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HSJ Roundup<\/strong><\/p>\n Our\u00a0Fabulous NHS \u2013\u00a0Academy of Fabulous Stuff\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Mortality risks associated with emergency admissions during weekends and public holidays: an analysis of electronic health records –\u00a0Lancet 9 May 2017\u00a0<\/strong> Survey highlights the age of scanners in hospitals The benefits of identity scanning – NHS Employers<\/strong> We should see acute hospitals as places for healing – The King’s Fund Blog,\u00a0Jocelyn Cornwell<\/strong> Urgent care data benchmarking project NICE guidance Diagnostics guidance: Bulletins\n
\nThe Care Quality Commission has only taken \u201cenforcement action\u201d against one NHS trust under the fit and proper person regulations, data obtained by HSJ reveals.<\/li>\n
\nEngland\u2019s largest community and mental health provider will be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a patient.<\/li>\n
\nBirmingham Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Foundation Trust has agreed to buy a property for future expansion next to its children\u2019s hospital, with an option to use its charity\u2019s money to fund the purchase.<\/li>\n
\nDisciplinary processes in the NHS are to come under the microscope after a health minister ordered an independent investigation into the death of an NHS nurse.<\/li>\n
\nA community trust has breached its agency spending cap for 2016-17 by more than \u00a3300,000 following staff shortages in its GP out of hours\u2019 service.<\/li>\n
\nSimon Stevens has said \u201cthere is no version of reality\u201d in which the priorities of the Five Year Forward View delivery plan will not be needed, regardless of who wins the general election.<\/li>\n
\nA major reconfiguration of critical care in Yorkshire has been delayed after commissioners agreed reducing bed numbers \u201cwould not be safe\u201d.<\/li>\n
\nThe overnight closure of a struggling emergency unit has been extended for at least a further three months.<\/li>\n
\nA new accident and emergency scorecard to rate hospitals\u2019 performance will be launched as early as next month, HSJ has learned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nNorth Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has placed a quality of care board on each of its wards. The boards [\u2026]<\/li>\n
\nThe UCLH Cancer Collaborative has been highlighting good practice in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer (also known as bowel cancer). [\u2026]<\/li>\n
\nAt Health Education England working across Kent, Surrey and Sussex (HEE KSS) we want to create a sustainable and secure [\u2026]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nThis analysis <\/a>of mortality rate (within 30 days) of emergency admission to four NHS hospitals used a range of common haematology and biochemistry test results or other proxies for workload did not find an association between hospital workload and mortality. It is suggested that the weekend effect arises from patient-level differences at admission rather than reduced hospital staffing or services.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/strong>The Clinical Imaging Board has published Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment, operations and planning in the NHS<\/a>. This report is urging hospitals to formulate plans to replace outdated equipment, after a survey revealed half of healthcare organisations do not have set renewal plans, and more than a third of older magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners are not scheduled for replacement. While many hospitals are operating newer equipment, 58% of MRI systems used are at least five years old, meaning they may not be able to conduct state-of-the-art imaging, needed for certain types of heart and prostate cancer scanning.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nKing’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust shares its approach and the benefits of using identity scanning equipment to check ID documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nJocelyn Cornwell is chief executive of The Point of Care Foundation. Here she shares her thoughts<\/a> on what would change if clinicians, managers and boards shifted their focus and placed priority on making hospital wards places of healing and caring.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/strong>NHS Benchmarking Network is inviting all commissioners to resister and input data to their Urgent Care Project<\/a>.\u00a0 The project includes a whole systems analysis of urgent care covering finance and activity for all key system components, service models and other key performance indicators. Participation will provide measurable evidence based comparisons to support contract discussions and help identify key priorities for investment and service redesign.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nCG124\u00a0Hip fracture: management<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDG28\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Virtual chromoendoscopy to assess colorectal polyps during colonoscopy<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Commissioning Excellence<\/a> – May 2017
\nNHS Workforce Bulletin<\/a> – \u00a08 May 2017<\/p>\n
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