All Admissions and discharge articles – Page 13
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HSJ LocalSingle trust responsible for over half of national 12 hour waits
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust had 100 patients waiting over 12 hours in accident and emergency, accounting for more than half of such waiters nationally, figures for the last three months of 2014 reveal.
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NewsA&Es under 'extreme pressure' as admissions rise
Accident and emergency departments are ‘cracking under extreme pressure’ with the number of patients waiting longer than four hours at a record high.
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HSJ Local'Perfect storm' tips Walsall trust into the red
Walsall Healthcare Trust has instigated an action plan to clear its ‘significant’ waiting list after being hit by a ‘perfect storm’ of IT problems and heightened demand that threatens to push it £9m into the red.
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SupplementsGood practice case study: improved flow through faster discharge
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust brings discharge duties home when needed for timely service delivery.
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SupplementsGood practice case study: rehabilitation and older patients
NHS Lanarkshire trains nursing teams from acute hospital wards in older patient rehabilitation and enablement
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SupplementsGood practice case study: making frailty everyone's business
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust screens all acute admissions for frailty
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SupplementsGood practice case study: integrating systems for better care
South Warwickshire Foundation Trust set up three discharge-to-access pathways that cut down the length of hospital stay for older patients
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SupplementsGood practice case study: setting the course for better elderly care
Leicester’s interface geriatrics program seeks to diminish hospital admissions among the oldest old through comprehensive geriatric assessment
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NewsA&E patients 'will wait longer'
Patients should expect ‘inevitable’ greater waits in accident and emergency departments, two health charities have warned.
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NewsDelayed discharges cost NHS £526m, warns Age UK
A charity for older people has warned of a “marked rise” in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care.
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HSJ KnowledgeAll in a day's work: the drive for better ambulatory care
Make same-day care the default option
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HSJ KnowledgeImprove frail elderly care with evidence, not intuition
How Camden CCG reduced admissions
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NewsExclusive: Later arrival at hospital means staying for days longer, analysis shows
Being admitted to hospital a few hours later in the day often means patients spending several days longer on wards, according to new analysis shared with HSJ.
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CommentBetter housing will relieve winter pressures
Housing improvements are vital for reducing emergency hospital visits
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NewsElderly lack support after hospital
A lack of support for older people after they have been in hospital leaves them vulnerable to readmission, new research has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeAchieve equity in access to sickle cell services
Allocating resources to thalassaemia service provision
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NewsIntermediate care provision 'stuck', DH director admits
Intermediate care is under pressure with demand outstripping capacity, according to a national audit by a group of leading healthcare organisations.
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NewsIncrease in hospital admissions
The number of hospital admissions rose again last year, with the total level being nearly a third higher than that recorded a decade ago, data reveals.
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NewsA&E pressure increasing admissions
Accident and emergency departments are under increasing pressure, which is leading to high numbers of patients being admitted, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.