Acute Care – Page 288
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News'Challenged' acute trusts abandon independent FT status plans
More than half of the Department of Health’s seven financially “challenged” trusts appear to have abandoned plans to become foundation trusts.
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NewsJoint surgery redesign could save trusts £664m
NHS Trusts can save £664m from the total they spend on joint surgery over the next 10 years, according to an exclusive analysis made available on hsj.co.uk.
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NewsShake-up opposed by Lansley gets green light
A controversial reconfiguration criticised by Andrew Lansley before he became health secretary has finally been given the go ahead.
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NewsPCTs agree to consult on children's congenital heart services
A joint committee of primary care trusts has given the go-ahead for a consultation on plans for greater centralisation of paediatric cardiac care.
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HSJ LocalYorks and North East pathfinders reflect national uncertainty
News about the NHS’s new commissioning system is surfacing across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, reflecting discussions across England.
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NewsPost discharge death rates revealed
Nearly a fifth of deaths linked to hospital care occur after discharge, according to mortality figures published by the NHS Information Centre.
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NewsEarly death 'more likely in the North'
People living in the north of England are 20 per cent more likely to die prematurely than those in the South, research suggests.
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NewsDH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
The Department of Health is considering outsourcing key elements of the NHS blood service to the private sector.
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HSJ KnowledgePublic-private health services show bright promise in Spain
Bupa’s Spanish subsidiary’s example of public-private health services is arousing interest in the UK, says Daloni Carlisle.
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HSJ Local
Blackpool Teaching FT overperforms by £3.8m on NHS Blackpool contract
FINANCE: By the end of December the foundation had over-performed against its contract with primary care trust NHS Blackpool by £3,794,458.
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NewsAnti-trespass laws to be used to shift bed blocking patients
Hospitals in north Merseyside are planning to use the anti-trespass powers used to ban “hoodies” from shopping centres to shift patients who are blocking beds.
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NewsAlcohol admissions 'to hit 1.5m by 2015'
Alcohol-related hospital admissions could rise more than a third by 2015, a report says.
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HSJ KnowledgeEarly A&E redesigns have implications for today's commissioners
The ambitions of a group of GPs to radically redesign A&E back in 2007 can teach the new wave of commissioners valuable lessons, write Martin McShane, director of strategic planning and health outcomes at NHS Lincolnshire, and Jerry Clough, director of Atlyric Limited.
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HSJ Local
Two performance notices given to Mid Essex trust
PERFORMANCE: Mid Essex Hospital Services has two performance notices imposed on it by NHS Mid Essex.
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NewsCall for 'drunk' patients to pay for treatment
Patients who have had too much alcohol should pay for the treatment they receive at accident and emergency units, a patients’ association said today.
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HSJ KnowledgeProviding visually impaired patients with the right access to information
In just one year, Nottingham University Hospitals has transformed its disappointing relationship with visually-impaired patients into one of involvement, access and success. Chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust Peter Homa explains the lessons learned - and the changes being made as a result.
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NewsNHS Direct offers services to GPs
NHS Direct could start booking GP appointments after starting talks with Surrey based consortium EsyDoc.
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NewsA&E waiting times worst since 2004
Accident and emergency waiting times in England are at their worst since September 2004, according to data from the Department of Health.
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NewsFoundation Trust Network to split from Confed
The Foundation Trust Network has decided to split from the NHS Confederation.