Acute Care – Page 407
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HSJ KnowledgeMaternity services at 60: the birth of a new era
For pregnant women, the birth of the NHS meant the family doctor’s advice could be sought freely without incurring expense, according to the 1949 Ministry of Health report.
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News
Sizewell B outage halts Wycombe operations
Wycombe Hospital in High Wycombe was forced to cancel operations after it was hit a by a power cut.
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Fewer deaths could mean more pay for consultants
Hospital consultants’ pay could be linked to outcomes such as the number of patients who die in their care, the NHS medical director has signalled.
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Comment
Michael White on private vs public
The detail I am most likely to remember from this week's events is the revelation that when Harold Macmillan was chancellor in 1956 he suppressed evidence of the link between cancer and smoking.
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Comment
Ali Mohammed on firing staff
Thank goodness The Apprentice is back on TV. It's basically the HR type's ultimate TV programme with a huge dose of entertainment built in.
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HSJ Knowledge
Dealing with presenteeism
There is a new bugbear for the employer - presenteeism - and there is evidence it can be just as harmful to an organisation as its opposite. Paul Gander reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Leadership skills: energising staff
How can we best engage people in their work, asks David MacLeod
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Andrew Jones on health outcomes
One thing that seems to be uniting healthcare policy makers is the urge to tackle so-called health inflation.
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Lesley Wright on standardising work
Anyone planning a holiday that involves flying will have to have faith in the skills of a highly trained pilot and navigator to get them to their destination.
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HSJ Knowledge
Putting land assets to use
Faced with a large piece of poorly used prime real estate right next to a top teaching hospital in central London, Guy's and St Thomas' Charity brought the developers in to build housing for key workers. Louise Hunt reports
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HSJ KnowledgeCosts and benefits of new policies
The systematic evaluation of costs and benefits of health technologies by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is one of the success stories of the NHS over the past 10 years.
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Independent sector still struggling on data
The independent sector is still struggling to provide good quality data on its NHS activities, the NHS Information Centre has revealed.
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Hospital trusts failing to check inpatients' risk of deadly clots
More than half of hospital trusts are not carrying out government-backed checks for vascular conditions that kill around 25,000 people a year. Only 29 per cent of trusts carry out checks for all inpatients.
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Richard Gleave on patients as consumers
The NHS attracts only occasional media attention in the US, but the recent debate about top-up funding and co-payments for high-cost cancer drugs was covered by The New York Times.
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HSJ Knowledge
Turnaround troubleshooter at the top
NHS fixer Jan Filochowski believes honesty with staff is the first step to dealing with a trust in crisis. Alison Moore reports
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Neglect of records departments puts patient safety at risk
HSJ's investigation into missing patient records has prompted calls for enforceable standards on their availability.
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Leader
King's puts smart money on private sector
The decision of King's College Hospital foundation trust to appoint corporate big-hitter Tim Smart to its top job will provide a fascinating trial for private sector management techniques at the highest levels of the NHS.
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Hospital funds tied to patient satisfaction
Funding for hospitals in England is set to be linked to performance by using patients' experiences to measure quality of care.
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Missing: the notes of more than a million outpatients
Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients are seen each year without the clinician having their medical records, an HSJ investigation has found.
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HSJ Knowledge
Military medical care: the war at home
In recent years the military has entrusted acute medical services to the NHS, and psychiatric care to an independent provider. But this has led to claims that the nation is failing those who have fought in its wars. Mark Gould reports