All Acute care articles – Page 374
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Whooping cough making a 'dramatic comeback', warn Liberal Democrats
Diseases such as whooping cough and scarlet fever are making a “dramatic comeback”, the Liberal Democrats have warned.
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NHS performance regime: failure criteria published
The Department of Health has published the criteria it will use for defining failure under its performance regime.
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NewsAlan Johnson: UK among best prepared for swine flu outbreak
Health secretary Alan Johnson has attempted to calm fears over an outbreak of a new strain of flu called swine influenza.
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HSJ KnowledgePut co-ordinators at the heart of organ donation
The NHS has been challenged with upping organ donation. Stuart Shepherd looks at the vital role transplant co-ordinators can play in meeting this ambition
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NHS London reports 'sharp improvement' in public satisfaction
Public satisfaction with the health service in London has shown a “sharp improvement”, a poll has revealed.
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Dry run for quality accounts gets the go ahead
All foundation trusts, and other provider trusts in the East of England, will have to publish reports on the quality of their services this year, it has been confirmed.
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NewsPublic spending cuts will be worse than predicted - Institute for Fiscal Studies
Public spending will be cut by 2.3 per cent a year in real terms from 2011-12 onwards, analysts at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have said.
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Experts voice concerns over 'cyclical NHS sackings'
The NHS should be less ready to “junk” managers when things go wrong, senior figures have said.
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Conservatives to let patients choose individual consultant
The Conservatives have set out their intention to give patients more choice over the individual clinician providing their treatment.
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NewsLatest NHS chief departure sparks fears of diminishing talent pool
Fears of a “diminishing pool” of NHS leadership talent have reached a critical point after one chief executive was sacked and another became the latest to resign his post.
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Safer Care: the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme
The Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme is enabling acute trusts to develop their capability and frontline teams by giving them a framework from which to develop their safety strategy.
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Safer Care: leaders in the field
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has established the Safer Care faculty, a group of clinicians who act as facilitators on the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme. Three of them talk here about why the role is so important
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HSJ KnowledgeSafer Care: an introduction to improving patient safety
In this special report on improving patient safety, Bernard Crump highlights the the Safer Care programme and how it has driven improvements across more than 60 acute trusts
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Royal Cornwall chief executive John Watkinson to appeal sacking
A trust chief executive has been sacked by his board following an independent review which found the organisation was heading “towards corporate failure”.
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NewsRoyal Free must replace Andrew Way
The Royal Free Hampstead trust will be looking for a strong - and possibly brave - candidate to replace departing chief executive Andrew Way.
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Surgicentre contract signed after six years
An independent treatment centre that will treat up to 15,000 NHS patients a year has been given the go-ahead - six years after it was first proposed.
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UK government warns over EU health plans
Patients should not be able to charge the NHS for hospital services they receive abroad without first seeking permission from their primary care trust, the government has said.
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Monitor asks FT governors for feedback
Monitor is urging foundation trust governors to respond to a consultation on guidance aimed to help them fulfil their statutory duties.
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CommentResponding to the European working time directive
The European working time directive provides an opportunity to reassess how junior doctors are trained in the NHS, writes John Coakley
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NewsTrust sacks chief executive
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust has dismissed suspended chief executive John Watkinson following an independent review into its management and governance.