All Admissions and discharge articles – Page 17
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HSJ Knowledge
How one trust's efficiency programme benefitted its foundation bid
As part of its foundation trust bid, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust embarked on a challenging three-year efficiency programme. Chief executive David Loughton explains what it achieved and how.
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HSJ Local
South Glos social enterprise reduces admissions
PERFORMANCE: The restructuring of South Gloucestershire Community Health Services during 2011-12 helped to prevent 1,189 hospital admissions, a report to the board of NHS South Gloucestershire said.
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Comment
The benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
Small hospitals face growing threats, says Nigel Edwards.
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News
'More Legionnaires' deaths possible'
Further deaths from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease cannot be ruled out, doctors warned, as people from further afield fell ill.
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HSJ Local
Mixed picture for emergency admissions at Somerset trusts
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions to Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust fell by 4.7 per cent in 2011-12 compared with 2010-11, equivalent to a reduction of 607 spells.
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Comment
Wait control: a new system for better waiting list management
Waiting times expert Rob Findlay on better patient tracking lists.
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News
Overnight discharge data questioned as hospitals hit back
Misleading data has emerged as a possible explanation for claims that hospitals discharge large numbers of patients in the middle of the night.
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HSJ Knowledge
Enhancing communication between GPs and hospital consultants
Dr Matthew Lewis explains how the approach at his trust is improving the quality of patient referrals, and communication between primary and seconday care clinicians.
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News
Information Centre to focus on cost of over-60s hospital care
Patients aged 60 and over account for more than half of the income hospitals receive under the payment-by-results tariff, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has reported.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to utilise the technology that can transform urgent care
Technology that could revolutionise care has already been developed, so how do we roll it out to all of the NHS, ask Jim Parle and Terry Young.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why stroke care in England needs modernising further
The inconsistency in stroke care across England shows that although some issues have been addressed, there is still room for improvement, says Damian Jenkinson.
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HSJ Knowledge
The six steps to delivering better stroke care
Five years on from the National Stroke Strategy, London has turned around its performance. Alec Fraser, Sue Fenwick Elliot and David Cohen explain how the changes were made.
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HSJ Knowledge
Analysing the results of the largest ever stroke care survey
The Stroke Association conducted the largest ever survey of stroke survivors undertaken in the UK to get a better understanding of the issues facing stroke survivors in their daily lives. Joe Korner looks at the responses.
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HSJ Knowledge
How enhanced recovery can improve elective surgery experiences and outcomes
An enhanced recovery pathway at a London trust has led to benefits including earlier discharge for patients. Lisa Hollins and colleagues explain how they did it.
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HSJ Knowledge
Four principles to improve the care of older patients
Ian Philp offers four key principles for overhauling services for ageing patients.
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News
Seeing GP of choice would cut elective admissions - study
Significant hospital savings could result from ensuring patients see the doctor of their choice when they visit their GP, latest research findings suggest.
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Comment
'The reforms could be the coalition's poll tax'
We will know by 2015 whether the public’s NHS experiences mean Andrew Lansley has pulled off this massive gamble, says Ipsos MORI’s chief executive Ben Page.
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Comment
Health charities can help rescue the innovation drive
The challenging QIPP targets NHS is aiming to achieve can be helped by the voluntary sector, argues Marie Curie Cancer Care chief executive Thomas Hughes-hallet.
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HSJ Knowledge
Reducing emergency admissions in children and young people
Dr Ronny Cheung goes through the full list of indicators for child health, plus a case study on children’s epilepsy admissions in children.
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HSJ Local
Specialist discharge sister for end-of-life patients 'a success'
RESEARCH: A scheme piloting the introduction of an end-of-life discharge sister has proved successful for “many patients”, according to UK researchers.