Acute Care – Page 163
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NewsA&E performance at all-time low as emergency admissions peak
Hospitals say there is ‘unprecedented’ demand on their emergency services as admissions hit their highest level in 10 years.
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NewsNew patient safety incentives revealed
New incentives to improve patient safety have been outlined by NHS England. These include advances in seven day services, care of sepsis and acute kidney injury, as well as moves to tackle antibiotic resistance.
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NewsMarginal specialised tariff would hit critical and neonatal services, providers warn
Some trusts may be forced to scale back specialised services, including critical care and neonatal units, if a marginal rate payment is introduced for them, NHS Providers has warned.
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NewsHSJ leadership inquiry member knighted in new year's honours
Sam Everington, chair of Tower Hamlets CCG, is among a number of NHS managers, nurses and doctors included in the new year’s honours list
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NewsPlanning guidance full coverage: next steps for the forward view
Health economies seeking to be at the forefront of moving to the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View have been given six weeks to submit an expression of interest to NHS England
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SupplementsMental health supplement: ‘The rooms are part of the therapy’
Designing a future proof mental health hospital room
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NewsEmergency care demand for older people predicted to rise
Emergency admissions among older people are likely to keep rising during the next five years, a Department of Health funded study has found. This is despite ministers’ claims that the better care fund will lead to a reduction in non-elective activity.
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NewsUpdated: NHS England to fund 'significant volume' of private sector care
NHS England has agreed to commission a ‘significant range and volume’ of planned care from private hospitals over the coming months, following the failure of a national push to clear NHS waiting list backlogs
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NewsNHS England to trial employing pharmacists in A&E
The urgent and emergency care review being led by NHS England will conduct a national pilot in the spring to trial employing pharmacists in an emergency department setting.
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NewsEmergency care fines strengthened to encourage 'radical transformation'
The financial penalty imposed on accident and emergency departments that fail to meet the 95 per cent four hour target has been strengthened to encourage ‘radical transformation’ from struggling NHS providers.
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NewsWaiting time standards toughened up under contract proposals
Tougher financial penalties will be imposed on trusts that fail to meet waiting time standards and commissioners’ freedom to waive penalties will be curbed under NHS England’s draft standard contract for 2015-16, which was published this week.
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NewsExclusive: Staff shortage fuels recruitment of nearly 6,000 overseas nurses
A shortage of registered nurses to fill an increasing number of posts has driven nearly three-quarters of hospital trusts to recruit overseas, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Top hospital chief criticises 'out of area' referrals move
An attempt by NHS England to protect patient choice by preventing hospitals closing their doors to ‘out of area’ referrals has been strongly criticised by a leading foundation trust chief executive.
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LeaderThe NHS's challenging new year will be dominated by four themes
2015 is set to be a crucial year
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NewsExclusive: Service hit by staff 'exodus' after CCG transfers contract to Circle
One of the biggest teaching trusts in England has been forced to axe its once renowned acute dermatology service following an “exodus” of medical consultants following the transfer of their contract to private provider Circle.
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – providers: Trusts will weather a time of faltering and flux
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-PROVIDERSHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-PROVIDERS The provider sector is facing significant upheaval in 2015 - even before you take into account the finance and performance problems trusts will undoubtedly face.Simon Stevens’ “horses for courses” approach to pushing new organisational forms for NHS providers might sit awkwardly ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – integration: The ‘joined up’ thinkers at the heart of party policy
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-INTEGRATIONHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-INTEGRATION In various forms, integration is the dominant principle underpinning the policy offers from all three major parties, and in particular explains the positioning of Norman Lamb and Andy Burnham in the top 100.Mr Lamb (16) can lay claim to being the ...
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NewsA&Es under 'extreme pressure' as admissions rise
Accident and emergency departments are ‘cracking under extreme pressure’ with the number of patients waiting longer than four hours at a record high.
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HSJ Local'Perfect storm' tips Walsall trust into the red
Walsall Healthcare Trust has instigated an action plan to clear its ‘significant’ waiting list after being hit by a ‘perfect storm’ of IT problems and heightened demand that threatens to push it £9m into the red.
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