Acute Care – Page 165
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CommentTogether providers can make Dalton's recommendations a reality
Dalton review has come at a critical time for the NHS
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NewsExclusive: Monitor urged to block 'anti-competitive' CCG
Lawyers have urged Monitor to block a commissioner’s plan to allow a private company to run an NHS urgent care centre.
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NewsExclusive interview: Dalton sets out plan to restart FT pipeline
Sir David Dalton has predicted that ‘every single’ NHS provider in England will be touched by the options for organisational change described in his government commissioned review
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HSJ Knowledge
Ebola lesson 4: development of interprofessional teams and leadership skills
Teamwork can accelerate leadership development
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HSJ KnowledgeEbola lesson 3: how to use volunteers' Ebola experience in the UK
The NHS needs to draw on staff with the appropriate training, experience and confidence to handle this kind of situation safely
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HSJ KnowledgeEbola lesson 1: the importance of infection control
The Ebola crisis has revealed some inadequacies with screening and the flow of patients through processes like decontamination. Infection control must be the bedrock of all health systems
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HSJ Knowledge
Ebola lesson 2: dealing with the psychology of Ebola
A campaign of consistent, clear and calm messages can help overcome hysteria caused by a crisis
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Ebola crisis: four lessons for the NHS
How a British team in Sierra Leone helped boost the health system
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NewsStudy exposes 'scandalous' state of NHS neurology services
Patients with acute neurological conditions are waiting too long to see specialist consultants amid ‘scandalous’ widespread variations in hospital services across the country, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeSegment the population to enable better integrated care
Revealing patient needs holistically
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HSJ Local
Monitor launches investigations at two East Anglian trusts
Monitor has launched investigations into both Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals and Norfolk and Suffolk foundation trusts, it has been announced.
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NewsOOH providers warn over rising indemnity costs
Out of hours providers are struggling to find GPs to cover shifts because of spiralling insurance premiums.
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HSJ KnowledgeSolve the A&E puzzle for smarter patient care
People often view hospital as ‘best place’ for treatment
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HSJ PartnersDelivering new models of care: a recipe to avoid failure
Transformational change need not fall at the first hurdle
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NewsGPs should urgently discuss new care models
GPs should begin talking about the new models of care in the NHS Five Year Forward View ‘very soon’, one of their leaders has said.
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HSJ LocalCQC to inspect Heart of England
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is to inspect Heart of England Foundation Trust following concerns about its accident and emergency services and ‘management issues’, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTariff reveals NHS savings targets for 2015-16
NHS pricing authorities will require all providers to deliver another 3.8 per cent in efficiency savings next year, while tweaking the controversial “marginal rate” for emergency admissions to ease the financial strain on smaller hospitals
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NewsExclusive: Patient choice is not key to improving performance, says Hunt
Patient choice is no longer fundamental to improving NHS performance, the health secretary has told HSJ
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NewsGovernment considering 'incentives' for trusts to sell land
Jeremy Hunt has accepted the need for ‘investment in new primary care estate’ and revealed the government is examining how to encourage FTs to sell unused land