Five deaths a month at Northampton General Hospital ‘avoidable’ report suggests:
FIVE deaths a month could allegedly have been prevented at Northampton General Hospital if better care had been given, new analysis has suggested. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Patient increase hits Northampton General Hospital’s A&E targets
Patient increase hits Northampton General Hospital’s A&E targets:
HUGE numbers of patients meant Northampton General Hospital failed to deal with the required number of patients within four hours in the last year. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
HUGE numbers of patients meant Northampton General Hospital failed to deal with the required number of patients within four hours in the last year. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Can the NHS improve quality while saving money?
Can the NHS improve quality while saving money?:
Health Minister Simon Burns explains how better care and listening to patients about their experience of care can result in the NHS having to spend less money.
In his latest blog, the minister highlights the work being done by South East Essex Community Healthcare to improve care for children whose asthma is difficult to manage.
He says:
Health Minister Simon Burns explains how better care and listening to patients about their experience of care can result in the NHS having to spend less money.
In his latest blog, the minister highlights the work being done by South East Essex Community Healthcare to improve care for children whose asthma is difficult to manage.
He says:
‘People have voiced concerns that the NHS’s efficiency drive will in some areas reduce the quality of care. I understand those concerns.See Simon Burns’ blog Department of Health
‘The NHS’s funding is of course, protected. But because demand is increasing, it is in the middle of a major mission to find up to £20 billion of efficiency savings that it will then put back into frontline care. Back into frontline care, note – not back into Treasury coffers.
‘It is doing this not by cutting good services, but by discovering better models of caring for people. For example, making sure the fifteen million people with long term conditions – on whom nearly three quarters of the NHS’s budget is spent – spend less time in A&E, and get more of the support they need to stay in good health.’
Nurse faked dying man's records
Nurse faked dying man's records: A Bupa nurse employed at a care home in Northamptonshire is struck off after faking the records of a dead man to cover her neglect. BBC News
NHS faces challenge over eye drug
NHS faces challenge over eye drug: The pharmaceutical company Novartis is challenging the use of a cheaper alternative to its drug Lucentis for a common cause of loss of vision. BBC News
Nurses and pharmacists now able to prescribe controlled drugs
Nurses and pharmacists now able to prescribe controlled drugs: Nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers across the UK can now prescribe controlled drugs following a change to drug legislation. GP Online
CCGs given 'complete freedom' on support
CCGs given 'complete freedom' on support: Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said that clinical commissioning groups will have complete freedom to choose the organisation they want to use for commissioning support. E-Health Insider
Management of long-term sickness absence
Management of long-term sickness absence: This guidance is for all who manage long-term (or recurring short or long-term) sickness absence and incapacity, including employers and people working in the NHS. NHS Employers
Fees paid under parts 2 & 3 of Annex G of the GMS Statement of Financial Entitlement: adjustments to compensate PCTs in 2012-13
Fees paid under parts 2 & 3 of Annex G of the GMS Statement of Financial Entitlement: adjustments to compensate PCTs in 2012-13:
Following negotiations between the GPs’ Committee of the British Medical Association and NHS Employers, ministers have signed off a new method for calculating dispensing fees. Richard Armstrong, Head of Primary Medical Care Commissioning Development Directorate, has written to PCT Directors of Finance, with details of the agreement and actions for PCTs.
Following negotiations between the GPs’ Committee of the British Medical Association and NHS Employers, ministers have signed off a new method for calculating dispensing fees. Richard Armstrong, Head of Primary Medical Care Commissioning Development Directorate, has written to PCT Directors of Finance, with details of the agreement and actions for PCTs.
The Government's strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority
The Government's strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority:
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out the Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the basis against which the Authority will be held to account.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out the Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the basis against which the Authority will be held to account.
CQC criticised after care home assault
CQC criticised after care home assault:The Care Quality Commission is under fire after secret filming revealed an 80-year-old woman being slapped by a carer at a home in London.The filming was done in secret by Jane Worroll, whose mother was at the care home in Ash Court in London, after she noticed bruises on her relative's arms and legs.It showed carer Jonathan Aquino slapping Maria Worroll, who has Alzheimer's and arthritis, six times. After... Healthcare Today
Arthritis 'postcode lottery of care'
Arthritis 'postcode lottery of care': Some health authorities are spending less than a pound a day helping people with arthritis and other joint problems, while others spend three times that, according to a review that has found a postcode lottery of care.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily TelegraphEnsuring Access to After-Hours Care
Ensuring Access to After-Hours Care: In recent years, several countries, including the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany, have sought to expand access to after-hours care—often by transitioning from the traditional approach, in which practices designate someone to be "on-call," to group-based or regional approaches. As the U.S. seeks to strengthen primary care, particularly through the development of patient-centered medical homes, it has a great deal to learn from these international models.
The Commonwealth Fund
Schedule 6 of the terms of authorisation
Schedule 6 of the terms of authorisation: Schedule 6 of an NHS foundation trust’s terms of authorisation lists the information they have a legal or statutory obligation to supply.
Monitor
Quality Governance Framework
Quality Governance Framework: The Quality Governance Framework assesses the combination of structures and processes in place, both at and below board level, which enable a trust board to assure the quality of care it provides. The framework now forms part of the assessment process, Compliance Framework and risk-assessment of transactions.
Monitor
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