All Ambulance articles – Page 4
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News56% of staff leave ‘relentless’ jobs within a year
A trust has found that more than half its new call handlers quit within a year of starting, and a third within six months — with ‘health’ being given as the main reason.
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NewsAmbulance handover delays soar as winter bites
Ambulance handover delays rose last week with close to 13,000 crews waiting more than an hour to offload patients — marginally more than the comparable week last year.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: Why the NHS still buys diesel ambulances
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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NewsDitch normal procedures to avoid A&E handover delays, trusts told
Regulators have warned hospital leaders they may have to ‘depart from established procedures’ over winter to minimise ambulance handover delays.
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NewsTrust which had three ‘catastrophic’ IT failures in two years still at ‘high risk’
A trust which suffered three major IT failures in the space of two years was let down by poor leadership and governance, an external review has found.
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NewsHealth secretary told to intervene over ‘systemic’ ambulance deaths
Ministers must intervene over systemic failures which are ‘too big for hospital or ambulance trusts to fix on their own’ and have led to multiple preventable deaths, a senior coroner has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Paramedics unable to work as recruitment outstrips ambulance numbers
Up to 50 ambulance crews are unable to go out on the road in London every day because the service does not have enough vehicles for its increasing workforce, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Dozens of new ambulances delayed after supplier goes bust
The delivery of more than 100 new ambulances to the NHS could be delayed ahead of winter after the company paid to supply them went into administration, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFormer college president made interim trust chief
England’s first ambulance trust chief paramedic and quality officer has been appointed as the interim chief executive at South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
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NewsThree patients died after ambulance transfer delays from private hospital
Three patients died after delayed transfers from a private hospital within a nine-month period, coroner’s findings reveal.
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News‘High number’ of ambulance staff could face sack for striking
Up to 80 per cent of key ambulance staff could be required to work during a strike or risk being sacked, documents released by the Department of Health and Social Care have revealed.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The new 2,000
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsNHSE’s ambulance lead joins trust board
NHS England’s lead for ambulance services and other ‘out-of-hospital urgent and emergency care’ is leaving to take up a deputy chief executive role in the ambulance sector.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: CQC report highlights safety concerns and inequalities
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The capital’s most challenged service
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsMajor incident unit faces possible closure
The future of a specialist ambulance unit responsible for responding to major incidents such as terrorist attacks is in question following ongoing delay in putting its new contract out to tender.
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NewsA&E handover delays up by a fifth, leak reveals
Hours lost to ambulance handover delays shot up by nearly a quarter last month amid growing fears about the pressure on ambulance services going into winter, according to figures seen by HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersBeyond the battery: Drivers, data, and the future of low-carbon road transport
NHS England’s net zero commitment to decarbonise must extend beyond technology. The efforts to combat greenhouse gas emissions in the healthcare sector exceed sustainable road transportation, with drivers’ behaviours and data utilisation playing a pivotal role in achieving sustainability goals
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NewsAmbulance sector vows to improve sexual safety
The ambulance sector has signed up to a consensus statement in a bid to tackle misogyny and improve sexual safety for its staff and patients.
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News£38.5m deficit leaves trust needing ‘cash support to continue operations’
An ambulance trust is moving from forecasting breakeven at the end of 2023-24 to a £38.5m deficit, and declared it will need to be given extra cash ‘to support continuing operations’.