All Acute care articles – Page 379
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Trusts fail to act on mortality alerts
Some hospital trust boards are neglecting figures that may highlight serious care failings, leading to patient deaths, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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Blackpool chief executive on loan to South Manchester
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals foundation trust chief executive Julian Hartley is to run University Hospital of South Manchester foundation trust for two and a half months.
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NewsAlan Johnson names England's five health science centres
England’s five academic health science ‘super trusts’ have been announced by health secretary Alan Johnson, including three in London.
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Clinician made London merger trust chief
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the merged trust planned for south east London.Chris Streather, a consultant renal physician, has been Bromley Hospitals trust interim chief executive since December and was previously medical director at St George's Hospital.
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Birmingham chief quits ahead of critical report
The chief executive of Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust has resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report.Paul O'Connor is leaving with immediate effect, chair Joanna Davis announced in a statement.
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Scottish hospitals to be watched by 'superbug supremo'
The Scottish government is to appoint a 'superbug supremo' to check on hospitals' infection control.
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Improving stroke care: fast thinking
Despite being one of the country's biggest killers and the largest cause of disability, stroke only recently gained a national strategy. Now the drive for faster intervention is giving it a much needed boost. Jennifer Taylor reports
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Trust by trust patient safety information published for first time
The National Patient Safety Agency is to begin publishing patient safety incident reports from all hospital trusts in England and Wales today.
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Monitor picks chief executive for Mid Staffordshire
Monitor has picked an interim chief executive for Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Flaws exposed in NHS winter planning
The NHS must improve the way it deals with the increased demand for hospital care in winter months, director general of NHS finance, performance and operations David Flory has said.Mr Flory said in the quarterly update on performance that he was 'disappointed' that the NHS as a whole had missed ...
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Margaret Edwards leaves Yorkshire and the Humber SHA
Margaret Edwards, the chief executive of Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority, is leaving her post, HSJ can reveal.Ms Edwards became chief executive of the SHA when it was formed in 2006.
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Maidstone trust drops closure plans
A trust has abandoned plans to centralise emergency trauma and orthopaedic work – despite having the support of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel and the health secretary.
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Capita: Choices and CHKS are route into NHS
Capita plans to use its NHS Choices contract, and newly acquired healthcare information firm CHKS, to help it sell patient experience services to the rest of the NHS.
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NHS is a 'brutal' place for its leaders
The NHS is a “brutal” and “arbitrary” system in which to be a chief executive, according to leaders interviewed by the NHS Confederation.Its report, Reforming Leadership Development… Again, examines whythis area is reformed so often. Health minister Lord Darzi’s leadership proposals in his next stage review are the fourth reorganisation ...
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Super-trust bidders aim for London lead
London’s would-be “super-trusts” claim it would be disastrous for the capital’s international research standing if any of them were not accredited.
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Treasury PFI scheme could be funded by NHS underspends
NHS capital underspends could be clawed back by the Treasury to fund its plans to lend money to stalled private finance initiative schemes, HSJ has been told.
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Sir Michael Rawlins reappointed NICE chair
Sir Michael Rawlins has been reappointed as chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence after a special exemption to allow him to extend his tenure.
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FT chief resigns ahead of watchdog report
A foundation trust is facing a “crisis of public confidence” after its chief executive and chair resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report. Monitor has stepped in to appoint replacements at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, which gained foundation status on 1 February last year.
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Chair named for south east London super-trust
A chair has been appointed to the proposed merged hospital trust in south east London.
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SupplementsHealthcare 100: the best places to work revealed
The HSJ and Nursing Times Healthcare 100 has revealed the best overall healthcare employer in the UK to be Kent independent provider Benenden Hospital trust.