Acute Care – Page 304
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HSJ KnowledgeA guide to redesigning COPD care pathways
Having the right intelligence can help to speed up care integration, offering benefits to patients and health services, write Meghan Robb and colleagues
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NewsElderly miss out on post surgical care
Managers have been urged to improve the treatment of elderly patients after a survey found that only a third of older patients who died in hospital following surgery received good care.
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CommentLocal NHS pay negotiations: beware raiders of the lost cause
We have too much to lose as patients and taxpayers to repeat the 1990s’ flirtation with local pay negotiations.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry told of 'culture of fear'
The public inquiry into disastrous failings in care at Stafford Hospital has been urged to examine a culture of fear, secrecy and bullying within the NHS.
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News£750m spent by NHS on locum doctors
NHS hospitals spend more than £750m a year on hiring temporary doctors - and the cost has almost doubled in two years, figures suggest.
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NewsSHA failing on stroke care
South Central is the only strategic health authority in England to have failed to improve stroke care.
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NewsEx-Mid Staffs chief executive 'may not appear'
The former chief executive of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust may not appear at the public inquiry into the care provided at the organisation due to ill health.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry 'will probe every nook and cranny'
The public inquiry into major failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust will “explore every relevant nook and cranny” in a bid to find out why appalling standards of care were allowed to continue, the lawyer leading the probe said today.
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NewsProtest delays Stafford Hospital public inquiry
The start of a public inquiry into major failings at a trust has been delayed when an angry relative staged a protest.
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NewsGovernment backtracks to hand maternity to GPs
The government is preparing to perform a U-turn on its decision to plan and fund maternity nationally and instead hand responsibility to GPs, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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NewsStafford Hospital public inquiry to begin
A public inquiry will begin today into failings at an NHS hospital criticised for routinely neglecting patients and providing appalling standards of care.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe eight ways to save cash and improve care
Healthcare expectations are rising faster than national systems can keep up, but there are ways to tackle this global challenge effectively, says Penelope Dash.
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NewsEndoscope 'disinfection failure' linked to nine NDM cases in UK
Nine people were infected with bacteria carrying the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) enzyme after “disinfection failure” with a single endoscope camera at a UK hospital, a document obtained by Nursing Times reveals.
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NewsA&E closure plan accelerated by six months
One of the first reconfigurations to be approved under health secretary Andrew Lansley’s criteria is to go ahead earlier than expected because of safety concerns.
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NewsNew Birmingham hospital clears further hurdle and gains name
Plans to build a “super hospital” in Birmingham have been given the go ahead by NHS West Midlands but with 60 fewer beds than originally intended.
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NewsReport highlights out-of-date keyhole equipment
More than one in four hospitals performing keyhole surgery are using out-of-date and potentially unsafe equipment, according to a new report.
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NewsOrgan transplants hit record high
A record number of organ transplants were carried out in the UK last year, figures show.
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NewsKent PCT to delay referrals in order to dodge overspend
A primary care trust in Kent has become the latest to announce it is reducing funding for IVF and low priority procedures this year in order to tackle rising acute activity, which risks a £40m overspend.
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NewsNew hospital death rates to be published in April
An official NHS death rate for hospital trusts will be published within six months and must not be ignored, the Department of Health was due to announce today.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: home front
‘We’re invading your privacy at home, and turning it into the outpatient clinic’