Acute Care – Page 468
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'Ding dong as hospital bans carollers,' said The Daily Telegraphas it revealed that the Torbay Gospelaires had been banned from entering Torbay hospital wards.
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Patients' memory of offer of choice
It has been nearly a year since choice at the point of referral to hospital by GP was to be formally offered to all patients. Are the poor now getting the choices that have always been available to the rich (to paraphrase former health secretary John Reid)? And through their ...
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Increased activity may put bright future at risk
While health service investment has soared, the pressure on organisations to secure financial control may be driving down productivity. Peter Smith unravels the paradox
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How doctors learned to stop worrying and love data
The NHS has never lacked information, but, says Dr Foster Intelligence's Tim Kelsey, only now are managers and clinicians harnessing its power to change services. Public access is the next big challenge
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How to be top
What is the secret of healthcheck ratings success? Loyal staff and paying close attention to what the public expects are key ingredients, hears Lynne Greenwood, as she talks to the two acute trusts with gold-standard ratings
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Hilary Thomas on living with cancer
Becoming a patient has been a salutary, levelling experience
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London bombs: team NHS deserves better on comms
'Adversity fuels learning faster than most other things'
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HSJ debate: So you want to be a director?
HSJ 'Managers make a difference' Campaign: Whether it's the art of fostering effective relationships with clinicians, non-executives and politicians or demonstrating empathy with staff, what does the next generation of high-quality managers need? HSJ brought together six chief executives to provide some answers
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Barometer: acute trusts May 2006
The latest HSJ Barometer survey of acute trust chief executives showed significant recovery in confidence, with only two indicators displaying statistically relevant falls.
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Data Briefing: cost benchmarking for foundations
With many foundation trusts having to save 15 per cent over three years, the Foundation Trust Network joined consultant McKinsey to develop a benchmarking tool. This aims to enable trusts to analyse costs at healthcare resource group level.
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Data briefing: what affects same-day discharge rates?
Over recent years there has been a growing trend in the number of non-elective patients discharged on the same day as they were admitted.
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Surgeons slate target culture
Workforce planning has been plunged into 'disarray' by 'recent government policies' that show an 'arrogant' disregard of the views of consultants, Royal College of Surgeons president Bernard Ribeiro was due to say yesterday.
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Monitor settles payment by results row
A public dispute between the foundation trust and primary care trust in Bournemouth over payments under payment by results has been settled.
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Ombudsman points to failed leadership over complaints
Leadership and management failures are evident in many of the complaints against the NHS handled by the parliamentary ombudsman.
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Health select committee: NHS charges 'a complete mess'
NHS charges are in a 'complete mess', the Commons health select committee warned this week.
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DoH should contract out tariff-setting, says report
The Department of Health should look at 'contracting out' elements of the tariff-setting process, according to a hard-hitting report commissioned by ministers.
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DoH agrees £10m 'top-up' for children's hospitals
The Department of Health has agreed to bail out three children's hospitals to the tune of £10m after the trusts claimed that the specialist payment by results tariff was 'inaccurate'.
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Trusts' admin bills on the rise, says report
Administrative bills at acute and primary care trusts have risen by £90,000-£190,000 each due to running payment by results, according to a government-commissioned report.
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MRSA gives way to C Difficile superbug
The battle against MRSA infection in NHS hospitals appears to be being won hospital-acquired infection Clostridium Difficileis increasing
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Media watch
The Suncalled it the 'Doctors' check-up' and the Daily Expressan 'MOT to weed out dodgy doctors'.