Acute Care – Page 135
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CommentThe firebreak is not enough and the plan is unravelling at frightening speed
All parts of the NHS must work together if the cataclysmic financial storm is to be survived
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NewsStevens warns trusts must make more savings this year
Some trusts were “mistaken” in believing they could choose their own level of deficit for 2016-17, Stevens says He warns that some trusts have still not agreed control totals and are forecasting “pretty big” deficits Warns that some trusts with large deficits in 2015-16 will need to “make more ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: White smoke from Dorset
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ KnowledgeThe importance of understanding the duty of candour
Are trusts obliged to disclose investigation reports following serious incidents, asks Laura Paton
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HSJ LocalTrust to trial continued use of strike A&E model
Trust to trial emergency care triage model it used to cope with junior doctors’ strike Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s performance improved over 2015-16 Trust is still 10 percentage points off achieving the national target PERFORMANCE: A teaching hospital is trialling the A&E service model it ...
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HSJ LocalHospitals providing stroke services to be cut in Kent
SERVICE DESIGN: The number of hospitals in Kent and Medway admitting patients for treatment after a stroke is likely to be reduced to three or four.
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HSJ LocalFears for community hospital after bed closures
WORKFORCE: A community hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation beds have been temporarily closed because of staffing problems, which has prompted fears about its future.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, March 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for March 2016
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CommentHousing, health and social care – is it time for a quiet revolution?
Partnerships between health and housing are key to reducing bed blocking in hospitals
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Taking stock of the better care fund
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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CommentUnexpected insights on variation from the doctors’ strike
The action by junior doctors has revealed new strategies for tackling the war against variation in the NHS
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NewsNHS warned it is not taking hacking threat seriously enough
There is a lack of understanding about cyber security at board level, Kingsley Manning warns Cyber attacks are “a fundamental threat to the operations of hospitals” System overall is “well ahead of the game” NHS organisations are not taking the threat of cyber attacks seriously enough, the Health ...
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NewsWorst A&E performance since targets began
A&E performance for full A&E departments worst since targets were introduced Attendances up by a quarter, admissions up by more than half Thinktank warns performance could deteriorate further if more funding not found The English NHS has recorded its worst yearly results for four hour waits in accident ...
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CommentMarch sees worst ever breach of England's 18-weeks target
March was another bad month for England’s 18 week waiting times. It was the worst performance since the “incomplete pathways” target was introduced in 2012, powered by the largest waiting list since January 2008.
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NewsElective waiting list reaches nine year high
NHS England admits elective waiting list could be as high 3.7m people Service appears to have breached 92 per cent waiting time target for 2015-16 March saw highest number of patients waiting more than a year since December 2012 The number of patients waiting for an elective procedure ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Newsflash - there’s still no money
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ LocalBournemouth is CCG's preferred choice for emergency centre
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust is Dorset CCG’s choice for new “major emergency hospital” Poole Hospital Trust, which also wanted the designation, stands to lose its A&E and become a “planned hospital” CCG believes Bournemouth option would be £42m cheaper and offer better patient access STRUCTURE: ...
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NewsRise in urgent operations being cancelled
Three trusts responsible for more than half of patients who had an urgent operation cancelled at least twice Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust saw highest number, up from zero the previous year See the trust by trust data Two trusts cancelled urgent operations at least twice for ...
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NewsNHS England reveals breakdown of £22bn savings plan
NHS England has said £6.7bn of the NHS savings needed by 2021 will come from pay restraint, pharmacy cuts and central budget reductions A further £1bn will come from savings on non-NHS provider contracts and CCG running costs £8.6bn will come from provider savings, driven through 2 per cent ...
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LeaderUrgent action is needed to save the NHS’s efficiency drive
The Carter efficiency drive has been going nowhere fast, but needs to be a mainstream priority