Acute Care – Page 405
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Private care poses little threat to the NHS, finds IPPR report
The private healthcare industry poses little threat to the NHS, but the government should act to safeguard consumers and calm residual fears, a think tank has concluded.
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Radical ideas can keep service out of casualty
On the eve of Lord Darzi's next stage review, the new director of the Ambulance Service Network says ambulance services' impact can extend far wider than just emergency care and help reduce inequalities
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Darzi set to put commissioning at centre stage
Lord Darzi's next stage review is expected to put primary care commissioning centre stage and set national standards for the quality of treatment.
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Andrew Kirby on how information can improve healthcare
In his draft Queen's Speech, prime minister Gordon Brown outlined a further round of performance targets for the NHS.
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Edzard Ernst on alternative medicine
People must not confuse the perceived benefits of so-called alternative medicine with the medical facts. Claims made about such treatments should be more tightly regulated to protect patients from unscrupulous practitioners.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health sector training opportunities
Why internal training budget cuts do not have to mean the end of staff training and development
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HSJ Partners
Health Foundation report estimates cost of life years
A new Health Foundation report has estimated the cost of 'saving' one extra year of life in five disease categories using a measure of years of life lost instead of a mortality rate.
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HSJ Partners
Health Foundation raises concerns over stroke care
The UK lags behind other developed nations in stroke care and England is far from meeting its own targets, according to a new Health Foundation report.
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HSJ Knowledge
View from the floor: neuroscience services
Jon Sussman is a consultant neurologist at Salford Royal foundation trust and one of the team at the hospital's neuroscience integrated clinical assessment and treatment service, which is helping to save time and money
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on leaders' illusions
Leadership is essentially a smoke and mirrors illusion. In a leader's best moments, we project on to him or her all the qualities we wish we had ourselves or long for in a boss.
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HSJ Knowledge
Complying with the acute services contract
A new mandatory contract for acute services is causing concern among commissioners and providers because some feel it places unreasonable demands on trusts. Jeremy Roper explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Increasing productivity in nursing
In a programme that pre-empted the Productive Ward initiative by a year, Ipswich Hospital trust improved its nursing services by changing the ward sister role
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FT governors must balance role, Confed hears
The key to establishing a successful role for foundation trust governors is to strike a balance between a flexible and standardised governance structure, the chair of the Foundation Trust Governors' Association has told the NHS Confederation conference.
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Implement new technologies with care, trusts told
Every trust should establish a technology planning committee to evaluate new technologies and consider their impact on the workforce and operation of the trust, attendees at the NHS Confederation annual conference have heard.
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HSJ KnowledgeElective procedures: all in a day's work?
In July 2005, the Healthcare Commission set a target for all elective procedures: 75 per cent had to be day-case rates. While trusts should be striving to approach this figure, some still fall far short of this target.
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Foundation says it will use surplus to loosen PFI ties
The chief executive of the foundation trust with the biggest cash surplus has said his organisation will use its £120m to minimise its dependence on the private finance initiative.
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DH backs down on care record consent
The Department of Health is considering making it easier for patients to opt out of the electronic care record service, officials told a Commons committee this week.
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Top-up review set to question core NHS principles
The 'founding principles of the NHS' are to be revisited after the government launched a review of the ban preventing patients making 'top-up' payments for drugs.
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Foundation failures upset Monitor
An increasing number of applications for foundation trust status are being turned down first time round because they are not up to scratch, it has emerged.
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Neonatal unit failures spark calls for action
A failure to meet demand for neo-natal services has prompted calls for greater performance management and changes to commissioning.