All Acute care articles – Page 347
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NewsCourt rules Monitor unlawful on private patient cap
The High Court has ruled the foundation trust regulator Monitor has been unlawful in its interpretation of the private patient income cap.
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CommentStephen Eames on quality vs cost
One thing I have learnt over the years is the propensity of strategic development, planning and associated processes to dominate and consume inordinate amounts of time, often with limited output.
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NewsPre-Budget report removes £500m in health capital spending
The Treasury appears to have removed £500m of capital spending allowances from the health budget since April.
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NewsNHS operating framework hits hard
The NHS operating framework for 2010-11 is expected to include “hard hitting” measures to cut the cost and number of hospital procedures and tackle inefficiencies in community health services.
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NewsLabour plan puts adult social care in NHS hands as ministers seek savings
Radical proposals to give the NHS responsibility for social care are expected to be at the heart of a government “vision” of how the health service will be able to thrive in the context of restricted funding.
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NewsNHS boards react to Gordon Brown’s salary shame threat
Forcing organisations to publicly justify the salary of every manager earning more than £150,000 would damage the NHS, boards have warned.
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NewsFoundation governors 'must be key in reconfiguration'
The Foundation Trust Governors’ Association has said its members must be central to making major service changes as investment cuts hit.
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NewsThree trusts given equality compliance notices
Three trusts face legal action for breaching the Race Relations Act unless they take prompt steps to address racial inequality, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Now you see it
Look here for tips on dashboards that simply do their job, says Stephen Black
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NewsDomestic abuse action team for Birmingham hospital
A multi-agency team is moving into Birmingham’s Sandwell Hospital to help identify and support victims of domestic abuse.
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NewsGas explosion at Manchester hospital
Two gas explosions have ripped through the site of the former Withington Hospital in Greater Manchester.
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NewsHSJ exclusive: NHS to take responsibility for social care
The NHS is to be given far greater responsibility for social care under plans expected to be announced by the government in coming days, HSJ understands.
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HSJ KnowledgeA costing system where every patient counts
Patient-level information and costing collects data in a way that engages clinicians in improving efficiency. Louise Ross and Jennifer Butcher explain
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NewsNHS North East backs £464m hospital build plan
A strategic health authority has backed a new £464m hospital planned for Teesside.
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NewsSafety outcry is ‘mandate’ for NHS quality
Public outcry about apparently unsafe hospitals gives the health service a mandate to put quality ahead of finance in planning and providing services, the NHS medical director has said.
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CommentAre death rates fair? You decide
Drip, drip, drip. No, not the sound of a hospital “deep clean” in action, but the horror-on-horror, day-by-day reporting in the run-up to and wake of the publication of Dr Foster’s annual Hospital Guide.
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CommentTarget inequalities, beat cancer
The government must act now to stamp out staggering inequalities in cancer care. Its first steps should be a one year survival target and changing how NICE works, writes John Baron
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NewsTrusts told to focus on ambulance handovers
The government has instructed strategic health authorities to ensure trusts focus on reducing ambulance to hospital handover waits as part of planning for winter pressures.
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NewsLung cancer treatment 'varies hugely'
NHS treatment for lung cancer varies hugely depending on where the patient lives, according to the latest National Lung Cancer Audit.
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NewsNew bid to reduce A&E admissions
NHS managers in Scotland have been given until 2010-11 to reduce the number patients attending accident and emergency.