All Acute care articles – Page 94
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Time to bite the bullet on reconfiguration
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill. Contact me in confidence here, or by sending a direct message on Twitter.
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NewsRevealed: 14 trusts start contingency plans after Carillion collapse
Contingency plans are in operation across 14 NHS trusts after the collapse of construction and facilities management company Carillion.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - December 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for December 2017.
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NewsUpdated: David Behan steps down as CQC chief
Sir David Behan has announced he will step down as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission in the summer.
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HSJ LocalBlowout in 12 hour waits at 'extremely pressured' hospital trust
North Bristol Trust has had its worst month for accident and emergency performance on record and a senior clinician has warned staff to be braced for worse to come.
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NewsWaiting times steady despite slowdown in admissions
Yet another large trust stopped reporting its referral to treatment data, which clouded the picture for the latest November figures and raised non-reported waiting lists to a new record.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: A triple-whammy
An unprecedented warning from senior clinicians that patients are dying in corridors, NHS Providers’ “watershed moment” declaration, and the worst December four hour waiting time figures on record all dropped this week. So, what happens next?
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NewsExclusive: Mental health patients at risk in A&E, warns safety watchdog
A shortage of trained staff to assess mental health patients in emergency departments is leading to inconsistent care and could have “severe consequences” safety investigators have warned.
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NewsAnalysed: National A&E performance equals worst ever month
Accident and emergency performance against the four hour target in December fell to 85 per cent, equalling the worst month on record – with one trust only achieving 40 per cent at its major “type one” site.
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NewsExclusive: A&E doctors tell prime minister patients are dying in corridors
Senior doctors in charge of more than 60 hospital emergency departments have written to the prime minister warning of “very serious concerns” about patient safety amid the winter crisis, including a case of patients dying prematurely in corridors.
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HSJ LocalTrusts halt merger plans after NHS Improvement feedback
Two trusts have stopped a potential merger after NHS Improvement said the problems faced by their health economy need to be fixed first, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNew IT system disrupted emergency performance at black alert trust
A trust that has reported three black alerts in the past week has said a new system contributed to delays in its emergency department.
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NewsExclusive: CQC suspends routine inspections over winter pressures
The Care Quality Commission is suspending routine inspections of some hospitals, GP practices and urgent care services during January due to winter pressures, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Senior leaders of three trusts to recommend merger
The joint chief executive and senior team of three Essex acute trusts will recommend controversial plans to merge next year to create one of the largest trusts in the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrusts battle to take over neighbouring provider
An acute trust and a mental health provider in the West Midlands will compete to take over a neighbouring community trust after both were shortlisted as preferred bidders to run the struggling provider.
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NewsPathology network tenders £112m contract amid potential expansion
Pathology chiefs in the West Midlands have tendered a major contract despite uncertainty over whether they will follow NHS Improvement’s recommendations about which trusts will be in their network.
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NewsTrusts sought for new NHS 'lean' programme
Regulators will offer support to a new cohort of NHS providers through an “in house” improvement programme, following work commissioned from American firm Virginia Mason. Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEX-NONE/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;line-height:107%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
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NewsTrust income tied to adoption of new early warning system
NHS hospitals will have a proportion of their income tied to the adoption of a new national early warning score, which could help save thousands of lives, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts performing worst against race equality target
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust was the worst trust in England for racial bias in its formal disciplinary process last financial year.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: The congenital heart disease decision
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.