Acute Care – Page 324
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HSJ KnowledgePublic engagement: how foundation trusts fish for members
Staging activities and projects with popular appeal helps foundation trusts boost membership, says Ann McGauran
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NewsPatients 'endangered by shift work'
The practice of shift-working for doctors is likely to endanger patient safety, a report by BMA Scotland has said.
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NewsRuth Carnall: I'm not resigning
NHS London’s chief executive Ruth Carnall has said it is her “firm intention” to stay in post following the resignation of two of its directors.
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NewsNHS should focus on outcomes, not targets - Lansley
The health secretary has said the NHS should focus on health outcomes, patient experience and safety performance and is grappling with whether to drop key waiting times targets.
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NewsNHS service change plans will face stricter controls
Plans for major NHS service change will in future have to meet stricter standards, including the approval of GP commissioners, under rules to be announced next month.
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CommentJohn McGowan on service-user involvement
It’s time we shattered a great NHS myth and said that service-user involvement is often of little or no use
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NewsCQC loses top directors at time of uncertainty
Two senior members of the Care Quality Commission’s seven-strong board have resigned.
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NewsConfed ex-chair moved to safeguard money
The NHS Confederation’s recently departed chair has told the Charity Commission the organisation’s financial reserves must not be used to bail out NHS Employers.
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NewsRole of patient data questioned following inpatient survey
Questions have been raised about how trusts and regulators should use patient feedback, after findings from the latest annual inpatient survey appeared to contradict inspection reports.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: NHS regime change
‘The Major Incident Plan has been implemented as the first effects of the new regime are felt. All leave has been cancelled and we are making do as best we can’
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NewsImperial College Healthcare chief backs GP integration
One of the biggest hospital trusts in England wants to convert itself into a vertically integrated care organisation.
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NewsLong term condition services inefficient due to poor design
Many primary and community care managers are designing ineffective and inefficient services for people with long term conditions, a senior Department of Health adviser has said.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on the new NHS value for money
One of the impacts of the election result could be that the deep fascination the leadership of the NHS has with the nuances of their secretary of state’s policy will in the near future provide very diminishing returns.
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NewsWill NHS building plans stay on the drawing board?
All spending commitments approved by the DH or Treasury this year have been called in for review as the new government seeks massive savings in the public sector. Some major NHS development plans now face uncertainty, reports Alison Moore
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NewsPortsmouth City PCT faces external investigation
A strategic health authority is considering using its strongest powers against a primary care trust, rated as “underperforming” for the seventh consecutive month.
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NewsSocial care commission launched by Queen's Speech
The Queen’s Speech confirmed there will be a commission reporting within a year on the funding of long term social care.
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NewsHospital trust pays out over age discrimination
A hospital trust has had to pay a former member of staff £187,000 in compensation after the manager missed out on a promotion for being too old.
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NewsHealth boards report increase in assaults
Seven out of 14 Scottish health boards have reported an increase in assaults against NHS workers, according to Labour justice spokesman Richard Baker.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to use predictive risk modelling in healthcare
Mathematical modelling can help predict risk of hospital admission in a given population, writes Daloni Carlisle
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NewsTrust to be sentenced over disabled man's death
A hospital trust will be sentenced on Monday after admitting patient safety failings over the death of a severely disabled man.