Acute Care – Page 152
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CommentShattered: The NHS capacity myth
The NHS always appears to be short of acute capacity. But this may be an illusion that could be rectified by fine tuning resources further ahead
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NewsTDA 'broadens' support for challenged trusts
The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed improvement directors to two trusts struggling with performance and leadership issues.
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NewsCCGs expected to fund 2.3 per cent rise in emergency activity
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to fund a 2.3 per cent increase in emergency activity this year compared to 2014-15, NHS England has confirmed.
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HSJ Knowledge
The NHS could be world leaders in seven day working
With trusts offering all days services
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NewsPatients to be told CQC ratings to encourage 'informed' hospital choice
Patients will be told the Care Quality Commission rating and waiting times for their local hospitals when making appointments through a new electronic booking system to encourage ‘truly informed’ patient choice, the health secretary has said.
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NewsUpdated: US corporation brought in to help improve five trusts
An American healthcare corporation is being brought in to support five trusts in improving quality and clinical engagement.
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HSJ KnowledgeBreaking the cycle: Ways to achieve A&E performance targets
This trust delivered the four hour target for first time in three years
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HSJ Local18 week waits, May 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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NewsExclusive: NICE to publish A&E staffing guidance not wanted by NHS England
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will publish recommended nurse staffing levels for accident and emergency departments despite being asked by NHS England to drop the work, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: All 111 and out of hours tenders suspended
NHS England has told commissioners to suspend all GP out of hours and NHS 111 procurements while it draws up new rules for creating ‘functionally integrated’ urgent care services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Letters show how CCGs directed to up activity plans
Letters seen by HSJ reveal how NHS England ordered clinical commissioning groups to change their contracts with acute providers to reflect an assumption that hospital activity would grow this year.
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NewsFoundation model faces 'challenges' - Monitor chief
The foundation trust model could come under question as the NHS faces up to the “absolutely huge” financial challenge, David Bennett has said.
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NewsBennett: FTs must cut deficit or face 'completely eroded' freedoms
Exclusive: Monitor’s chief executive will today warn that foundation trusts could see their freedoms ‘completely eroded’ if they do not do better to reduce a sector-wide deficit projected to reach £1bn in 2015-16.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to balance the push and pull of performance and demand
Hospital performance targets
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NewsPublic perceptions of the NHS: 12 key facts
The standout findings from the latest government survey of public perceptions of the NHS and care.
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NewsExclusive: 'Candour' law may change after legal threat
The government is considering changing the duty of candour law just three months after it came into effect, following a threat of judicial review by a patient charity, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England tells regions to create urgent care networks
NHS England has said urgent and emergency care networks should be set up across the country to set and monitor standards of care and ‘designate urgent care facilities’.
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NewsFines for breaching final elective target to be boosted
The penalty imposed on providers who breach the remaining elective waiting time target is to be increased, regulators have told all NHS providers and clinical commissioning groups.