All Acute care articles – Page 384
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HSJ Knowledge
Older people want more talk in A&E
The third national survey of patients in accident and emergency, which the Picker Institute recently conducted for the Healthcare Commission, found significant improvements since 2004, especially in communication by staff.
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News
Scottish NHS sets out plan for children's specialist services
Children's and young people's specialist health services in Scotland are to receive £32m additional investment, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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Comment
Ken Jarrold on NHS positive thinking
2009 does not look like the most promising of years. The impact of the recession on the NHS will be real: the years of plenty are behind us. In these circumstances, it is important to hold on to the positives and not be overwhelmed by gloom.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety reporting: the eyes have it
In the second in our series on improving patient safety, Alison Moore looks at a trust whose team of frontline 'risk eyes' has encouraged a good reporting culture
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News
Trusts told to prioritise C difficile targets
Trusts have been told to prioritise protecting patients from C difficile over other strategic goals in new Department of Health guidance on controlling infection rates.
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News
Surgical safety checklist promises to cut deaths by a third
Trusts have been told to use a new safety checklist after a global trial saw surgical deaths and complications cut by a third.
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News
Divisions emerge as super trust race enters final lap
Research might versus community credentials has emerged as a dividing line among organisations pitching to be labelled academic health science centres.
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News
Trusts call for tariff system transparency
Hospital managers have called for greater transparency about how the 2009-10 tariff will be affected by other cost and payment changes.
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News
Choose and book glitches lose trusts income
Hospitals are losing income because they are failing to get to grips with the Department of Health's choose and book system.
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News
Trusts to monitor mobile phone use in hospitals
Trusts must work out how they will effectively monitor the use of mobile phones with cameras to ensure they are not used in hospitals to take inappropriate pictures.
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News
Foundations face threat to joint ventures
Foundation trusts face narrowed commercial opportunities because of a gap in the government's insolvency regime, the Foundation Trust Network has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeHealth spending: how much does it cost to save a life?
We know the economic outlook is bleak and there are growing concerns about how this will affect spending in the NHS. So it is timely to consider the extent to which healthcare spending yields patient benefits.
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News
Maidstone celebrates huge strides in war on C difficile
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has been praised for the progress it has made on tackling infection control - but has been warned it should not relax.
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News
NICE backs changes to end of life drugs policy
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to proceed with controversial plans to broaden access to drugs for terminally ill people.
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News
NHS archive documents: secret papers show history repeating itself
A recession, rising unemployment, escalating demand for health services and the tricky issue of how to improve the NHS with little or no new cash.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on an NHS game plan for 2009
Happy New Year. Or is it? With so much talk of recession and economic gloom, it's easy to forget the NHS's benign position, compared with - say - the car industry, retail, or financial services.
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News
Patients praise A&E but call for better discharge support
Patients have praised the quality of care they receive in accident and emergency departments but raised concerns about the information they are given when discharged.
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Comment
Mark Goldman on shifting healthcare into the community
In spite of every policy and every effort, it is not happening, not so far at least in Birmingham. The endeavours of primary care to shift healthcare into the community are yet to make a significant dent in hospital activity.
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News
Patient death sparks review of independent treatment centre
The Healthcare Commission has announced a review of services at an independent treatment centre in Yorkshire following the inquest into the death of a patient in 2007.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health tourism: don't forget your toothbrush…
Estimates suggest as many as 150,000 Britons will travel abroad for medical treatment this year. But how is health tourism likely to affect the NHS, asks Alison Moore