All Emergency care articles – Page 100
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NewsNHS 111 yet to go live in two out of three sites
Less than a third of England has fully launched the NHS 111 service, with just three weeks to go before the national rollout deadline.
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Portsmouth trust launches investigation into five hour trolley wait
PERFORMANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has launched an investigation after a 90-year-old dementia patient was left for nearly five hours on a trolley in a corridor awaiting treatment.
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NewsGovernment's ex-A&E adviser says it refused to let go of target
The government’s former accident and emergency tsar has criticised its continued rigorous enforcement of the four hour waiting time target.
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NewsA&E waits 'hit decade high'
The number of patients who are forced to wait for more than four hours in accident and emergency departments before being treated has reached its highest level in a decade, a new report suggests.
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HSJ Local
Temporary wards for Wexham Park amid surging demand
FINANCE: Two temporary wards are being built at Wexham Park Hospital to increase capacity amid rising demand for accident and emergency services.
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Hampshire Hospitals miss A&E target amid rising demand
PERFORMANCE: Hampshire Hospitals have narrowly missed their accident and emergency performance target amid rising demand for services.
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UCC model criticised as over-expensive at UCLH
PERFORMANCE: The Urgent Care Centre at University College London Hospitals was criticised as over-expensive by an external team because it employs GPs rather than nurses, minute reveal.
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NewsMedics question rationale of Lewisham downgrade
The health secretary has approved plans to downgrade the first hospital using failure regime legislation. However, the downgrade is subject to conditions, the details of which remain unclear.
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NewsRegulator to cap Queen's Hospital A&E admissions
The Care Quality Commission is to place a restriction on the number of patients that can be treated at an east London emergency department.
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Lewisham decision sparks fresh debate on future NHS
The announcement that accident and emergency and maternity services are to be downgraded at Lewisham Hospital has sparked a fresh round of debate of the future of the NHS.
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NewsA&E 'overstretched', says Labour
Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsFull detail: Emergency care review seeks 'paradigm shift'
A Department of Health review of emergency and urgent care calls for a “paradigm shift” in the NHS’s approach to those services.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked DH report signals national A&E shakeup
National officials are considering a major reorganisation of emergency services, including designating units as either “999 emergency departments” or “111 emergency departments”.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving consultations from the inside out
A service improvement project set out to better understand patient interaction
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood and Wexham Park performance slips amid rising demand
PERFORMANCE: Rising non-elective demand at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has caused performance to slip against targets.
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NewsPolice 'helping ambulances daily'
Concerns are growing over the number of times police are stepping in to take patients to hospital instead of ambulance crews.
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PCT raises fears over Royal Berkshire A&E
PERFORMANCE: There is an extreme risk that accident and emergency performance at Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust “not sustainable”, commissioners have said.
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NewsA&E units get that Monday morning feeling
Hospitals’ accident and emergency departments are at their busiest on Monday morning, dealing with double their average hourly attendance, research shows.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe fight to transform emergency care
How one trust got emergency care performance back on track
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to assess your human capital initiative
Finding the best evaluation approach to show value for money