All Emergency care articles – Page 10
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CommentThe impact of junior doctor strikes on patient outcomes
A recent study on the impact of junior doctor strikes in the English NHS suggests that overall patient outcomes were not significantly worse, but certain patient groups, particularly black patients, experienced higher readmission rates. Careful consideration is needed in responding to future strikes to avoid potential inequalities in care quality
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NewsVaccination programme proposed for illness with ‘considerable NHS impact’
The government has been advised to introduce a vaccination programme for respiratory syncytial virus for infants and older adults.
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NewsRevealed: The specialties with rocketing litigation costs
Litigation costs for specialties including intensive care, oncology and emergency medicine have rocketed by up to five times as much as they were before the pandemic, internal data obtained by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2023: Improving Urgent and Emergency Care Through Digital
WINNER: NHS England - East of England, East of England Ambulance Trust, and East of England UCR Providers: Access to the Stack - Cleric Digital Portal Enabler for Transferring Patients to Urgent Community Response Teams
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How much harm in London?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ PartnersDesigning better acute painful sickle cell care
Dr Carl Reynolds and Dr Habib Naqvi emphasise the need of improving sickle cell care by developing highly usable digital care plans, eliminating treatment delays and disparities, and ensuring patients receive timely analgesia
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HSJ PartnersThe role of electronic bed management technology in driving capacity improvements
Nick Sinclair, chief operating officer at Medway Foundation Trust, on why the NHS needs to think differently about operations and bed management to drive sustainable healthcare delivery
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The state of speaking up
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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HSJ PartnersWhy user interfaces should be designed around customer needs
Capabilities that can be woven into solutions, such as greater use of data and AI to support decision-making, have increased in scope, scale and complexity. This user-centred disruption is redefining the healthcare user experience
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NewsNew triage policy implicated in 44-year-old’s death
An ambulance service says it has sped up clinical review of lower-priority calls, after a coroner said the new triage process — introduced in response to recent waiting time pressures — ‘will lead to further deaths’.
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NewsElective activity nosedives as strikes and holidays bite
Elective activity fell sharply in April as national holidays and strikes squeezed resources, and the waiting list rose to a record 7.4 million, NHS England’s monthly performance data shows.
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NewsMet intervention ‘will not serve London well’, says ‘very disappointed’ NHSE
NHS England has described the Metropolitan Police commissioner’s warning that his force will stop responding to emergency mental health calls as ‘very disappointing’, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICSs most ‘off target’ on recovery named by NHS England
Seven integrated care systems and one ambulance trust have been placed in ‘intensive support’ because of their performance against urgent and emergency care metrics.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked data reveals ‘distressing’ scale of ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits
One in five cases in which patients attend A&E needing mental healthcare are spending more than 12 hours in the department – at least double the rate of patients with physical health problems.
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CommentCrisis deepens as government fails to restore rehab space
Urgent action is needed as the government’s failure to restore rehab space is leading to dire consequences for patients, staff, and the healthcare system, exacerbating waiting lists and compromising patient care
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NewsMore hospital beds ‘squeezing out rehab and keeping people out of work’
Extra beds squeezed into hospitals as part of winter planning are crowding out space for rehab, pushing up length of stay and knock-on costs, and increasing the chance of readmission, NHS leaders have been warned.
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NewsTrusts ‘could be sued’ under new strike law
Ambulance chiefs have warned a controversial piece of legislation could lead to legal action against their trusts by patients denied an ambulance.
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NewsICB sends trust five safety warnings in six weeks
An integrated care board has sent multiple warnings to a local trust, highlighting ‘serious issues’ with the safety and quality of care provided.
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CommentFocusing on national targets is not the best way to improve patient flow
Jonathon Holmes explains how sharing data on capacity and demand at a regional footprint level, has allowed a consistent and clear overview of capacity, excess demand, and where pinch points are emerging