All Acute care articles – Page 95
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NewsFirst baby death investigation reports released within weeks
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s first draft investigation reports into avoidable baby deaths and harm could be available to trusts within eight weeks, the chief investigator has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive to retire in March
The chief executive of an acute and community trust is to retire at the end of March.
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NewsUpdated: National chiefs order emergency measures as winter pressure cranks up
National NHS officials today ordered an extended moratorium on non-urgent hospital operations, and other significant measures to try to deal with “sustained pressure” on the emergency care system.
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LeaderWhat 2018 will bring for NHS patients, staff and leaders
The NHS has known grimmer years than the one in which it will mark its 70th birthday, but probably not one that will feel as tough.
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HSJ LocalChief of £700m trust with 'outstanding' leadership to leave UK
The chief executive of a £700m-income acute trust has announced she is leaving for a new job in Canada.
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NewsRevealed: 25 trusts 'likely' to get funding for safety technology
Funding for 25 NHS trusts to introduce barcoding technology to improve patient safety and efficiency could be announced early next year.
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NewsTrusts allowed to cancel elective work until mid-January
NHS England has told under pressure hospitals they can cancel non-urgent elective procedures to free up beds for patients coming through accident and emergency.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: NHS feeling the winter heat
Welcome to HSJ’s new Performance Watch expert briefing. Our new fortnightly newsletter will delve into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provide unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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HSJ LocalHospital trusts target merger in 2019
The two acute trusts in Liverpool will appoint an interim joint board by the middle of next year, and aim to formally merge by April 2019.
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NewsRTT, cancer and A&E waits - November 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for November 2017.
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NewsTrust leaders notified of extra funding allocations with 'clear expectation'
National bodies have written to hospital leaders to detail their allocations from the £335m winter funding announced in the budget.
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NewsConsultant accused of sexual harassment barred from returning to hospital trust
A hospital consultant has been barred from returning to work at his trust over claims of sexual harassment, despite winning his claim for unfair dismissal.
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HSJ LocalHole in CCGs' finances after bed closures abandoned
A plan to close 100 beds in an acute trust has not been implemented – leaving a hole in clinical commissioning groups’ budgets for this financial year.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHS England director hired to support health economy over winter
A former NHS England regional director has been called in to help a troubled health economy with winter pressures.
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NewsSignificant savings from mental and physical health integration pioneers
Providing talking therapies to patients with long term conditions saved nearly £200,000 for physical health services in one trailblazing site, data shared exclusively with HSJ shows.
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LeaderRevealed: The surprising answer to fixing the NHS's A&E crisis
This year’s HSJ100 highlighted the Mexican standoff between Simon Stevens and Jeremy Hunt over whether the NHS had enough money to deliver on its priorities – particularly A&E access and elective waiting times.
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HSJ LocalFormer St George's boss appointed trust chief executive
Miles Scott, the former chief executive of St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been appointed to run Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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NewsNew form of NHS organisation planned for first ACOs
A new form of NHS organisation may be created to run the NHS’s first “accountable care organisations”, to avoid tax problems and potentially make them less controversial.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Trust acquires first GP practice
An acute and community trust is set to become the first in its county to acquire a GP practice.
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HSJ LocalStruggling A&E 'feeling increased pressure', warns trust chief
A trust where patients died on trollies last winter is already near full capacity at its main hospital and struggling to maintain safe staffing levels coming into winter.