All Acute care articles – Page 396
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS work experience: a staff perspective
In the last of our series on NHS work experience, a nursing and physiotherapy assistant at Southampton General Hospital gives a staff perspective
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS infection control: a clean bill of health
Last October Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust was the subject of sensational headlines over deadly superbug outbreaks. A year on, under a new chief executive, it is being transformed from ward to board
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on personal responsibility
The kind of client that all executive coaches adore is the high flier who is totally up for learning: cheerful and realistic about themselves.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the wait for emergency surgery?
Any wait for an operation can be painful and damage health. But in the last decade there has been a steady increase in the time it takes to get round to operating on emergencies.
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News
Bruce Keogh outlines quality comparisons plan
Plans to expose bad care and poor patient safety are to be taken forward with a consultation on the first NHS quality framework.
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News
NHS North West leads the way with bonus scheme
Acute trusts in the North West are to be paid bonuses for performance against a series of clinical quality measures.
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HSJ Knowledge
SUS-sing out the way to better data
The Secondary User Service is a vital conduit of NHS data. NHS Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan tells Andy Cowper how his organisation is setting its sights on improving SUS and eliminating some historical problems.
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News
Andrew Lansley pledges to double the count of single rooms
The Conservatives have pledged to almost double the proportion of single rooms in NHS hospitals within the first term of a Conservative government.
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News
Mid Staffs takes positive action over A&E staff levels
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has 'responded positively' to Healthcare Commission concerns over Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency department.
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News
Former chief and board slated in £87m Bromley debt probe
A highly critical report into how a hospital trust built up more than £87m of debt has uncovered serious failings by its former chief executive and board.
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Comment
Frank Burns on improving the patient experience
At the heart of Lord Darzi's next stage review is a commitment to deliver a step change in the quality of service provided to patients.
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Comment
Richard Gleave on healthcare innovation
Innovation is one of the nine themes identified by High Quality Care for All that run through the regional visions of how to improve health and healthcare in England.
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Comment
Ken Jarrold on public sector economics
The clouds of economic doom have gathered. When a sober chancellor tells you it is the worst situation for 60 years, it is time to take notice.
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News
Hospital trust may split into two organisations
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals trust is considering splitting into two new organisations.
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Leader
Time to get facts straight on NHS failure rates
Following HSJ's revelation last week that the Department of Health is projecting 2.1 per cent of trusts will fail each year for the next 20 years, we have been accused of misrepresenting policy.
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News
Trusts on edge as draft payment by results tariff runs into trouble
The Department of Health could be heading for a re-run of the chaos that saw the publication of the 2006-07 payment by results tariff just one week before the start of the financial year.A draft tariff for 2009-10 is being road tested in secret in the West Midlands, but sources ...
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Leader
DH faces turmoil over tariff regime
Is there going to be tariff turmoil for the second time in three years?
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on a family's care crisis
On Friday morning, Mum was readmitted to hospital. She is 85 years old and vulnerable to infections, with a provisional diagnosis of leukaemia.
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News
DH intervention forces cancer rethink
A primary care trust has been forced to review its plans to centralise specialist gastrointestinal cancer services after what is believed to be an unprecedented intervention by the Department of Health.
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News
Out of hours care standards to be applied to urgent care
National standards for out of hours providers could be extended to cover some in-hours services.