Acute Care – Page 193
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HSJ Local
Trust admits it wrongly reported same sex compliance
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has notified regulators that it has been failing standards on same sex accommodation for more than two years, despite reporting compliance.
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LeaderIt is time to bring social care spending in from the cold
Remove the artificial barriers between health and social care
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CommentIdentifying the members of the A&E frequent flyers club
Some patients attend emergency units more than 10 times a year
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy services aren’t working seven days a week
The challenges and changes needed to make seven day working in the NHS work
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NewsA&Es meet four-hour target
Accident and emergency departments together managed to meet the four hour waiting time target between October and December, according to NHS England data.
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NewsGovernment offers £10m boost for maternity units
Hospitals are to be given millions of pounds to help spruce up their maternity wards, the Department of Health has announced.
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NewsRepeat patients add to A&E pressure
A small group of NHS patients are adding to pressures on accident and emergency departments by going to casualty dozens of times a year, according to an investigation by the BBC.
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NewsRichards: compassion 'alive and well' in NHS
Compassion in the NHS is “alive and well”, according to England’s chief inspector of hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Hospital to join vascular surgery network
Salisbury District Hospital is to become part of a regional network of specialist centres for vascular surgery.
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HSJ Local
North Middlesex expands A&E as Chase Farm's closes
North Middlesex University Hospital Trust has expanded its accident and emergency department to meet increased demand after nearby Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E closed at the beginning of last month.
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CommentMark Newbold: Whole system transformation must be our priority
Solve the issues behind emergency pressures
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HSJ KnowledgeBest of 2013: Leadership and NHS governance
What has changed since the Francis and Keogh reports?
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News
George Eliot contenders announced
The five contenders through to the next stage of the competition to take over George Eliot Hospital Trust have been announced.
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NewsNHS employees offered Circle shares
NHS employees working at hospitals run by the operator Circle are to be offered shares in the company for the first time as part of moves to change its governance structure.
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HSJ Local
Leicester faces £40m deficit
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has said it will need ongoing financial support from the Department of Health after its forecast deficit doubled to almost £40m.
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NewsExclusive: Medical students face new NHS entry exam
Medical students may be given a full licence to practise medicine as soon as they graduate. However, under new plans they would have to sit an additional exam to gain entry onto the foundation programme that allows them to work for the NHS.
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: October 2013 data
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England, showing the pressures and one-year waits, with links to all the detail by organisation and specialty.
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Blogs
Waiting list grows in October for first time
For the first time since records began, the English waiting list grew in October. Still, 18-week waits were steady. One-year waits probably got worse.