All Admissions and discharge articles – Page 22
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NewsRising discharge delays blamed on NHS, not local authorities
Delays in discharging patients from acute hospitals are increasingly being blamed on the NHS rather than local authorities, data suggests, despite large cuts to social services budgets.
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NewsNHS estate spend rising despite lower bed numbers
Spending on maintaining buildings, cleaning hospitals and feeding patients in the NHS has risen by nearly 8 per cent in a year despite a fall in the number of beds, Department of Health figures reveal.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow enhanced recovery in acute trusts can improve quality and outcomes
A programme that aims to accelerate recovery after elective surgery could have wider benefits that lead to improved patient and staff outcomes, leaner practices and higher quality. Helen Scrimshire and colleagues report from Nottingham Iniversity Hospitals Trust.
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NewsMental health patient recalls rise as community teams struggle
A dramatic rise in the number of people with serious mental illness being recalled to hospital has led to concern that community mental health teams are overstretched.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow predictive modelling can help reduce risk, and hospital admissions
Accurate prediction of patients at risk is central to preventing admissions, but funding to develop predictive models has been withdrawn by the DH. Geraint Lewis and colleagues look at some of the tools available to local commissioners now charged reducing admissions.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a weather forecasting service can reduce COPD hospital admissions
Hospitals are routinely troubled with rising admissions and demand during the winter months, but using a Met Office forecast alert can help patients stay healthier, and help hospitals better manage their services.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan maternity care learn from how the retail sector operates?
Good managers will often look at other sectors to bring across good ideas and examples of good practice, but could maternity managers learn something from counterparts in the retail sector? Edwin van Teijlingen and Emma Pitchforth investigate.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to coordinate integrated care across multidisciplinary groups
An integrated care pilot in London is linking up services for people with complex health problems and social issues. Andrew Steeden and Aumran Tahir demonstrate the benefits.
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HSJ Local
Staff shortages force admissions halt at new CIC
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health has suspended new admissions to one of its community hospitals due to staff shortages.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to develop a culture of excellence
Human interaction between patients and carers is central to the quality of experience and outcomes. Robert Warwick finds out how to make this part of an organisation’s culture.
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HSJ KnowledgeBreathing space: how one trust's approach to respiratory pathways is improving outcomes
Royal Bolton Hospital introduced “patient gateways” to improve its respiratory pathway, with great success. Brian Bradley and colleagues explain how they did it.
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HSJ Local
Reduced admissions targets set by Ashford and St Peter’
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital FT intends to reduce emergency admissions by a quarter over the next three years.
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NewsPatients facing 27-week waits for physiotherapy services
Patients needing to access NHS physiotherapy services are facing waits of up to 27 weeks, according to a new report.
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NewsTreatments for drug addiction fall
The number of patients needing treatment for hard drug addiction fell by almost 10,000 over the last two years, figures show.
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NewsCost of treating brain disorders doubles
Treating brain disorders such as depression and dementia in the UK is costing £116bn annually, a total which has risen more than 50 per cent in just six years.
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HSJ Local
Southern Health over target despite admissions cut
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions from Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust have fallen in 2011-12 compared with last year, but remain above target.
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HSJ Local
Croydon Health Services planning work around discharge delays
PERFORMANCE: The outer London integrated care organisation is planning a “significant piece of business process reengineering” to reduce delays in getting medication for patients to take home.
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring the benefits of coaching for clinicians and patients
With clinicians stepping up their leadership skills and patients having increased opportunity to exercise choice in their healthcare, Dr Penny Newman and Dr Andrew McDowell weigh up the benefits of coaching in enabling both groups to make the most of the changes.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow care bundling drives down mortality rates in pneumonia care
The North West London Hospitals Trust, implementing a care bundle approach, has reduced mortality rates for patients with pneumonia. Trish Winn and Sunder Chita explain how.
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Comment'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'
Looking back to the healthcare revolutions that helped transform practices in the past identifies the strength of ambition and passion that is needed to rescue modern day elderly care. But most importantly, it shows it is achievable, argues Mark Goldman.