Acute Care – Page 377
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NewsWho let standards fall so low at Mid Staffordshire?
A damning Healthcare Commission review of emergency care at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust last week found that money was put before patient care. Dave West investigates what went wrong
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Call for more research as cancer survival rates rise
The NHS cancer plan has improved survival rates in England but wide regional variations remain.
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NewsThird of NHS trusts fail to prepare for a crisis
NHS organisations are putting vulnerable people at risk by failing to plan for cyber attacks and extreme weather, research suggests.
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Perks could be used to influence patients' choice of hospital
Hospitals should offer patients inducements to receive treatment during times when wards are less busy, new guidance on marketing in the NHS has suggested.
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C difficile outbreak leaves three hospital patients dead
Three patients have died as a direct result of a C difficile outbreak at hospital in the South East.
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Mid Staffs was 'off SHA radar'
Cynthia Bower has hit back at criticism that she could have done more to prevent problems at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust in her former role as chief executive of NHS West Midlands.
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CommunityMedia Watch: credit crunch scapegoat
Now bank chiefs have been sufficiently humiliated in the press, the media’s attention seems to be turning to a new credit crunch scapegoat: NHS managers.
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HSJ KnowledgeBig break for the clinical coders
Improving coding is a priority for the NHS. Robin Gammon explains how one trust built and trained a dream team of coders
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CommentNigel Edwards on winter pressures in the NHS
The NHS has learned much from the demand surges of other winters. But while effective measures are in place, costs are significant and challenges for managers still persist
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NewsNHS failing on falls prevention
The Royal College of Physicians has uncovered a discrepancy between what NHS organisations have told the Healthcare Commission about falls prevention and what really goes on.
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£28m of hospital meals go to waste
Some £28m of hospital food was wasted last year as meals went untouched by patients. In some hospitals more than a fifth of main meals were thrown away untouched.
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NHS financial forecast worsens
The NHS has been issued with stark new estimates of the impact the recession will have on its finances.
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Rebuilding public confidence will take time and community engagement
Eric Morton was appointed interim chief executive at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust on 5 March - the week after Martin Yeates resigned from the post. Mr Yeates had joined the trust in 2005.
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Failure of leadership and a lax attitude led to Mid staffs crisis
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh criticised Mid Staffordshire foundation trust’s lax attitude to the quality of its services.Sir Bruce said: ”I’m pretty proud of the NHS but I’m really stunned by this report.
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NHS managers and boards need to act as custodians of quality and safety
NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards said trusts could limit damage to their reputations in the wake of criticism of Mid Staffordshire foundation trust by ensuring they had good internal assurance systems.
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NewsScottish cancer centres lead on high-tech radiotherapy
All of Scotland’s cancer centres are to be allocated money to provide high-tech radiotherapy.
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South East London acute merger approved
Health secretary Alan Johnson has approved the merger of Bromley Hospitals, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Queen Mary’s Sidcup trusts into South London Healthcare trust.
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CMO calls for network of pain clinics
A national pain service model or pathway of care should be developed to stop chronic pain ruining people’s lives, while the feasibility of a national network of pain clinics should be looked at, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has said in his annual report.
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Andrew Jones on a surgical safety innovation
Setting the quality objectives for a health and wellbeing organisation requires a focus on patient safety.
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NewsMixed progress on children's care training in hospitals
Hospitals have made mixed progress in training staff to provide good care to children, the Healthcare Commission has said.