Category Archives: Hospitals

New analysis reassures patients and doctors

Posted on May 11, 2016 by 2020healthGuest

Guest Blog by Dr Iseult Roche, Associate, 2020health New analysis from researchers at University of Manchester have found there is no weekend death effect for NHS emergency patients and that such a view, held by some, has been “a statistical … Continue reading →

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What can be done to help rocket boost MedTech into everyday healthcare?

Posted on February 5, 2016 by 2020healthGuest

Guest Blog by Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at Candesic, Health & Social Care Consultancy  Despite MedTech being central to the future of healthcare, digital implementation often struggles to get into the top 3 priorities of stakeholders who have to contend … Continue reading →

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The Dynamic Shift: People want to access MedTech at home

Posted on February 4, 2016 by 2020healthGuest

Guest Blog by Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at Candesic, Health & Social Care Consultancy  One of the most important paradigms in healthcare is the fundamental shift in the doctor-patient axis. The old fashioned paternalistic doctor-patient relationship, where the doctor held … Continue reading →

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2016: The Year for UK Medical Technology (MedTech)

Posted on February 3, 2016 by 2020healthGuest

Guest Blog by Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at Candesic, Health & Social Care Consultancy  Technology is everywhere. Your mobile phone is probably close at hand ready to break down the physical barriers of bricks and mortar. Technology rapidly advances in … Continue reading →

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Why the NHS becoming more Parkinson’s friendly can deliver a better person-centred experience

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Julia Manning

Guest blog by Laura Cockram, Policy and Campaigns Manager at Parkinson’s UK  127,000 people across the UK are living with Parkinson’s – a progressive, neurological condition with no cure. Around a third of people with Parkinson’s develop symptoms before 65, … Continue reading →

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How can A&E units improve their performance?

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Barbara Arzymanow

The first point that I must make is that I do not wish to appear unappreciative or condescending. Hospital A&E work is amongst the most important that any person can undertake and many of us would find the strain unbearable. … Continue reading →

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Hospital inspections: lessons to be learnt

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Barbara Arzymanow

The programme of independent hospital inspections carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was made tougher in September 2013. During the first year to the end of August 2014 under the new arrangements 38 NHS acute trusts (each comprising … Continue reading →

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Is section 119 wrong…

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Julia Manning

Having been submerged under Syria, floods and Sochi, Healthcare has emerged again like spring daffodils to be the talk of the news. Dorrell and Burnham slogged it out yesterday on Radio 4’s Today over section 119 and the vote was … Continue reading →

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NHS waiting times: Fiddlers on the loose

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Julia Manning

Nine years ago I audited the records of my diabetic patients whom I had referred to see a hospital consultant. I was shocked to find that half of them had not been seen – and these were elderly, housebound, highly … Continue reading →

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NHS car park charges – what’s the real issue?

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Julia Manning

I was on @daybreak TV this morning at 7.15am talking about NHS car parking charges. It’s reoccurring subject and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT and the Royal Free Hospital NHS FT were both ‘named and shamed’ as the worst offenders … Continue reading →

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