All Ambulance articles – Page 30
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NewsGPs in NHS 111 call centres would be a 'big mistake'
Mandating GPs in NHS 111 call centres as part of the revised specification for the service would be a “big mistake”, potential providers have told HSJ.
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NewsCameras for ambulance staff urged
Ambulance crews should carry body-worn CCTV cameras to prevent thousands of ‘disgraceful’ assaults on frontline staff each year, according to a new report.
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NewsWarning over defibrillator shortage
A shortage of defibrillators - which shock the heart - and a lack of public awareness could be costing thousands of lives every year, research suggests.
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NewsAmbulance 'postcode lottery' costing lives
About 2,500 lives a year are being lost due to a “postcode lottery” in how ambulances respond to heart attack patients, a former service boss has claimed.
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NewsAmbulance response times worsen
Ambulance response times to 999 calls for patients with life threatening conditions have got worse over the last two years, official figures show.
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NewsSurge in over-90s needing ambulances
The number of very elderly people needing to go to hospital by ambulance has risen 81 per cent since 2009-10, according to new figures.
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CommentHow we bridge the gap between community and acute care
Berkshire trust chief explains their new service model
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NewsTreat patients in ambulances - MP
More patients should be treated in the back of ambulances rather than taken to hospital, MPs have heard.
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NewsWarning over A&E ambulance queues
The NHS has a “significant problem” with ambulances queuing at accident and emergency departments waiting to drop off patients, a senior official has said.
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NewsLabour: bring back GP appointment target
The target for GPs to guarantee patients an appointment within 48 hours should be restored to help ease the pressure on accident and emergency departments, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said.
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NewsPatients in ambulance wait ordeal
Some patients are being forced to wait in ambulances outside hospitals for hours because accident and emergency departments are too busy to take them, according to research.
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NewsAmbulance trusts step into breach to provide NHS 111
NHS ambulance services are to take on the temporary provision of NHS 111 in most of the areas where NHS Direct is pulling out of delivery, the health advice provider has announced.
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NHS 111 implementation hit Yorkshire Ambulance finances
FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has reported spending more than budgeted this year, partly because of unexpected costs associated with NHS 111.
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NewsMonitor suspends FT pipeline over quality assurance concerns
Monitor has decided not to grant foundation trust status to any further NHS trusts until it can receive “robust assurance” from the Care Quality Commission that the applicants are providing good quality care, the health sector regulator will announce later today.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance Service records highest absence rate in region
WORKFORCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust had the highest average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 across the East of England region, according to HSJ analysis of official data published in July.
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SupplementsTackling the issue of patient transport
Patient transport services are notoriously erratic, exacting a heavy toll on patients and trusts. So does it really have to be like this, asks Alison Moore
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NewsAmbulance staff ballot warning
Union leaders have warned of the threat of industrial action among ambulance workers in a row over sick pay.
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NewsNew head injury guidelines announced
People who suffer a head injury and require an ambulance should be taken straight to hospitals with resuscitation equipment, according to new guidelines.
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South East Coast Ambulance tests brain-cooling tech
RESEARCH: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is evaluating a system that directly cools cardiac arrest patients’ brains prior to their arrival at hospital.