All Emergency care articles – Page 101
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HSJ Local
Weston opens extra beds as emergency admissions rise
PERFORMANCE: Weston Area Health Trust has opened an additional ward to cope with increasing demand over the winter months.
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HSJ Local
Out of hours change blamed for emergency performance flop
PERFORMANCE: A sharp decline in emergency waits in Portsmouth has coincided with a new primary care out of hours contract coming into force.
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HSJ Local
Darent Valley closes to A&E admissions
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust was forced to close its accident and emergency department to admissions for the first time, after running out of beds earlier this month.
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NewsTrust found to have altered waiting times figures
A large hospital trust has been caught altering waiting time figures to avoid breaches of the four-hour accident and emergency target.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire 999 calls up 30 per cent
The number of emergency 999 calls in Leicestershire has jumped 30 per cent in the first three weeks of December, according to the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier missing readmissions target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust has missed its target for A&E readmissions, according to figures in the most recent set of board papers.
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HSJ KnowledgeBest of 2012: innovation in acute care
An end-of-year round-up of some of HSJ’s best practice content
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NewsMany Britons 'do not trust GPs'
Almost two in three Britons do not have faith in their GP and 10 per cent of the public have panicked and asked accident and emergency departments to treat minor ailments, a survey has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham A&E performance dips
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency performance in Birmingham and Solihull declined in September, and is rated as amber.
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HSJ Local
Commisioners raise issue over South Bristol Urgent Care Centre
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have formally raised issues with below planned activity in some services run by Bristol Community Health via a “quality letter”.
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CommentA timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
Acute trusts cannot prevent overcrowding but they can reduce demand
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HSJ Local
NHS Direct awarded Buckinghamshire 111 contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Direct has been named as the successful bidder for NHS 111 services in Buckinghamshire.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 leads to drop in out of hours activity
PERFORMANCE: Out of hours activity has fallen 8.5 per cent in Oxfordshire since the NHS 111 service was launched.
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NewsA&E waiting times rising - survey
Accident and emergency waiting times are getting longer, new research suggests.
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NewsNHS Direct begins redundancy consultation
More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff have been notified they could be at risk of redundancy as the organisation looks to cut around a third of its full time posts.
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NewsFunding pressure 'may hit NHS care', warns thinktank
Waiting times in emergency wards are rising as unprecedented financial strains on the health service start to bite, a report suggests.
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HSJ KnowledgeLiaison psychiatry can bridge the gap
A joint approach to managing physical and mental care is a prime example of integration
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NewsAnalysed: Ambulance service performance
We look at moves to improve the ambulance service’s performance amid relentless rising demand, though no extra money is available
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NewsDistrict general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Pilgrim Hospital's A&E in £100k revamp
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is to spend £100,000 on improvements to its A&E department at Pilgrim Hospital.