All Acute care articles – Page 483
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News
News analysis: 'Hot and cold' hospitals plan gets a chilly public reception
Momentum is growing for radical reconfiguration of acute services in England, which could mean closing dozens of 'excess' hospitals. But could a combination of celebrity campaigns and the fear of Kidderminster win out? Mark Gould reports
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Ivan Lewis accused of 'throwing his toys out of the pram' at Labour fringe meeting
Health minister Ivan Lewis was accused of 'throwing his toys out of the pram' after an angry performance at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting last week.
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Audit Commission report criticises Ipswich trust as deficit reaches £24m
An NHS trust has been strongly criticised for its financial management during a year in which it had four different deputy directors of finance.
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Health professional training cuts average at 10pc
Training budgets for nurses and other healthcare professionals are being cut by up to a third in some parts of the country as strategic health authorities make savings to deal with deficits.
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Comment
David Mobbs on health inequalities and the market
Nuffield Hospitals' David Mobbs argues that those who rail against the market stand to make health inequalities worse
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SHAs: NHS Logistics strike has little impact
Acute and primary care trusts coped well with the first one-day strike by NHS Logistics staff last week, according to strategic health authorities.
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Foundation trusts out-performing NHS trusts, says Monitor
Foundation trusts are out-performing NHS trusts on a number of key indicators and have a greater than expected surplus for the first quarter of 2006-7, according to Monitor.
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Richards claims improved cancer drug uptake
National uptake of cancer drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has increased, with fewer regional variations in prescribing, according to a review.
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Burnham: three quarters of trusts coast on patient safety
Three quarters of trusts are 'coasting' on healthcare-acquired infections and will require marked improvements in performance or risk an improvement notice from the Healthcare Commission, health minister Andy Burnham told a Health Hotel fringe meeting.
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Burnham: come to table with councils
The future regulation of healthcare needs a closer relationship between the NHS and local government and a system that is 'less institutionally driven', health minister Andy Burnham told a fringe meeting on Monday.
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Health secretary agrees to further consultation on critical care site
A row over the location of a new critical care hospital in south London has gone back to square one after NHS London persuaded the health secretary to re-open consultation.
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News analysis: At risk - the safety agency that failed to set the world on fire
With the future of the National Patient Safety Agency in the balance, Joanna Lyall looks at its track record and examines the criticism it has attracted from many quarters
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Unison to rally against markets
The 'headlong rush' to introduce markets into the NHS must be stopped, delegates were due to hear tomorrow.
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A&E under threat in shake-up
Plans for a major shake-up of hospital services in Surrey and Sussex are likely to include closing several accident and emergency departments.
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Lewis wants national advocacy service
Patients need a national advocacy service to extend the benefits of choice to poor or excluded people, a minister has claimed.
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HSJ Knowledge
David Praill on end-of-life care
On the surface there's much for hospices to be optimistic about: an end-of-life strategy due from the government, increasing talk about the importance of the voluntary sector, a growing awareness of current limitations in commissioning and a widespread recognition that excellent end-of-life care is for all.
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Cancer plan needs revision, says King's Fund
The national strategy for cancer services should be revised to take account of technology developments and the ageing population, according to the King's Fund.
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News
Hospitals told to focus on food and cleaning
Health minister Andy Burnham has told hospitals to focus on food and cleaning if they want to win good reviews from patients.
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HSJ Knowledge
No easy answers on difficile: the problem of acquired infections
Dysfunctional governance and concentration on target-hitting rather than patient safety contributed to two infection outbreaks at Stoke Mandeville, says a damning Healthcare Commission report. Alexis Nolan reports on the problem that's bigger than MRSA
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Comment
Why the NHS must wake up to the medical technology gap
If the UK is to match other advanced countries, major investment in technology is essential. But predicting real demand can be difficult. Joe Rafferty and colleagues may have the answer