Acute Care – Page 187
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News£10m boost for maternity services
Maternity services are being given £10m worth of funding in a bid to improve care for women and their babies, the Department of Health has announced.
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NewsConfed chief: NHS leaders must look 'beyond their own organisations'
Provider chief executives must be “system leaders” beyond their own organisations, the new chief executive of the NHS Confederation has told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge#Transformation2019: The key issues to tackle
Sue James looks at the transformation process ahead
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'Change rules on baby organ donors'
Sick very young babies in need of organ donations have “the odds stacked against them” because of current UK guidelines, experts have warned.
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NewsHospital discharge delays 'cost NHS £100m'
Delays in discharging patients from hospital while they are waiting for social care to be arranged are costing the NHS in England about £100m each year, a documentary claims.
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HSJ Knowledge#Transformation2019: What does hospital transformation mean in Derby?
Sue James looks at the transformation process ahead
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NewsJunior doctors 'will be forced to train in community'
All junior doctors in England will be forced to undertake at least four months’ community placement during their first two years in the NHS, to better prepare them for the future of service delivery, it has been announced.
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NewsHeart surgeon loses court fight against trust
A heart surgeon who has not returned to work since five of his patients died after becoming infected with an antibiotic resistant bug during valve replacements has lost a High Court case against his employer.
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NewsExclusive: Clinical senates have only made three recommendations
Only three formal recommendations have been made by clinical senates since their formation, and only two of these have related to clinical matters HSJ has learned.
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NewsNicholson: NHS needs extra funding for 'change'
Major service change in the NHS will need additional funding during the next parliament, its outgoing chief executive said.
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NewsExclusive: More than a third of hospitals set to end year in the red
More than a third of hospital trusts are predicting deficits at the end of this financial year, HSJ research has found.
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LeaderWhy the NHS must learn to fail successfully
Policymakers are still looking for an effective failure regime
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HSJ KnowledgeDo older people need an emergency pathway of their own?
Older people have specific needs which make care resource intensive
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NewsHospital providers may be set different saving targets
Monitor and NHS England are considering setting acute providers different efficiency targets based on their varying potential to achieve savings, the organisations have announced.
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NewsNicholson: CCGs 'encouraged' to protect mental health parity
Clinical commissioning groups have received guidance to “encourage and support” them to deliver parity of esteem for mental health services, Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsCancer care guidance 'not checked'
NHS organisations are not being checked to see whether they are adhering to “best practice” guidance issued by health regulators, a charity has warned.
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NewsMinister backs 'assisted dying' bid
Care minister Norman Lamb has backed moves to legalise “assisted dying”.
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NewsCall for lung ‘allocation’ system
It is a “scandal” that one in three cystic fibrosis sufferers who are waiting for donated lungs die while on the transplant list, a charity has warned.
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NewsRegulator launches investigation of The Christie
Monitor has launched an investigation into the governance of prestigious cancer specialist, the Christie Foundation Trust, the watchdog announced this evening.