All Acute care articles – Page 443
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HSJ Knowledge
Information Centre unveils revamped website
The Information Centre for health and social care's revamped website includes improved access to information from the hospital episode statistics.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: releasing value from land
Buildings need to be used efficiently and filled to capacity to raise money.needed for investment back into the health sector, argues Marisa Broadhurst.
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News
Ad campaign launched to prepare for smoking ban
A smoky atmosphere is the single biggest reason for avoiding a pub or bar, according to a survey published by the Department of Health.The government has also launched a national advertising campaign to remind the public what the legislation will mean when the smoking ban comes into force on 1 ...
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News
DoH rejig indicates future direction of policy
After many tremors below the surface, the detail of the restructuring of the Department of Health has emerged this week. NHS chief executive David Nicholson has created a new NHS leadership team, with new posts, and some clear water from the rest of the department (read news item on Nicholson's ...
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News
Emergency czar backs A&E closure
National emergency access director Professor Sir George Alberti has backed controversial proposals to shut a north east London accident and emergency department.
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Comment
1997 and all that: Blair remembered
The NHS has transformed remarkably since Tony Blair entered Number 10 in May 1997, reinvigorating a struggling monolith with record investment.
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Comment
David Nicholson on service transformation
'We can only deliver genuine transformation of health care services if our staff understand what we are trying to do'
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HSJ Knowledge
New network supporting refugee healthcare professionals
The Reachout Network is a newly formed, UK-wide network for people working to improve support for refugee healthcare professionals. A variety of projects will exist around the country and the network aims to bring together all working in the field.
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HSJ Knowledge
Reaping the rewards of e-learning
Airedale Trust has been working with the Lean Healthcare Academy to develop a series of pilot projects using a new training facility based at Airedale General Hospital.
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News
Local Hospitals Network conference success
The inaugural conference of the Local Hospitals Network, The Future of Local Hospitals: Our greatest challenge?.was held in London on 21 March 2007. All the presentations are available to download from the conference page.
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News
Critical decisions on critical care capacity
Historically, additional critical care capacity in a trust has usually occurred in response to repeated crises. This reactive approach is clearly less than ideal and a better solution involves planned or staged alterations in bed capacity to anticipate changes within the trust.
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News
Pharmacy pages added to NHS Networks website
The latest addition to the NHS Networks Resources section is a subsection on pharmacy.
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News
New guidance on hospital mobile phone use published
Guidance on the use of mobile phones in hospitals has been published by the Department of Health. The best practice guidance offers a legal framework and an evidence base for trusts to compile mobile phone policies.Read the guidance here
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News
Call for evidence into maternity service safety
The King's Fund has called for evidence to an independent inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England.The investigation invites professionals across maternity services to help identify obstacles to the delivery of safety improvements.For more information click here
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News
Pressure group raises infection alarm
Pressure group Health Emergency has claimed that a new healthcare-acquired infection is spreading through hospitals in the South, Wales and East Anglia.According to the organisation in the past two weeks the norovirus has caused 10 hospitals to close wards and restrict admissions and visitors.
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Comment
David Moon on resource efficiency in construction projects
Over the past few years, trusts have placed growing pressure on contractors to improve their sustainability credentials and significant progress towards setting minimum requirements for recycled content in the health sector has already been made.
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HSJ Knowledge
PbR: the implications for hospital practice
It has been suggested that recent national hospital job cuts in nursing, medical and administrative areas may be a direct result of a loss of expected revenue from PbR due to inaccuracies in coding. This could result in further job cuts, trust downsizing, and even hospital closure.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: community hospitals and LIFT
One of the keys to success of the community hospital.programme will be the development of sustainable partnerships, both within local NHS and local authority communities and also with innovative GPs and other private and voluntary sector providers
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News
Leadership development to focus on reducing inequalities
The Health Foundation is seeking applicants for a new leadership development scheme aimed at improving the quality of healthcare for people from black and minority ethnic groups.
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HSJ Knowledge
New online resource launched
The Health Foundation has re-launched its website with a broader range of content and practical case studies.