Friday, 9 November 2012
NGH borrows £7m to solve cashflow crisis
NGH borrows £7m to solve cashflow crisis: Northampton General Hospital is receiving £7 million in NHS funding to try to solve its cashflow crisis. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
NGH staff admit missed signs in mother’s death
NGH staff admit missed signs in mother’s death: A senior doctor at Northampton General Hospital admitted he did not know all the warning signs of a condition that killed a woman hours after the birth of her twins. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
The Liverpool Care Pathway debate
The Liverpool Care Pathway debate: The controversy over the Liverpool Care Pathway, following misleading headlines in the media, has this week collided with the Government’s publication of its response to the Future Forum’s recommendations about the NHS Constitution. What can we make of this? Stephen Thornton discusses the issue. The Health Foundation
Mistakes by staff have seen NHS complaints rise by 50 per cent
Mistakes by staff have seen NHS complaints rise by 50 per cent:
Complaints to the NHS about the failure of doctors, nurses or managers to admit mistakes or apologise when things go wrong have leapt by 50 per cent in a year. The Independent
See also:
Complaints to the NHS about the failure of doctors, nurses or managers to admit mistakes or apologise when things go wrong have leapt by 50 per cent in a year. The Independent
See also:
- NHS failings aggravate distress over blunders The Guardian
- Complaints about the NHS rise by 8 per cent in a year The Daily Mail
- NHS complaints on the increase BBC News
- Listening and learning: the Ombudsman review of complaint handling by the NHS in England 2011-12 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
People with learning disabilities speak out on plans for social care
People with learning disabilities speak out on plans for social care: It reveals that while service users and their relatives feel that some of the proposed reforms would make a really positive difference, almost all are concerned about current levels of funding for care, what is going to happen to their benefits and how their support will be affected as a result. More NHS Networks
''Irresponsible'' MPs block NHS reforms
''Irresponsible'' MPs block NHS reforms: MPs who back local protests against hospital closures may put patients' lives at risk, says King's Fund Public Service
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHS
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHS: This report argues that every NHS hospital should have a liaison
psychiatry service as standard as it could save the average hospital £5 million a year by reducing the number and length of admissions to beds. It adds that even bigger savings could be achieved in future if liaison psychiatry services were extended to work in the community to prevent crises from happening at all.
psychiatry service as standard as it could save the average hospital £5 million a year by reducing the number and length of admissions to beds. It adds that even bigger savings could be achieved in future if liaison psychiatry services were extended to work in the community to prevent crises from happening at all.
Ethical procurement training
Ethical procurement training: This free online training programme is designed to support the Ethical Procurement for Health workbook. Together, they provide practical advice for healthcare buyers, helping them to identify poor labour standards and take action through the procurement process and engagement with suppliers.
Doctors dismayed as public health committee is scrapped
Doctors dismayed as public health committee is scrapped: Subcommittee set up to tackle obesity, alcohol abuse and other public health problems is axed after only two years
A Whitehall ministerial committee set up by the coalition as it pledged to tackle major problems such as obesity, alcohol abuse and growing health inequalities has been scrapped, prompting a furious response from senior doctors.
A Whitehall ministerial committee set up by the coalition as it pledged to tackle major problems such as obesity, alcohol abuse and growing health inequalities has been scrapped, prompting a furious response from senior doctors.
Doctors 'not telling patients the pitfalls of surgery'
Doctors 'not telling patients the pitfalls of surgery': Patients are routinely undergoing unnecessary and potentially harmful surgery because doctors are failing to tell them they have a choice, academics warn today.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
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