Acute Care – Page 108
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HSJ KnowledgeTop chief executives roundtable, part two: questions of quality
In the second part of our roundtable, our panellists debated sustainability, social media, the demise of heroic leadership and the changing nature of the job
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HSJ KnowledgeTop chief executives roundtable, part one: dilemmas of CQC scrutiny
Exploring the relationship and contradictions between the Care Quality’s Commission’s verdicts and the quality of the people who lead the inspected organisations
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HSJ KnowledgeChief executives speak of the 'privilege' of their role
In difficult circumstances, leaders are upbeat about the future and express how grateful they are to be doing the job
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HSJ LocalOutstanding trust extends overnight urgent care closures
Northumbria Healthcare extends overnight closure of its three urgent care centres for three more months The trust had said the opening hours of the centres would reduce from 24 to 16 hours over the winter period The trust has now extended the overnight closure until September A foundation ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS ‘needs £100m’ social care boost to hit A&E target
Clifford Mann says extra social care cash needs to go on DTOCs or NHS won’t meet A&E goal NHS England A&E lead says huge boost in emergency staff needed Mann urges HEE to extend emergency medicine recuitment programme NHS bosses must persuade councils to spend £100m of new ...
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NewsCQC to 'strengthen' oversight of private hospitals after breast surgeon scandal
Regulator to “strengthen” its review of practising privileges in independent hospitals in wake of Ian Paterson scandal CQC will use data from insurers to spot “outlier” surgery activity Considering freedom to speak up guardians for the independent sector The Care Quality Commission is to “strengthen” its oversight of ...
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NewsHunt gives trusts one day to check fire safety of wards
NHS leaders have been asked to arrange urgent fire safety inspections of all inpatient accommodation this weekend as the service steps up its response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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HSJ LocalTrusts could lose acute beds in stroke services shake-up
Proposal to centralise acute stroke services at Coventry and Warwickshire University Hospital George Eliot and South Warwickshire trusts would lose acute beds but gain rehabilitations beds First reconfiguration proposal by STP that is also looking at changes to maternity, paediatrics and A&E services Strokes services in Coventry and ...
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CommentHow can we match demand and capacity if we don’t analyse it?
Despite real improvements in performance against waiting list and waiting time standards in recent years, it is clear that the NHS faces a challenge in coping with the growing pressure of an increased demand for its services. We also know that during this period of financial constraint, the system is ...
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NewsExclusive: Third of community hospitals miss staffing targets for two years
32 per cent of trusts not hitting their own targets for nurses in community hospitals Proportion of trusts failing to hit targets has risen in past two years Trusts find it easier to meet targets for night shifts, data suggests NHS Improvement says safe staffing data does not take ...
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HSJ LocalSTP director appointed to lead trust's turnaround
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust referral to treatment performance drops sharply to the worst of any specialist trust Intervention being handled regionally with STP involved in appointing an interim chief operating officer to oversee RTT recovery at the trust NHS Improvement expected to issue trust with formal undertaking to ...
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NewsHundreds of babies suffer avoidable harm in NHS, study warns
RCOG study found more than 550 babies born in 2015 may have had a different outcome Only a third of local investigations involved families or patients Quarter of local investigations were not good enough to assess quality of care Hundreds of babies who died during or shortly after ...
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NewsFormer health secretary to chair struggling STP
Patricia Hewitt to chair Norfolk STP amid concerns about its progress Systems leaders want Ms Hewitt to “bang heads together”, says senior source STP interim chair John Fry welcomes the appointment A former health secretary has been brought in to chair Norfolk and Waveney sustainability and transformation partnership, ...
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HSJ LocalTrust stays in special measures after being rated inadequate again
CQC rates Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust inadequate with concerns over patients in corridors and unstable leadership Recommends trust remains in special measures for at least three months, with support needed for “foreseeable future” Regulator suggests NHS neighbours need to step up support A trust where patients died in ...
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Comment18 week waits, April 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2017
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HSJ LocalTop FT challenges CCG over 'unsafe' urgent care procurement
Northumbria Healthcare FT launches legal challenge over urgent care centre procurement process Trust says the cost savings required by North Tyneside CCG during the procurement as “unsafe and unsustainable” for the service CCG says the challenge meant a new contract with the preferred provider could not be signed Commissioners ...
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CommentReflections on the dog that doesn't bark
Saffron Cordery on themes to have emerged from NHS Providers’ conversations with trust leaders and others about the future of commissioning
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NewsNHS England director 'confident' in plan to modernise ambulance service
Department of Health considering review of ambulance response programme Ten million 999 calls analysed as part of “world’s largest study” NHS England director says evidence for change is “compelling” NHS England’s director of acute care says a new call handling system could be introduced nationally as part of ...
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NewsMackey: NHS trust sector expects £500m deficit this year
Regulators previously said the trust sector would need to breakeven in 2017-18 Jim Mackey says plans set by local providers aggregated to a deficit of £496m NHS Improvement chief executive says small number of trusts account for most of the projected deficit NHS trusts are predicting a deficit ...
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HSJ LocalStaffing gaps a factor in patient's death
Consultant told coroner short staffing in ICU affected patient’s care Inquest heard Errol Mann died of a pulmonary embolism that was not properly investigated Barts Health Trust says it has increased consultant numbers to maintain patient safety Staffing gaps in an intensive care unit run by the largest ...