All Emergency care articles – Page 102
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News
Productivity is low at urgent care centres
Urgent care centres appear to have low productivity rates and lack clear data allowing commissioners to tell whether they are value for money, according to a report published today.
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HSJ Local
Foundation will be test site for redesign of unplanned care
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as a test site for a six-month project aiming to deliver significant improvements in emergency and urgent care.
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HSJ Local
New air ambulance site in Surrey
STRUCTURE: The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance has relocated one of its helicopters to Redhill in Surrey.
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HSJ Local
NHS Harrow drives 13pc overplan performance at A&E attendances
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of North West London Hospitals Trust said A&E attendance was 13 per cent above plan at the end of August because of the late opening of an urgent care centre.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire hospitals face 'extreme pressure'
PERFORMANCE: Hospitals in Staffordshire are under “extreme pressure” after a sudden surge in accident and emergency demand, according to the county’s PCT Cluster.
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HSJ Local
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals predict £46m deficit
FINANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust is projecting a £46m deficit this financial year.
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HSJ Local
Central Middlesex Hospital's A&E overnight closure extended for another year
STRUCTURE: North West London Hospitals Trust’s board has approved the closure of Central Middlesex Hospital’s A&E closure for another year.
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HSJ Local
Hospital sacks four workers over death outside A&E
Two nurses, a receptionist and a hospital porter have been sacked by Walsall Healthcare Trust for failing to respond to a man who collapsed and died outside the trust’s accident and emergency department.
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Comment
Is choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?
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HSJ Local
Analysed: The sustainability of acute services in Coventry and Warwickshire
The Coventry and Warwickshire health economy is seeking a sustainable future for local trusts and clinical specialties
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News
New acute care guidance launched
Acutely ill hospital patients should have access to consultant doctors for at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week to reduce the number of hospital deaths which occur out of hours, leading physicians have said.
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Comment
Irresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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HSJ Local
Cornwall redesigns services for isolated communities
The NHS in Cornwall has a small population spread over a large area, so is piloting new ways of delivering care outside of hospital
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News
Doctors raise concerns over A&E closures
A group of 140 senior doctors have written to David Cameron expressing their alarm over proposals to close and reconfigure accident and emergency units around the country.
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HSJ Local
Rise in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk
PERFORMANCE: An increase in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk has pushed NHS Merseyside 2 per cent over its plan for non-elective activity for the year-to-date, the primary care trust cluster has reported.
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HSJ Local
Butterfly scheme to aid peaceful care in A&E
PERFORMANCE: Staff at the University Hospitals of Leicester have embraced a new scheme to show extra respect to the families of those who are dying or have died in the emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Wexham Park Hospital expands AMU
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is investing more than £2.5m in reconfiguring wards, in anticipation of a rise in emergency attendances.
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HSJ Local
Winter beds remain open as South Warwickshire demand rockets
PERFORMANCE: An 11.5 per cent rise in emergency admissions has prevented South Warwickshire Foundation Trust from closing winter capacity as planned.
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HSJ Local
'Outstanding turnaround' in stroke care at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital has reported an “outstanding turnaround” in it stroke performance.
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News
Manchester’s major shake-up revealed
HSJ can reveal details of a major review of healthcare across Greater Manchester which makes the clinical case for a radical redesign of services. It is believed this could prompt some leaders to argue for the removal of acute surgery from four hospitals.