All Acute care articles – Page 406
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on forced fun
I have a memory: my one-year-old child is squatting in the kitchen looking a touch restless. Feeling it my maternal duty to play, I approach with a synthetic 'let's-have-fun' voice.
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News
Hull trust buys private hospital
Hulland East Yorkshire Hospitals trust has bought a private Nuffield hospital to avoid contracting out services to the independent sector.The trust said the new building, which will cost£10m to buy and make immediate improvements to, would save it money.Chief executive Stephen Greep said: "The major element will be that it ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Making the most of patient and public involvement
Involving patients in service improvement is a great way of ensuring that services meet local needs. Catherine Oakley and Anne-Marie Conneally explain how one trust has achieved this
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HSJ Knowledge
National service: health policy performance across the UK
A&E attendances and emergency admissions have shot up in recent years - but only in England. Alison Moore asks why the record is so inconsistent across the UK
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News
Surrey is first to agree its integrated care proposals
The first primary care trust to unveil its plans for an integrated care pilot has warned that commissioners will have to overcome existing 'anomalies' to make the initiative work.
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News
Hospitals hold back choose and book slots
A senior Department of Health official has criticised 'significant numbers' of hospital trusts for holding appointments back from the choose and book system.
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News
Huge contrasts found between UK nations
Patients in the UK’s four nations have dramatically different experiences of the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Coding errors distort bills for PCTs
Up to £1bn of the bills hospital trusts sent primary care trusts last year could be wrong, tests by the Audit Commission have suggested.
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Leader
Clinical code-breaking jeopardises safety
The Audit Commission's exposure of a high error rate in clinical coding has an impact far beyond payment by results.
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News
Hospitals slam water firms over flood response failure
NHS managers affected by last year's floods have accused their water supplier of an 'inadequate' and 'unco-ordinated' response to the emergency.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on a family tragedy
When the mobile phone leaps into life before 8am, it's usually ominous. Yesterday was no exception, with a text from my sister Amy: 'Tony has been in a terrible accident and is fighting 4 his life. Everyone pls pray 4 him.'
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News
Hospitals slam water firms over flood response
NHS managers affected by last year's floods have accused their water supplier of an 'inadequate' and 'uncoordinated' response to the emergency.
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HSJ Knowledge
Super patients should use their powers wisely
The government is set to empower patients with personal budgets for care, but clear rules must guarantee choices are well informed and cost-effective, say Anna Dixon and Rebecca Ashton
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Comment
Ginette Camps-Walsh on measuring patient satisfaction
Lord Darzi's next stage review sets out that the NHS will begin systematically measuring and publishing information about the quality of the care it provides. Measures will include patients' views on the success of their treatment and the quality of their experiences.
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Comment
Ken Jarrold on Darzi and nursing
While Lord Darzi's review of the NHS is to be warmly supported, it is astonishing that it contains almost no reference to nursing or to ward and team leaders.
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Comment
Lisa Rodrigues on foundation trust tips
Well, we did it. Sussex Partnership foundation trust - a teaching trust of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School - was born on 1 August 2008.
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HSJ Knowledge
Solving the patient perception puzzle
A London trust improved patient experiences with dedicated staff - and came up with an award-winning campaign concept. Stuart Shepherd explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Publishing mortality rates - the HR challenge
The NHS Choices website has published death rates for four types of surgery at NHS hospitals in England. Claire Reynolds explains how this could affect performance management
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HSJ Knowledge
Financed medical assets
David Martin is often asked by trusts what happens when a lease contract expires. Here, he explains allAn increasing number of medical assets within the NHS are now being leased rather than purchased outright. There are a number of benefits in doing this; spreading the cost over its useful working ...
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Leader
Patients have a right to know about mortality rates
The argument in the West Midlands over interpreting mortality rates is just a taste of the rows that will ensue once the Department of Health starts publishing outcomes data.