Acute Care – Page 199
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NewsConfederation and FTN fill top posts
The two main NHS organisation representative bodies have announced senior appointments today.
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NewsChief executive of London specialist trust to retire
The chief executive of a leading London specialist trust is stepping down ahead of a major capital project.
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NewsNew database hailed in cancer fight
Weather forecasting science is being used to predict the most effective ways to fight cancer in a ground-breaking new development.
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NewsLondon trust considered moving to Cambridge
A central London foundation trust has announced plans to sell off land worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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NewsNHS food supplement spend revealed
Hospitals spend more money on nutritional supplements than food, campaigners have said.
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NewsA fifth of maternity funding spent on insurance
A fifth of maternity services funding is spent on insurance against malpractice, a report suggests.
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NewsA&E units 'facing worst winter yet'
Accident and emergency departments in the NHS are facing what may be “our worst winter yet” due to a combination of soaring demand, a shortage of doctors and “toxic” overcrowding on hospital wards, a senior consultant has warned.
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HSJ Local
CQC says Colchester should be placed into special measures
The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust be placed under special measures after a recent unannounced inspection led to the regulator referring its findings to the police.
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HSJ LocalMother of cancer boy seeks justice
The mother of a four-year-old boy who died at a hospital accused of falsifying cancer care data has demanded “justice” for her son.
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NewsWhistleblowing laws 'must change'
Whistleblowing laws in NHS hospitals must change so staff can report their concerns with confidence, a union has said.
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NewsIncrease in hospital admissions
The number of hospital admissions rose again last year, with the total level being nearly a third higher than that recorded a decade ago, data reveals.
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NewsLondon trust plans land sell-off worth hundreds of millions
A central London foundation trust has announced plans to sell off land worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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NewsThird of nursing directors concerned about staffing levels
A third of nursing directors believe they regularly have too few nurses to ensure safe staffing levels on their wards, a survey of some of England’s most senior nurses suggests.
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CommentMental health under fire: is parity of esteem enough?
Government paper has not achieved its promise
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CommentMichael White: Hunt's plan halted by NHS nimbys
Hospital closures prompt too much shroud waving
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HSJ Local
A&E performance raised in County Durham FT contract meeting
PERFORMANCE: County Durham and North Darlington Foundation Trust failed to meet its 95 per cent four hour A&E wait target in September, and this was “formally discussed” at a contract meeting, according to board papers from North Durham CCG.
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LeaderThe fear of an irrevocable tipping point haunts plans to rescue A&E
There are two kinds of performance problems large enough to set alarm bells ringing at national level and get newspaper leader writers dusting off their “NHS in crisis” clichés.
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NewsMorecambe Bay investigation will seek families' input
Further details have emerged of the independent inquiry into University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust’s maternity and neonatal services.
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NewsMore emergency departments breach waiting time targets
Increasing numbers of accident and emergency patients are being treated outside the maximum four hour wait year on year over the past four summers, an HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsHealth burden is greatest during moderately cold weather
The NHS has been urged to place greater emphasis on supporting vulnerable groups during periods of moderately cold rather than freezing temperatures after a study suggested this is when services come under greatest strain.