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NewsNHSE accused of cutting action to protect staff from violence
A union has accused NHS England of trying to save money at the expense of reducing violence against healthcare staff, as several national initiatives face the axe.
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NewsAlert over steep rise in handover delays
An ambulance trust is warning that delays handing patients over to hospitals have “significantly deteriorated” in the past two months, with one waiting nearly 20 hours.
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CommentThe 'three shifts' are already happening
Moving care from hospital to community, implementing digital transformation, and shifting from treatment to prevention are the three shifts being led by NHS trusts to mitigate the challenges in how care is delivered, writes Emily Gibbons
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NewsTeenager’s death linked to national IT system, review suggests
The 999 assessment and triage system is being reviewed after the death of a young footballer, which may have highlighted a recurring flaw in the tool.
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NewsAmbulance trusts suffer as calls jump 13% in London
Ambulance trusts are battling an extremely tough October with calls in one region up by 13 per cent year-on-year and others struggling with hospital handovers.
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NewsTrust in financial dispute with two ICBs
An ambulance trust has warned it may miss financial targets because it has failed to finalise some commissioning contracts halfway through the year.
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NewsEmergency performance dips as winter nears
Ambulance response times rose dramatically last month with urgent care performance also worsening as winter appeared to strike early.
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NewsTrust CEO warns ‘I can’t afford people’ despite missing NHSE target
An ambulance trust which will fail to meet a key target for treating patients with life-threatening conditions this year has delayed recruitment of additional staff due to cost pressures.
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CommentReeves needs to give the NHS time to make the most of its funding
There is a clear opportunity presented for the new government to publish the 2025-26 government spending plans alongside the Budget on 30 October and address the lack of long-term financial planning in the NHS, writes Charlotte Wickens
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Mental Health Safety Improvement Award
WINNER North West Ambulance Service: Saving The Lives of Patients in Mental Health Crisis - Developing an Advanced Questionnaire Model to Support Timely Ambulance Dispatch in Cases of Life Threatening Overdose
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NewsAmbulance services hit crucial target
Ambulances reached some of the most seriously ill people within an average of 30 minutes last month – meeting a key NHS England target for the first time in more than a year.
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NewsNHSE admits ‘urgent’ ambulance target will be missed in capital
NHS England has agreed ambulance trusts can meet ‘realistic’ response times for ‘urgent’ ambulance calls including some heart attacks and stroke this winter, citing ‘service pressures, resources and demand’.
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NewsRevealed: the impact of the North Bristol model across 40 trusts
Trusts which have adopted controversial “North Bristol-style” continuous flow models have seen mixed results, with the approach contributing to worsening performance in some places, research by HSJ suggests.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: Why electrifying ambulances means less can go wrong
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays
Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.
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NewsRevealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
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NewsTrust refuses to share full data with ICBs, citing ‘counter terrorism’ concerns
An ambulance trust with some of England’s worst handover delays has refused to share some patient data with local partners on the grounds the information relates to “counter terrorism and other sensitive” details.
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NewsFaster pay rises for Band 8 and 9s under new framework
Band 8 and 9 NHS staff would see quicker pay growth under proposals to be considered by the NHS Staff Council.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: 48,000 hours stuck in an ambulance
This week we discuss the ongoing harm done by long ambulance handover delays and what the new government must do to address this problem.
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NewsAmbulance handover delays still harming tens of thousands each month
Tens of thousands of patients are still suffering harm from delays in ambulance handovers to emergency departments, despite a concerted effort to tackle the problem, figures seen by HSJ indicate.