Doctor given formal warning after child death - Northampton Chronicle & Echo

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Doctor given formal warning after child death Northampton Chronicle & Echo A consultant working on the children's ward at Northampton General Hospital has been given a formal warning by the General Medical Council (GMC) in relation to her treatment of a 19-month-old child, who died of dehydration two days after being ... and more »

Northamptonshire ‘not opinionated enough’ on health issues

Northamptonshire ‘not opinionated enough’ on health issues: One of the first tasks of a new health watchdog is to get people interested in Northamptonshire health services, its chairman has said. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Seeing near misses 'means NGH is safer' - Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Seeing near misses 'means NGH is safer' Northampton Chronicle & Echo About four in ten staff at Northampton General Hospital are still witnessing potentially harmful mistakes, a survey shows. Just over 40 per cent reported seeing errors in the 2012 NGH staff survey, but the problem had also been highlighted in 2011 ...

Managing expectations in health services: over-promising and under-delivering?

Managing expectations in health services: over-promising and under-delivering?: 'Show me the person who says it will take the most time and cost the most money, and I'll show you the expert', the old saying goes – reformulated recently by the boss of a Marks and Spencer's rival, describing what applicants for the M&S Chief Executive job should have said – ie, that they could deliver,  just  slowly and painfully and it would get worse before it got better .

NHS 'needs to simplify urgent care'

NHS 'needs to simplify urgent care': The NHS in England needs to provide a simpler and co-ordinated system of round-the-clock urgent and emergency care, a review of services says. BBC News

See also: 

• NHS 'needs new urgent care system' The Independent
• Hard-pressed GPs say they can no longer guarantee safe treatment The Guardian

Care home watchdog tracking deaths

Care home watchdog tracking deaths: Death rates in care and nursing homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission to try to identify problems earlier. BBC News

NHS England reveals one in four CCGs faces financial problems

NHS England reveals one in four CCGs faces financial problems: A quarter of CCGs face problems 'making ends meet', according to NHS England's chief financial officer. GP Online

Proposals for the 2014/15 National Tariff

Proposals for the 2014/15 National Tariff: Monitor and NHS England have published three documents on proposals for the 2014/15 National Tariff: the Tariff engagement document; proposals for local payment variations; and proposals for enforcement of the tariff by Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority. There are three questionnaires asking for views by the 9th July 2013.

• Questionnaires and further information
• NHS England - news

Hospitals to undergo Ofsted-style inspections

Hospitals to undergo Ofsted-style inspections: Health watchdog sets out proposals to restore public confidence in the NHS Hospitals will regularly undergo tough two-week-long inspections and be given Ofsted-style ratings to revolutionise standards of care for patients, under coalition plans.

Maternity wards closure crisis

Maternity wards closure crisis: Maternity wards in England are shutting their doors a total of more than 1,000 times a year forcing expecting mothers to seek care elsewhere or give birth at home, according to new figures. The Daily Telegraph

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• Maternity wards close 1,000 times a year to expectant mothers, figures show The Guardian

4,000 lives a year lost by poor hospital care at weekends

4,000 lives a year lost by poor hospital care at weekends: Poor care in hospitals at weekends is claiming more than 4,000 lives a year, NHS officials have warned. The Daily Telegraph

Hospital 'surveillance' to stop another Stafford scandal

Hospital 'surveillance' to stop another Stafford scandal: NHS hospitals will be placed under constant "surveillance" so health watchdogs respond more quickly to rising death rates, safety incidents, concerns raised by whistleblowers and patient complaints, under new plans. The Daily Telegraph

World’s largest private healthcare company HCA plans expansion into NHS

World’s largest private healthcare company HCA plans expansion into NHS:
The world’s largest private healthcare company co-owned by the assets management firm whose profits helped fund Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns is looking to expand further into the NHS, according to newly published documents by the Competition Commission. The Independent

Whistle-stop care still puts vulnerable at risk

Whistle-stop care still puts vulnerable at risk: Three-quarters of Britain's councils are still giving elderly and vulnerable people controversial "whistle-stop" home visits which the Government previously branded inhumane. The Independent

NHS patients to get charter of rights

NHS patients to get charter of rights: Hospitals, care homes and GPs could be judged against a new set of patient rights following a radical overhaul of standards to be announced by the health watchdog.The Independent

Reevaluating "Made in America"—Two Cost-Containment Ideas from Abroad

Reevaluating "Made in America"—Two Cost-Containment Ideas from Abroad: In this Commonwealth Fund–supported Perspective, researchers examined two strategies for containing health care costs: Germany's bundled payments and Japan's volume-driven pricing. The Commonwealth Fund