All Admissions and discharge articles – Page 16
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CommentLet's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership fails readmission target
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust had a psychiatric emergency readmission rate of 12.6 per cent in August against a target of 10 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals readmission rate up on last year
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust’s readmissions rate is 7.9 per cent for the year-to-date, up on 7.5 per cent in the same period last year.
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HSJ KnowledgeEasing winter pressures
Consultant-delivered multidisciplinary team working is providing a host of positive outcomes
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HSJ Local
Readmissions up at Hillingdon Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen readmissions up 8.4 per cent on the same period in 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Hampshire Hospitals activity levels exceed plan
PERFORMANCE: Activity levels at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust are higher than last year, despite commissioners’ intentions to cut admissions.
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HSJ Local
Derby FT sees number of year-long waiters increase
PERFORMANCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust had 23 patients waiting over a year for treatment in August this year compared to none in August 2011.
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HSJ KnowledgeStroke care: where do we go from here?
Stroke research will enter an exciting new era – as long as funding remains high
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HSJ KnowledgeAddressing the barriers
Research on stroke cases in Scotland suggests low-cost, hospital-based initiatives could transform outcomes for many
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HSJ Local
Capacity ‘crisis’ hits Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A state of “business continuity” was declared at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust on 24 September, after it admitted many more patients than were discharged.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil aims to discharge patients in time for lunch
PERFORMANCE: Staff at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust have been working on a project which aims to get patients home for lunch.
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HSJ KnowledgeHoming in on improved care
What can be done to realise the vision of ‘care closer to home’?
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NewsNottingham to open 80 new beds after cancellations surge
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is to invest more than £4m to open 80 new beds, after it was forced to cancel an “unprecedented” number of operations.
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NewsRise in number of hospital admissions for stress
The number of people admitted to hospital as a result of stress is on the rise, figures show.
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CommentFixing the broken system
Urgent action is needed to change how health and social care are delivered
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CommentThe focus on reablement
How health care and social housing can join to deliver good reablement is being fervently discussed
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CommentReaders' letters - 23 August 2012
Delayed discharge is expensive and entirely preventable. Plus, why are ambulances being held up?
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NewsA&E 12-hour wait numbers double in Scotland
The number of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be seen at Scottish accident and emergency departments has more than doubled in three years, new figures show.