All Acute care articles – Page 354
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NewsTrust admits doctoring A&E waiting time figures
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has apologised after admitting it doctored figures to give the impression it had met government waiting time targets.
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NewsHealth check shows NHS is not focusing on quality - Andrew Lansley
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the annual health check showed there was not enough focus on improving quality in the NHS.
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NewsHealth check improvements mask decline in acute trust performance
The performance of acute trusts in the annual health check has dropped for the first time despite overall improvements in service quality across the NHS.
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NewsMonitor clashes with foundation chair over safety
Monitor has accused the outgoing chair of a troubled foundation trust of inaccuracy, after he claimed the regulator was neglecting patient safety in favour of cost cutting.
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NewsMixed success on mortality rate reductions
There has been mixed success in meeting targets to reduce mortality rates for specific causes, the latest data from the Department of Health shows.
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NewsPCT chiefs are not underpaid, says DH
The pay gap between primary care trust chief executives and their foundation trust peers is overstated, according to the Department of Health.
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Mental health FTs allowed to treat private patients, but rules face fundamental review
The government is to launch a rapid review of the foundation trust private patient income cap in the face of a judicial review of the policy by the trade union Unison.
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NewsGovernment backs down from controversial foundation trust proposals
The government has dropped foundation trust proposals that had been criticised by the trusts, their regulator Monitor and former health secretary Patricia Hewitt.
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NewsDoctor warned over abuse of power
A Southend Hospital doctor who accessed a woman’s medical records to find her home address and mobile phone number, before turning up at her home and asking if she lived alone, is still fit to practise, the General Medical Council has ruled.
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NewsWorking time directive costs lives - RCS study
Cuts in doctors’ working hours to meet EU rules could be costing lives, a study by the Royal College of Surgeons has claimed.
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NewsHealth and Safety Executive slates trust's 'complacency' over water supply legionella
A hospital trust in Liverpool has been forced to pay £48,000 after unsafe levels of legionella bacteria were found in its bathing water supply.
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Access to maternity care
In 2006 an exciting opportunity arose which enabled some innovative thinking to become a reality and the award winning Hackney Maternity Helpline was born.
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NewsOrgan donor numbers rise by a million
The number of people prepared to donate organs increased by a million last year, according to the NHS’s organ donation task force implementation programme.
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NewsNHS admin must be slashed by £1.5bn
NHS organisations are preparing to have to shave a third off their running costs if the Conservatives take power next year.
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CommentAndrew Lansley on a Conservative recipe for NHS reform
Competition, choice and clinician power: the shadow health secretary lists the ingredients that he would use to make NHS outcomes the best in the world
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NewsSHAs must assess delivery of maternity choice
A survey next year will assess the NHS’s delivery of choice in maternity care.
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CommentSophia Christie on getting the best from GPs
Successive governments have attempted to engage primary care in commissioning in recognition of the sector’s vital role in demand management.
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NewsMid Staffs releases report on former chief executive
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has released a report into the conduct and performance of its previous chief executive Martin Yeates.
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NewsHospital plans 'flawed', says former chief executive
A former hospital chief executive has waded in to an ongoing fight over the future of accident and emergency services in Telford.
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NewsSex offender sparks investigation at Essex trust
The circumstances under which a child sex offender got a job as an NHS occupational therapist are being investigated by Essex health service bosses.