year honours list.
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NewsRed-rated Bristol foundation trust chief steps down
The chief executive of a foundation trust has stepped down by mutual agreement, just as it was revealed the trust had been given a red rating by Monitor for failing to meet targets.
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NewsNHS Tower Hamlets chair moves to Barts
Barts and the London Trust has appointed Stephen O’Brien as its new interim chair.
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NewsWinter chill hits acute services hard
Elective surgery has been postponed, hospital wards closed, and patients moved to other hospitals for treatment, as freezing weather and virus outbreaks hit the NHS hard across the country.
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NewsDH urged to put off Monitor search
The Department of Health should wait until a new government is in place before appointing a permanent Monitor chair, the organisation representing foundation trusts has said.
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NewsHospital staff strike over pay and conditions
More than 250 cleaners, porters and cooks have staged a 48-hour strike at an NHS trust in Devon over implementation of Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
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NewsDH appoints first clinical director for informatics
The Department of Health has appointed Charles Gutteridge as its first national clinical director for informatics.
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NewsScheme supports patients leaving ICU
Patients leaving intensive care will be offered a new support scheme under a project being pioneered by the Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsNorovirus halts surgery at hospitals
The winter vomiting bug norovirus has forced three hospitals in Cornwall to cancel all non-urgent surgical operations.
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NewsBasildon faces legionnaires' probe
Health chiefs are investigating a possible outbreak of legionnaires’ disease at a hospital that was recently under scrutiny for blood splattered equipment and an unusually high patient mortality rate.
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HSJ Knowledge
QIPP challenges
QIPP is a cornerstone of the government’s drive to make the NHS take a more preventative and patient-centred approach.
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HSJ Knowledge
Competitive commissioning
Among the rapid changes facing the NHS at the moment is the increasing exposure of services to competition by commissioners in order to secure maximum value for money.
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HSJ KnowledgeMedicines management
A review in 2007 by the Healthcare Commission into effective medicines management showed that 92% of mental health service users contacted had taken medicines.
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CommentKen Jarrold: what is the future of NHS regulation?
The row about regulation did not come at a good time for the NHS and it raises some profound questions. Just how likely is it that self assessment will be objective? How many of us have the capacity to see ourselves, our performance and the world around us as it ...
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NewsBasildon and Thurrock making progress on hygiene, says CQC
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital Foundation Trust has made an “encouraging start” to improving hygiene standards, inspectors have found.
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NewsTories accuse government over A&E waiting targets
The Conservatives claim to have exposed widespread evidence of gaming to meet the four-hour A&E waiting time target.
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NewsYorkshire acute trust appoints chair
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed a new chair for the next four years.
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NewsOperating theatre 'scheduler' could save trusts more than £5m a year
Appointing a dedicated operating theatre “scheduler” could save acute trusts more than £5m a year, latest information from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement suggests.