All Ambulance articles – Page 33
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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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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.
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NewsNHS staff sick days on the rise
NHS ambulance staff took almost 15 days off sick last year, figures suggest.
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Mass resignations at struggling ambulance trust
PERFORMANCE: The non-executive directors of East of England Ambulance Service Trust have resigned en masse following a barrage of criticism from MPs and a withering report on the trust’s performance and leadership.
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NewsManaging director resigns as NHS Direct losing more than £1m a month
NHS Direct is losing £1.5m a month and is likely to exit the NHS 111 market by the end of the year. The director charged with leading its 111 work has resigned following disciplinary action being initiated, HSJ understands.
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East of England Ambulance 'helpless', says report
PERFORMANCE: The East of England Ambulance Service Trust has been undermined by in-fighting, confusion and a “sense of helplessness” among senior managers, according to an independent report.
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SupplementsWhy hand hygiene still needs a clean-up: the case studies
Two trusts explain how they have overturned the status quo to drive up levels of hand hygiene
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NewsLabour warn over increase in ambulance 'diverts'
The pressures on A&E departments show “no sign of abating” Labour has warned, after figures revealed a “major increase” in the number of ambulances turned away from busy emergency departments.
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Ambulances waiting too long at East Midlands trusts
PERFORMANCE: Too many ambulances are waiting too long to handover patients at both Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalLondon Ambulance Service given £15m funding boost
WORKFORCE: Commissioners in London have agreed to invest an additional £15m in London Ambulance Service due to rising demand, just two years after the trust announced plans to shed almost 900 posts.
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Bad weather issues for Yorkshire ambulance service
PERFORMANCE: Bad weather on one day and two days of very high demand pulled down performance against the eight-minute target at Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust.