Acute Care – Page 235
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NewsWarning over NHS industrial unrest
There could be “massive” industrial unrest if health workers are not given a decent pay rise after being hit hard by the government’s wage freeze, unions have warned.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire hospitals face 'extreme pressure'
PERFORMANCE: Hospitals in Staffordshire are under “extreme pressure” after a sudden surge in accident and emergency demand, according to the county’s PCT Cluster.
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NewsAnalysed: Performance failings in Cambridge
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has a reputation for excellence, but has recently found itself in some difficulty
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NewsTransforming hospitals - FREE HSJ webinar
Register now to view an exclusive webinar, looking at how hospitals will need to change over the next few years
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NewsCompetition watchdog clears merger of Kent trusts
The NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel has approved the merger of two Kent acute trusts despite concluding it offered “no benefits” to offset its costs to patients and taxpayers.
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Blogs
Winter pressures, week by week
Good planning and monitoring can reduce the risk of crises this winter. We look at a worked example of week-by-week interactive profiling for beds and waiting times.
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HSJ KnowledgeLive Q&A: making a merger work
We’ll be offering advice on successfully merging with another organisation on Friday 19 October at 9am. Post your questions in the comments section
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NewsDetails of Savile investigations announced
A former barrister has been brought in to oversee the investigations into Jimmy Savile’s activities at Stoke Mandeville, Broadmoor and Leeds General Infirmary.
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NewsAcute FTs push their workforce reductions back to 2013-14
Acute foundation trusts are planning to increase staff numbers by more than 2,500 this financial year, latest figures released to HSJ show.
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HSJ KnowledgeWeak links break handover chain
Pioneering a significant improvement to clinical handover
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News
Peter Edwards on the latest Chief Executive Barometer: Not quite the brave new world
Peter Edwards assesses the latest Chief Executive Barometer
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CommentReaders' letters - 18 October 2012
Private patient units will be an important contributor to NHS trusts’ balance sheets
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CommentSally Gainsbury: tariff twister
Everyone knows which NHS hospitals are the most powerful, right?
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NewsAvoidable harm in NHS drops for six months
There have been six months of continuous reductions in the proportion of patients avoidably harmed under NHS care, latest data shows.
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NewsHospital activity 'will rise'
Four out of five hospital chief executives believe their trust will do more work this financial year than it did in 2011-12. The finding casts doubt on commissioners’ hopes of controlling demand.
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NewsDoctor recruitment drive off to slow start
A recruitment drive to increase the number of doctors in Wales has seen just five vacancies filled in six months, a government document shows.
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HSJ Knowledge'A merger was our only viable option'
How the hospital where the NHS was launched merged with another organisation
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NewsWarning against surgery age limits
Thousands of older patients are needlessly dying because they are being denied treatment on the grounds of their age, a report has found.
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NewsGuidance on hospital food revealed
Some hospitals are failing to provide patients with high quality and healthy meals, the health secretary has warned.