Acute Care – Page 81
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NewsMajor hospital with ‘bullying culture’ put in special measures
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures after inspectors rated the trust and its leadership inadequate, having found a “bullying culture” and an “obvious deterioration” in services.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Honesty needed ahead of another tough winter
The NHS is facing a winter which is likely to be just as tough, or tougher still, than the last one. Even if new money is pumped into the service this year, there is a danger the die is already cast.
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NewsThree hospital trusts to form alliance
Three acute trusts in the South West have agreed to form a hospital alliance focusing on identifying gaps in workforce and capital across the region.
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NewsNHS Providers warns against 'safe space' plans
NHS Providers has added its voice to warnings against local NHS trusts being given “safe space” powers to investigate patient safety incidents.
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NewsCQC warns providers over bogus inspectors
The Care Quality Commission has issued an alert to providers after two examples of people impersonating inspectors.
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NewsRegulator explores standardised designs for new NHS buildings
Plans for new standardised NHS buildings are being drawn up by efficiency directors in a bid to speed up much needed improvements to ageing estate.
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NewsLocal plans still not good enough, says A&E boss
Local NHS providers and commissioners were given a fresh warning this week that their plans will not deliver the “capacity, productivity or length of stay” improvements required for 2018-19.
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News'System approach' helps trust boost A&E performance by 40 percentage points
Extra beds, more staff at night, and twice-daily meetings with health economy chiefs are among the factors that caused an “inadequate” trust’s A&E performance to rocket by nearly 40 percentage points in two months.
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HSJ InteractiveIt is time to face up to the fundamental question of funding
Niall Dickson on the need for a longer term commitment to health and care funding that stops these vital services lurching from one crisis to another
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NewsNHS chiefs to set out new winter target
The NHS must cut the number of patients spending more than three weeks in hospital by 25 per cent to free up 4,000 beds ahead of the winter, system leaders will say today.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The outcome based contracting conundrum
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: Tackling the waiting list can’t wait
Performance Watch understands that NHS England is finalising funding for local commissioners to put elective waiting times performance back on the right track.
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HSJ LocalTrust considers centralising elective activity ahead of winter
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust is considering centralising its elective orthopaedic services to help it better cope with next winter.
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NewsWinners revealed for HSJ Value Awards 2018
Twenty organisations have been honoured in the 2018 HSJ Value Awards – which recognise and celebrate outstanding improvements in care quality and efficiency made by NHS staff.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Acute Service Redesign
Winner Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust: Single Clerking at BSUH: Redesigning the Acute Floor The single clerking project at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust involves the first doctor to see the patient completing full, high quality clerking, with no re-clerking later by another doctor. Unnecessary delays for patients ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Enhancing Value Through Increasing Patient Safety and Reducing Litigation
Winner Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in collaboration with Yorkshire and Humber AHSN Improvement Academy: Yorkshire Safety Huddles Clinical incidents can involve patient harm, demoralise staff, and have a financial impact on the organisation involved. Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, in collaboration with Yorkshire and Humber AHSN Improvement Academy, introduced daily safety ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Improving Value in the Care of Frail Older Patients
Winner Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group and Walsall Healthcare Trust: Enhanced Health Care Model for Nursing Homes Data showed that nursing homes admissions to accident and emergency in the Walsall area usually involved the ambulance service being called and 90 per cent of these admissions were due to five reasons – ...
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HSJ InteractiveWinners of 2018 HSJ Value Awards revealed
The HSJ Value Awards 2018 honour projects that deliver improvements for patients
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HSJ LocalBreaking: Acute and mental health trusts to merge
An acute hospital trust and mental health and community trust could merge into a single provider.
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NewsDecision over Carillion Hospital 'in autumn' as costs soar
A government decision on the future of a privately financed major acute hospital that was hit by Carillion’s collapse is not expected until autumn.