All Surgery articles – Page 24
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CommentWill publishing surgeon performance improve outcomes?
Public reporting of clinical performance can have unintended consequences
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HSJ KnowledgeUsing surgeons’ outcome data for quality control
Measuring surgical outcomes to assess the quality of surgeons
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Plans for Bristol and Bath vascular network
STRUCTURE: North Bristol Trust’s Southmead hospital is likely to be the centre of a new vascular network across Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
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NewsExclusive: Surgeons blocking data release will be named from next week
Consultants who block their outcome data from being published in a new transparency initiative will be “named and shamed” from next week, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Surgeons may not be able to block performance data publication, NHS England believes
NHS England has received legal advice which says surgeons cannot block publication of their performance data, HSJ has been told.
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Hospital to publish ratings of consultants
Patients at a hospital will now be able to see how well their doctor is performing thanks to published ratings of consultants.
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Expert praises Western Sussex for care of patients with fractured hips
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has been described as “an exemplar” of what modern hip fracture care should look like by a nationally-renowned surgeon.
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Go-ahead for Worthing pre-admission facility upgrade
STRUCTURE: The board at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has approved a business case costing nearly £1.2m to improve surgical pre-admission accommodation at Worthing Hospital.
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HSJ KnowledgeA surgical approach to value-based commissioning
Establishing guidelines for a wide range of procedures
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Queen Victoria FT explains surgical risk
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for explaining risk to people before procedures.
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Queen Victoria FT explains anaesthetics
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for explaining anaesthesia.
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Guildford private hospital apologises for surgery 'failings'
PERFORMANCE: A private hospital has suspended children’s surgery after the health watchdog raised “serious concerns” about the service.
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Pre-operative information lacking at Medway
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average in the inpatient survey for explaining to patients how they might feel after undergoing a procedure.
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Burton Hospital FT failing RTT target
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has failed to deliver the 90% referral to treatment target for the three months to March, according to the latest performance report from East Staffordshire CCG.
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Lincolnshire trust touts for more cosmetic business
COMMERCIAL: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering people the change of a free cosmetic surgery consultation.
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Review reports on Basildon children's surgery
STRUCTURE: The question of whether children’s surgical services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust should continue in their present form has been raised by an external review.
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NewsCommissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.
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NewsPerformance of individual surgeons to be published by next summer
Hospitals providing care to NHS patients will be required to publish information on the performance of individual consultant surgeons working across 10 specialties by summer 2013.
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News'Whistleblowing' surgeon in High Court battle
A surgeon who claims he is being victimised for blowing the whistle about safety concerns at Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust in Liverpool will take his case to the High Court, HSJ has learned.