All Patient dignity articles – Page 25
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HSJ Local
Surrey Community Health hails dignity champions
WORKFORCE: More than 70 healthcare staff at Surrey Community Health have signed up to become dignity champions.
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HSJ Local
AMU causes hike in mixed sex breaches at Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust overtook Barts last month to become the trust with the most mixed sex breaches after a visit by NHS West Midlands identified a reporting loophole.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex improves on mixed sex performance
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches improved slightly last month.
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HSJ Local
Maidstone and Tunbridge improves on mixed sex performance
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches improved last month.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex improves on mixed sex performance
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches improved last month.
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HSJ Local
Dartford falls back on mixed sex breach progress
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches worsened last month slipping back on a major improvement during the one before.
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HSJ Local
Brighton slips on mixed sex performance
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches worsened last month slipping back on a major improvement during the one before.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy it's vital to improve patient access to information
In an age of instant access to news and data, on the go and 24 hours a day, patient access to healthcare information and decisions remains unreliable and poorly connected. An independent council in Northern Ireland is trying to change this, as Maeve Hully explains.
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NewsFine hospitals restricting bowel cancer care, charity says
Hospitals that fail to offer bowel cancer patients a full range of appropriate treatments should be fined, a charity has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve patient satisfaction in maternity services
Daily conversations between managers and new mothers about their care are helping improve patient satisfaction and staff morale. Debby Gould and colleagues at University College London explain.
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NewsInsurance scheme planned for cosmetic surgery patients
An insurance scheme for patients who undergo cosmetic surgery could soon be introduced, following the recent breast implant scandal.
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News
One in five deaths now 'in own home'
More than a fifth of people now die in their own homes, while the overall trend for deaths at home is rising, research suggests.
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CommentSouth East trusts fall short on information practises
The importance of providing accurate information has come home to roost at one acute trust in the South East.
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NewsHospitals spending less than £3 on patient meals
NHS hospitals are spending as little as £2.57 to feed and water patients each day - or 86 pence a meal, new figures reveal today.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow doctor-patient phone calls can cut unnecessary emergency care attendances
When GPs phone back patients who want to book an appointment, many often accept they do not need to visit the surgery or to go to A&E after all. Harry Longman explains the benefits this level of doctor access offers.
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Blogs
Abuse and negelect: what 2011 will be remembered for
The year started badly with ombudsman Ann Abraham’s damning report into elderly person’s care; then the Winterbourne View abuse case made things a lot worse. 2011 never really recovered as the image of neglect in the NHS sharpened. Will 2012 be any better?
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HSJ KnowledgeUnderstanding non-compliance to improve patient behaviours
There are many myths about compliance in patient behaviour, writes Jane Shirely, so getting to the truth of the matter is important if rates of non-compliance and their costly consequences are to be reduced.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy early discharge in stroke care can be vital for recovery
Home rehabilitation is a vital component of improving stroke care. Mirek Skrypak and colleagues explain how they have put it into practice in north London.
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NewsGive doctors stronger assisted dying powers, report says
Doctors could be given powers allowing them to help terminally ill patients to die, a report said today.
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Comment'Integrated care should be this decade's number one priority'
Achieving proper integrated care must be taken as seriously in the next 10 years as waiting times have been in the last 10, say King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham and Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon.