Acute Care – Page 98
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NewsTrusts under-report A&E performance figures, says regulator
The NHS’s overall accident and emergency performance data may get a “small” boost ahead of winter after it emerged some trusts are not including certain urgent care activity where the 95 per cent four hour target is largely met or bettered.
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News'Carebnb' trust U-turns on controversial care plan
The trust involved in a controversial plan to send discharged patients to private spare rooms, under an Airbnb style model, has now said it has “no intention…to support the pilot at this time”.
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HSJ LocalNew trust chief prepared to 'take a hit' on funding over winter
An acute trust is preparing for winter by reducing elective inpatient orthopaedic work for up to six months despite knowing its finances will “take a hit”, its chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalCCG warns deficit could hit £33m
One of the country’s smallest clinical commissioning groups expects to end the financial year with a £22m deficit – but has warned it could be as large as £33m.
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NewsExperts challenge NHS Improvement claims on theatre efficiency
Experts have questioned a claim by NHS Improvement that the NHS could conduct an extra 280,000 operations a year if theatres were more efficient.
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CommentHealth leaders must be humble enough to learn from their mistakes – and the errors of others
The case of former HR director Helen Marks brings home the importance of studying not just our own behaviour but that of other people, says Dean Royles
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Trust chief orders review into 'unfit' IT system
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is to commission an external review into an electronic patient notes system described by the trust chief executive as “not fit for purpose”.
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HSJ LocalDeficit spirals at special measures trust
A troubled integrated trust is drawing up a three year financial plan after auditors warned it could record a deficit worth 16 per cent of its income.
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HSJ LocalTrust board backs chief nurse over 'unpopular' ward closures
A nursing director has warned his trust that more wards may have to close due to a shortage of registered nurses.
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CommentRestricted visiting hours are harming dementia patients – it's time for a rethink
Dementia sufferers see the best results when professional carers work in partnership with the patient’s family and friends. Restricted visiting makes that impossible, writes Julia Jones
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HSJ LocalTrust reviews entire department waiting lists after inadequate rating
An inadequate trust is risk assessing every patient on its elective cardiology and ophthalmology waiting list in response to be being put in special measures earlier this month.
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HSJ LocalMajor teaching trust orders second 'hidden waiters' review
A large teaching hospital has ordered its second review of waiting lists in a year after another cohort of patients were found to be missing from records.
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NewsBurnham: Reconfiguration took focus 'away from where it should have been'
Andy Burnham says health leaders in Greater Manchester should reflect on the much heralded reconfiguration of hospital services in the region, saying it “took time, energy and focus away from where it should have been”.
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HSJ LocalStruggling teaching hospital buddied with best performing A&E
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been buddied with Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust as it looks to “rapidly redesign” its emergency care service.
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News18 week waits, August 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for August 2017
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HSJ LocalPatient died after being discharged with pencil inside them
An inquest will be held after a hospital discharged a patient despite staff knowing he had a 17cm object inside him, which turned out to be a pencil that later killed him.
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CommentMichael White’s greatest hits: dispatches from 40 years on health’s front line
As the veteran columnist bids farewell to HSJ, we take a look back at some of the momentous events he witnessed as an insider
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HSJ LocalTrusts plan 'ambitious' merger in under six months
Two Bedfordshire hospital trusts intend to merge by April – a timeframe that both organisations admit is “ambitious”.
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HSJ LocalNew chair for hospital trust following Sir Ian Carruthers' departure
A challenged acute trust has appointed a new chair after Sir Ian Carruthers left this summer.
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HSJ LocalTrust spends £2m to convert storage rooms into new bed space
More than £2m is being spent by the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust to create 45 new hospital beds to help tackle its 133 bed shortage.