Acute Care – Page 216
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Blogs
Sharp increase in English waiting list
The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting time pressures to come. But bed pressures over winter do not explain all the increase
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NewsHunt plans £260m to help hospitals go digital
Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary.
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NewsRise in A&E attendances during 2012 claim
The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested.
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NewsCancer patients left hungry, survey shows
An “alarming” number of cancer patients are left to go hungry in hospitals and want to drop out of treatment because of the way they were dealt with by staff, a charity has warned.
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NewsMinister admits 'very disappointing' 111 start
The new NHS non-emergency advice line had a “very disappointing start”, Lord Howe admitted.
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NewsA&E 'could collapse without change'
Accident and emergency units could “collapse” unless urgent changes are made to the way they are run, doctors and managers’ representatives have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeA surgical approach to value-based commissioning
Establishing guidelines for a wide range of procedures
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Hospital transfer wait 'too long'
Older patients are having to wait for a month before they are transferred from hospitals to care homes, a charity has warned.
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LeaderLeader: Francis demands more honesty from the NHS
Robert Francis wants to shift the NHS’s centre of gravity
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NewsFrancis warns recommendations could be lost in 'long grass'
Robert Francis QC has cautioned the government against allowing its review of safety in the NHS to “disappear beneath the long grass”. He also called for an “honest” conversation between the NHS and the public about which health services could be safely provided.
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NewsA&E performance tracker: England's hospitals miss waiting target
HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week
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CommentThe whole-system future for integrated urgent care
Designing better systems and behaviours is crucial
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HSJ KnowledgeAddressing the emotional impact of stroke
The psychological effects of stroke are going untreated
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NewsCare bill extends CQC's powers
The Care Quality Commission will be able to order Monitor to put trusts into special administration over quality failures, under new powers set out in the Care Bill.
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NewsTrusts submit deficit plans for 2013-14 amid 'going concern' worries
The NHS Trust Development Authority has written to trusts assuring them they can be classed as “a going concern” by auditors, despite submitting deficit plans for this financial year, HSJ has learned.
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News750 patients suffer 'never events'
Hundreds of hospital patients have suffered basic, preventable mistakes that should “never” happen in the NHS during the last four years including having surgical instruments left inside them and operations being carried out on the wrong body part, figures suggest.
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NewsHospitals leader: NHS reorganisation 'coming home to roost' in A&E failure
The organisation representing English hospitals has said the government’s NHS reorganisation is in part to blame for the failure to maintain low accident and emergency waiting times.
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LeaderTrusts risk unwanted legacy with short-term savings
There is little evidence of mergers working
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Trusts ease pay savings in Francis aftermath, analysis shows
Hospital trusts are disproportionately targeting non-pay costs and seeking extra income as they embark on a £2.4bn savings drive in 2013-14, an exclusive HSJ analysis reveals.