Acute Care – Page 266
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HSJ Local
FT plans 20 per cent growth in private patient income
FINANCE: The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust, Britain’s biggest specialist cancer trust, is planning to increase its private patient income by 20 per cent this year.
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HSJ Local
FT predicting significant fall in MoD income
FINANCE: The main provider of acute healthcare for the armed forces is predicting a significant fall in Ministry of Defence income as the UK scales back its deployment in Afghanistan.
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NewsEighty trusts call in lawyers over board level exits
Nearly 80 NHS organisations have employed law firms to deal with the departure of board members over the past five years, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsNearly 90 per cent of trusts failing new A&E indicators
Almost 90 per cent of trusts are failing the accident and emergency indicator on unplanned reattendances, while all acute providers failed to keep their single longest wait below six hours.
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HSJ Local
Radiotherapy centre plans submitted in Worcestershire
STRUCTURE: A planning application for the county’s first ever radiotherapy facility was submitted last month.
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HSJ Local
Royal Wolverhampton predicts £2.6m debt
FINANCE: Board papers reveal that the Royal Wolverhampton hospitals trust is likely to overspend by £2.6m this year.
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OFT issues warning on private providers' sweetener payments to consultants
The incentives used by private healthcare providers to attract consultants to their hospitals may be driving up prices without increasing quality, the Office for Fair Trading has warned.
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NewsPositive waiting time data called into question
New figures showing that the NHS in Scotland is close to reaching its target for reducing hospital waiting times has been played down by statisticians.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a broader view of emergency readmissions could reduce overall activity levels
Efforts to cut emergency readmissions typically focus on so called “frequent flyers”, but analysis shows screening the wider population may be more effective. Simon Rowe explains
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy valuable health outcomes data is vital to improving care
Measuring health outcomes is vital to improving care – yet organisations are fixated on less useful cost data. Tim Benson argues the NHS must try harder.
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HSJ KnowledgeMaximising the mutually beneficial value of apprenticeships in acute care
The value of apprenticeships is proving to be beneficial to an acute hospital trust, its staff and its patients. Alison Moore finds out how both parties are getting the best out of apprenticeships.
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HSJ KnowledgeHealthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHS
The EU directive on cross-border healthcare is likely to bring with it dramatic changes to the provision of and access to healthcare. Elisabetta Zanon explains what it means for organisations in the UK.
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NewsDrug-related deaths down on previous year
The number of drug-related deaths in England and Wales has fallen slightly, according to the latest government figures.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: PROMs prove McKinsey right - nearly
The latest crop of patient reported outcome measures confirm huge numbers of patients do not feel any better after undergoing one of four measuredprocedures, and quite a few report feeling worse.
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Trust access to PFI funding could be constrained by Treasury rule change
NHS trusts could find it harder to secure badly needed private finance initiative funding after chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander ordered the Department of Health to review how it authorises potential schemes, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospitals seeing 900 more alcohol related cases a day
Nearly 900 more people a day are being admitted to hospitals in England with drink related problems compared to five years ago, figures show.
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NewsNHS patients will wait longer under reform - Unison
The number of private patients that hospitals can treat will spiral and push those on the NHS to the bottom of waiting lists under the government’s health reforms, a public sector union has claimed.
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NewsHeart services consultation receives large response
A national consultation about the future of children’s congenital heart services has received more than 75,000 responses.
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NewsDisagreement over new 'death rate' measure continues
The NHS Information Centre has been forced to amend the new summary hospital mortality indicator following complaints from the members of the steering group set up agree a consensus on measuring mortality rates, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLess than a third of patients asked about diet
Less than a third of patients have been asked about their diet and weight during a stay in hospital and less than a quarter have been given a choice of what they would like to eat, according to new research.