Acute Care – Page 307
-
NewsLondon trusts top of patient complaints list
London hospitals are the subject of more serious patient complaints than any other type of secondary care trust, a review by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham reveals.
-
NewsNHS IT supplier agrees contract 'efficiencies'
BT – one of the major NHS IT suppliers – has agreed changes “designed to deliver efficiencies” in its government contracts.
-
NewsMaternity ward sealed off over skin infection
A maternity and neo-natal ward where two babies and a mother fell ill with a skin infection has been sealed off.
-
NewsPublic finance adviser joins Mid Staffs inquiry
Former public finance adviser to the treasury Sir Adrian Montague has been appointed onto the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry team.
-
NewsSalisbury chief seconded to DH provider role
Salisbury Foundation Trust chief executive Matthew Kershaw has been appointed director of provider delivery at the Department of Health.
-
News‘Nearly £2bn could be saved’ in NHS property sell-offs
The NHS owns empty or under-used buildings and land that could be sold for £1.45bn, saving a further £521m in revenue costs each year, according to a new study seen exclusively by HSJ.
-
NewsDH turns a blind eye to working time rules
The Department of Health has moved to “limit” the impact of the European working time directive on the NHS, HSJ has learnt.
-
CommentTake the lead in preventing ill health
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Britain was known as “the sick man of Europe”. Then it related to industrial strife and poor economic performance. Now we are in danger of regaining that mantle, but this time in public health terms.
-
NewsTwo ambulance trusts get all-clear from Lansley
Two ambulance service trusts are the first to be put forward by the health secretary for approval to become foundation trusts.
-
NewsNHS estate services costs vary widely
The EC Harris study found significant variations between the best and worst performing trusts on estate costs.
-
CommentCompetition could change the face of healthcare
Competition could change the health landscape in the same way it did with gas, electricity and telecoms
-
NewsCollege to lobby for inclusion of secondary care in consortia
The government must formally acknowledge the vital role consultants can play in commissioning, the Royal College of Physicians has said in its white paper response.
-
HSJ KnowledgeRemoving policy barriers to integrated healthcare
Closer integration of care may be taking on an ever-higher profile, but it is often thwarted by government policy, write Chris Ham and Judith Smith
-
HSJ Knowledge
Referral pathways
We present a model for streamlining the paediatric grommet referral pathway and follow-up that we have been piloting at St George’s Hospital.
-
NewsShadow health secretary wastes no time in attacking NHS cuts
Newly appointed Labour shadow health secretary John Healey has targeted trust’s plans to cut accident and emergency, and maternity services in his first attack on the government.
-
NewsCaesarean rates 'vary widely' in UK
A new study has suggested that the differences in opinion between doctors across England is the cause of varying rates of Caesarean sections carried out in the country.
-
NewsTransforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms
Primary care trusts are edging closer to determining the future of their provider arms.
-
NewsBig income drop likely for children’s hospitals
Specialist children’s hospitals could see a significant drop in their income under changes to the national tariff.
-
CommentMark Britnell: Have foundation trusts realised their potential?
Australian interest in foundation trusts has thrown their achievements into stark relief
-
CommentThe right way to form GP consortia
GP commissioning consortia will not be created by guidance notes from the Department of Health. Nor will they be formed by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities suggesting the necessary population size for efficient commissioning.