All Ambulance articles – Page 12
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Expert BriefingHospital bosses welcome new health secretary's pledge to tackle ambulance delays
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsHospital CEOs will get ‘fair’ treatment over ambulance delays, says Barclay
Health secretary Steve Barclay says trust chief executives should be held accountable for ambulance handover delays in a ‘fair’ way that recognises factors outside their control.
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News£300m reconfiguration gets go-ahead after decade delay
Plans for a much-delayed service overhaul in one of the country’s most troubled systems have won national approval, though questions remain over how crucial service improvements will be funded.
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HSJ LocalPlans to improve urgent care and ambulance handovers £8m short
Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust is facing an £8m gap in its finances after funding it had anticipated it would receive for improving urgent care and ambulance handovers has not materialised.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: A summer of ‘pressure, stress and anxiety’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ LocalCEO ‘not proud’ as heart attack patients face three-hour ambulance wait
Ambulances are taking more than three hours to respond to patients with suspected heart attacks or strokes across Cornwall, in what is thought to be the worst reported system-level performance so far.
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NewsSummer crisis deepens as trolley waits hit new high
Performance figures deteriorated to record lows this month as the unprecedented summer NHS crisis deepens, with trolley waits reaching a new high point and the waiting list growing to more than 6.7 million people.
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NewsCQC: Restraint and sexual safety among transport service failings
Private and NHS ambulance services are reviewing safety procedures after the Care Quality Commission identified a series of risks to mental health patients being transported by non-emergency providers.
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NewsNHSE awards extra ambulance capacity contract
NHS England has awarded a contract for additional ambulance service capacity nationally to help cope with high demand and handover delays, with the capacity available from today.
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NewsBarclay calls urgent ‘hackathons’ over ambulance crisis
The new health and social care secretary has asked officials to hastily organise several “hackathons” to try to address the crisis in ambulance performance.
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NewsLondoners several times more likely to get life-saving treatment
The NHS and the Treasury need to make a renewed commitment to increasing the number of patients who benefit from thrombectomy, the Stroke Association has said, as it revealed the service was dependent on just 106 doctors in England.
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NewsTrust chief steps down after 17 years
One of England’s longest-serving ambulance chief executives is to step down next year.
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NewsNHSE tells hospitals to take more risk with ambulance arrivals amid heatwave
NHS England has told hospitals to take urgent measures to reduce ambulance handover delays during the heatwave, including the ”creation of observation areas” and “further ways to add additional beds”.
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NewsExclusive: Ambulance serious incidents triple
Serious incidents causing patient harm have increased steeply compared to previous years at an ambulance service whose nursing director still expects will “fail” next month under mounting service pressures.
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PodcastHow big should NHS England be? - HSJ podcast
On Monday night all ambulance services in England declared the highest level of alert.
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NewsEmergency performance slumps again as covid hits
Emergency care performance has again plunged to near-record lows, despite demand falling compared to the previous month.
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NewsExclusive: Minister misled MPs over ambulance crisis
A health minister incorrectly told the Commons on Wednesday that additional surge capacity for the struggling ambulance service was in place to help deal with the pressures created by the heatwave, despite the contract to procure the extra resources not having been finalised, HSJ has learned.
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News24 hour ambulance handover on ‘worst night ever’
All ambulance services are now understood to be on the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ caused by the hot weather and covid absences among staff.
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NewsTrust chiefs resist ‘pressure’ to treat patients in corridors
Hospital leaders say they have been pressured to deliver more ‘corridor care’ as a result of efforts to ease the ambulance handover crisis.