Acute Care – Page 200
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News'Large variations' in place of death
There are “large variations” across England in the proportion of people who die at hospital or in their own homes, figures show.
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NewsCancer survival rate highlighted
Cancer patients living in the most deprived parts of England are a third less likely to be alive five to 10 years after diagnosis than those in the most affluent areas.
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CommentCommunity trusts are invisible to politicians
End the preoccupation with all things hospital
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Trust errors result in hundreds breaching waiting time target
A hospital trust has revealed it failed to properly record the waiting times of 60 per cent of its elective inpatients, causing hundreds of them not to receive treatment within the 18-week deadline.
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NewsNick Clegg defends A&E closures
Nick Clegg has defended the government’s decision to downgrade two accident and emergency departments.
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HSJ PartnersSupporting trusts through a tough winter
Identifying and implementing organisational change to survive a challenging winter
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NewsA&E pressure increasing admissions
Accident and emergency departments are under increasing pressure, which is leading to high numbers of patients being admitted, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
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CommentHSJ launches Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People
Find out more about HSJ’s landmark study to explore how to tackle the most pressing issue facing the NHS
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NewsHSJ commission to tackle "the major issue affecting NHS performance"
HSJ has launched a commission to investigate and help improve the hospital care of frail older people.
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Community trusts devise plan to 'level playing field'
Community services trusts are starting work on a national programme to develop indicators to benchmark their performance and value, which could potentially underpin a tariff payment system for the sector, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: Wellbeing boards must avoid becoming 'a side show'
More than three quarters of health and wellbeing boards believe they have little influence over NHS England, according to a major study shared exclusively with HSJ and its sister title Local Government Chronicle.
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NewsGP and hospital records to be ‘linked’ by June
The flagship patient data service, care.data, will be able to “link” data from patients’ GP records to their hospital records by June next year, NHS England has announced.
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NewsHigher death rate NHS trusts named
Seven NHS trusts have higher than expected death rates for patients who die in hospital or within 30 days of discharge, according to new data.
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NewsRegulator chiefs summoned to Number 10 over winter pressures
The chief executives of the three major health regulators have been summoned by the prime minister to discuss the pressures the service is likely to come under this winter, HSJ has discovered.
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Blogs
Do the CQC and Monitor understand 18 week waits?
The regualtors are applying the target in ways that deter hospitals from treating long waiting patients. Let’s hear the reasons why.
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NewsGovernment's candidate to be Monitor chair withdraws application
Dominic Dodd, the preferred candidate of the government to be chair of Monitor, has withdrawn his application after the Commons health committee refused to back him.
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NewsSmall trusts 'hit by raised efficiency assumption'
Raised efficiency assumptions could have an impact on small and medium sized trusts’ ability to provide good quality patient care, Monitor has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeHelp young people get jobs with hospital apprenticeships
A scheme at one FT has significantly reduced staff turnover