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Trusts set new outpatients target in waiting list push
National leaders have issued a new target to trusts in their bid to increase outpatient productivity and meet a key government commitment on elective care.
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Eight trusts win place on elective recovery project
Eight trusts have been awarded roles trialling a new accreditation scheme for surgical hubs as part of an NHS England pilot that will run until March.
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The case for surgical hubs
Royal College of Surgeons of England president Professor Neil Mortensen sets out the case for surgical hubs, and calls on NHS England to draw up formal definitions for these units so a robust formal evaluation can be carried out into their worth.
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Trust boards instructed to ‘scrutinise’ sepsis data by NHSE
Trust boards should start scrutinising performance against new indicators set out by NHS England this month as part of a national push to iron out unwarranted variation in performance on key sepsis blood tests, according to an NHSE report
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Intensive care units for children not meeting standards, says NHSE report
Three intensive care units for children are not meeting standards for co-located services, a national report has found.
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Funding overhaul for mental health beds revealed
National NHS officials have proposed a major shift in the funding model for inpatient mental health beds for children and young people, information seen by HSJ reveals.
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Officials sound alarm on ambulance stroke response times
National NHS officials have called for ambulance response times for stroke cases to be “urgently reviewed”.
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Procurement of PPE, diagnostics and medical devices to be in-housed by national agency
The national supply chain agency will bring management of significant areas of NHS spend in-house on a permanent basis in a major overhaul of its operating model, HSJ has been told.
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Exclusive: Children six times more likely to be restrained than adults
Children in mental health units are almost six times more likely to be restrained compared to adults, according to the findings of an unpublished NHS England review.
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Doing away with disjointed care
Devolution is urgently required so that regional clinical teams can respond with agility to the needs of individuals and places, writes Ian Smith.
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Trusts told it is ‘paramout’ to free up stroke beds for covid patients
Stroke victims could be admitted to district general hospitals which do not normally provide such care if specialist units do not have the beds or staff as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Comment
Taking a ‘whole systems’ approach to improving patient safety
David Hare on why the Health Service Safety Investigations Bill’s remit needs to extend to include privately funded care
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Watchdog tells NHS England to improve monitoring after "devastating" care failure
NHS England has been urged to start monitoring eye health follow-up appointments at trust level after a 34-year-old woman lost her sight following 13 months of delays to her care.
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Eyesight in 20,000 people put at risk from delayed follow-ups
Tens of thousands of patients have had their follow-up treatment for glaucoma delayed over the past year, risking their sight, a new study has revealed.
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ENT surgery readmissions “much higher than reported”
Ear, nose and throat surgery in the NHS suffers from “significant unwarranted variation” in outcomes, a new study has found.
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Revealed: The trusts with the highest cataract complication rates
Several trusts have taken action after recording high rates of complications for cataract surgery, while others have disputed the figures, an HSJ investigation has found.
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Teaching trust flagged as cancer outlier two years in a row
A teaching hospital has redesigned part of its cancer service after being flagged as an outlier in two national clinical audits.
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HSJ Local
Length of stay cut by 30 pc in GIRFT pilot
One of the country’s biggest rural trusts has cut patients’ length of stay in hospital and improved waiting times by separating elective orthopaedic work from trauma cases, according to the results of a pilot project.
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HSJ Local
DGH launches service to grab market share from teaching hospitals
A north west London trust has launched a new vascular centre to challenge the capital’s major teaching hospitals a year after it was found to be struggling to provide adequate procedures
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Lung cancer death trust is an outlier on surgery
The trust at the centre of a lung cancer deaths scandal has been identified as an outlier for providing surgery on fewer early stage patients than is normal.