All ACUTE LIST articles – Page 14
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NewsKeogh review leaks point to staffing issues
Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of mortality indicators at 14 trusts has found staffing concerns at each but it also cautions against taking the indicator scores to mean the same thing as “avoidable deaths”, leaked extracts suggest.
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CQC accuses Southend of unsafe care
PERFORMANCE Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust is failing in a raft of core areas and exposing patients to unsafe and undignified care, according to a Care Quality Commission report.
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NewsHospital urges admin staff to volunteer as care assistants
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is encouraging administrative staff to volunteer for work as care assistants on its wards.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital misses A&E target two months running
PERFORMANCE Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn Trust did not hit the accident and emergency four-hour waiting target in April and May, according to commissioners.
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NewsHospital chiefs give thumbs down to purchaser-provider split
Hospital chief executives believe there is little value in separating the NHS into commissioners and providers, a new HSJ survey has found.
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NewsTrust chiefs see sicker patients as key cause of A&E crisis
The most widely blamed factor leading to recent problems in emergency departments is an increase in the number of very sick patients, the HSJ/Capsticks survey reveals.
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HSJ Local
North West London Hospitals Trust predicts £20.3m deficit
FINANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust is predicting a £20.3m deficit for 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier miss Friends and Family Test data collection target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust has missed its friends and family test data collection target.
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HSJ Local
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust plans landsale
FINANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust is planning to sell off land at Elmbank.
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NewsHospital trust loses two chairs in eight days
A hospital trust is on its third chair in nine days after an interim chairman appointed by the NHS Trust Development Authority resigned three days into the job.
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HSJ Local
Watford Health Campus project takes major step forward
COMMERCE West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has brokered a financial and legal agreement with partners to build a multimillion pound “health campus”, the trust has announced.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk and Norwich University FT takes step towards paperless stroke records
COMMERCIAL: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has begun using a new software to support its drive towards paperless stroke records.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds care failings at West Cumberland Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors have demanded improvements at West Cumberland Hospital after finding its staffing was “at times inadequate” and it was failing to maintain accurate patient records.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire trust introduces e-rostering
COMMERCIAL: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has implemented a new electronic workforce management system, which has been claimed to cut incidence of staff sickness.
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Exclusive: Surge in hospitals predicting deficits as total exceeds £200m
NHS trusts are predicting a deficit of more than £200m in this financial year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Southampton patients unhappy over mixed sex accomodation
PERFORMANCE: Patients at University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust scored worse than most trusts on mixed sex accommodation, according to a survey conducted by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth system slips on A&E
PERFORMANCE: High demand for emergency acute care at evenings and weekends led to the Portsmouth health system missing the national target on accident and emergency care.
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HSJ Local
Trust reports some wards slow to roll out Friends and Family Test
PERFORMANCE Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported some wards have been slow to begin gathering patient feedback through the Friends and Family Test.
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NewsMonitor launches study of small trusts' viability
Monitor has launched a project examining the future of small hospital trusts.
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NewsTroubled trust avoids regulator 'cap' on A&E
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has avoided having a cap placed on the number of A&E patients it can treat.