Acute Care – Page 173
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CommentParking charges add insult to life threatening injury
Public resentment is real, especially when some hospitals don’t charge
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NewsCCGs to retender out of hours contract after legal row
Four clinical commissioning groups in north east England have scrapped a near complete procurement process for their GP out of hours services after a legal challenge by one of the bidders.
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NewsSuccess of hospital cash incentive scheme tails off
A project that aimed to reduce death rates in hospitals using financial incentives has seen its initial period of success tail off, research reveals.
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NewsHospital slammed for 'extortionate' staff parking fees
Hospital managers have been branded ‘immoral’ for introducing ‘extortionate’ parking charges for staff who need their cars for work.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Johari window: Make sure hidden problems are known and moved along
Problems known to self but not to others mustn’t stay that way for long
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NewsProgress on choice of provider has stalled, figures show
The proportion of patients who said they were offered a choice of provider on referral has slightly fallen since 2010, despite a coalition’s commitment to oversee an increase.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital trust sector deficit could breach £750m this year
The NHS acute sector is expecting to record a net deficit in excess of £750m for the current financial year, exclusive HSJ research shows.
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CommentProtecting urgent patients not covered by targets is easier said than done
It isn’t happening consistently
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NewsHealth economies across the country face acute sector deficits
Hospital trust financial problems have now spread across England, with the acute sector in the majority of health economies expecting an overall deficit in 2014-15.
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NewsHSJ map: Most health economies set for hospital deficit
Our map highlights the health economies expecting to record a deficit for 2014-15
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NewsEmergency services face sweeping payment system reform
NHS England and Monitor have floated proposals for sweeping reform of the payment systems for emergency healthcare, to help bring about the changes envisaged by the Keogh review of urgent and emergency care.
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NewsNurse staffing levels linked to weekend death rates from stroke, research finds
Stroke patients are more likely to die in units with lower nurse staffing levels at weekends, according to latest UK research.
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NewsMonitor’s pricing tariff independence under scrutiny
The Foundation Trust Network has urged Monitor to stay independent when setting the national pricing tariff, despite pressures on the NHS budget.
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NewsExclusive: Emergency medic recruitment hits highest ever level
The number of trainee doctors recruited to work in England’s A&E departments has increased to its highest ever level, Health Education England has revealed
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat makes midwife led units work?
The trusts bucking the trend of widespread unit closures
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NewsFive year NHS strategy to set out preferred 'care models'
The five year strategy being developed by NHS England will set out ‘a range of care models’ aimed at putting the service on a sustainable financial footing, it has said.
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HSJ LocalBradford CCGs back ‘major emergency care centre’ plan
A plan to base a major emergency care centre at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has been backed by clinical commissioning groups in and around the city.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat we can learn from US technology to transform NHS healthcare
Tips to emulate their innovations here