Acute Care – Page 228
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NewsTrust failed to check paediatric staff criminal records for three years
Managers at Barts and the London Trust were unable to guarantee paediatric staff had passed Criminal Records Bureau checks for three years, following a series of human resources failings, HSJ has learned.
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CommentFree from the dead hand of Connecting for Health
“We need to link the technology to see the benefits people want”
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Blogs
One-year-waiters: real patients or data errors?
The dramatic reduction in one-year-waiters was more down to validation than treating real patients. But it’s essential nonetheless: there were still plenty of real patients there.
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NewsTrust found to have altered waiting times figures
A large hospital trust has been caught altering waiting time figures to avoid breaches of the four-hour accident and emergency target.
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NewsNicholson: leading hospitals to be reshaped by commissioning board
The board will use its position as “a big, powerful commissioner” to reshape England’s largest teaching and specialist hospitals, says Sir David Nicholson.
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NewsEpsom hospital pulled into A&E reconfiguration programme
Another hospital has been added to the list of those on the south west London and Surrey borders that could lose their accident and emergency and maternity facilities, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ KnowledgeNeighbourhood watch could prevent another tragedy
Could the peer review model be adopted around the NHS?
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Chief executive resigns at Midlands trust
The chief executive of University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust has resigned after six years in the post.
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NewsMPs call for urgent 'overhaul' of CQC governance
The chair of the health select committee has described it as “extraordinary” the Care Quality Commission is still not clear about its core purpose, five years after it was set up.
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HSJ KnowledgeCreate a culture of 'psychological safety'
Trust, collaboration and dedication are essential to improving care
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NewsNorovirus cases increase by 72pc
Around 100,000 people were struck down with the winter vomiting bug over Christmas, latest figures suggested as it emerged the number of confirmed cases was 72 per cent higher than this time last year.
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NewsChief executives and chairs in New Year's Honours list
Three hospital trust chief executives have received New Year’s honours.
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NewsChief executives not confident on out-of-hours safety
Chief executives have significant doubts their hospitals are as safe at weekends as they are in the week, the latest HSJ/Capsticks survey reveals.
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'Inherent conflict of interest' in specialised services commissioning
The small number of clinicians involved in providing some specialised services can lead to a conflict of interest, a patient group has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeBest of 2012: long-term conditions
Long-term conditions is the subject of this selection of best practice content
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HSJ KnowledgeBest of 2012: innovation in acute care
An end-of-year round-up of some of HSJ’s best practice content
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NewsDH publishes 'cherry picking list' and tariff details
The Department of Health has published a list of procedures which are liable to be “cherry picked” by independent providers, and could be paid for at a lower rate.
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NewsFoundation trusts still lagging on savings targets in Q2
Regulator Monitor today urged foundation trusts to plan “sooner and more effectively” for future financial pressures, as its latest quarterly report showed the sector had made little progress in closing the gap between planned and actual savings.
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CommentWe must root out ageism in NHS cancer care
Bold steps now can improve cancer care in the long term