All Emergency care articles – Page 105
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire hospitals behind plan on deficit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had a deficit of £0.9m at the end of July, £0.6m worse than planned at this point in the year.
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NewsAmbulance chief: savings targets will be missed until urgent care improves
Ambulance trusts will not achieve planned levels of savings unless demand is brought under control and a “coherent” urgent care system developed, the outgoing chief executive of London Ambulance Service has warned.
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NewsNottingham to open 80 new beds after cancellations surge
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is to invest more than £4m to open 80 new beds, after it was forced to cancel an “unprecedented” number of operations.
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NewsRCP: Hospitals are overcrowded and short-staffed
Hospitals are so full that elderly patients are being discharged in the middle of the night and routine blood tests are being conducted at 3am, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.
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NewsCommissioners reject 24/7 reopening of Mid Staffs A&E
Commissioners have rejected Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s plan to reopen its accident and emergency department 24 hours a day.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier misses emergency readmission target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is breaching the emergency readmission to A&E target, with a rate of 7.3 per cent againt an organisational target of 5.8 per cent.
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HSJ Local
OUH named as worst performer in the south on A&E
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust was the worst performer on accident and emergency in the south of England in quarter one of 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Public meeting over Worcestershire service review
STRUCTURE: A public meeting has been held in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire over plans to reconfigure acute services in the county.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs board supports re-opening of A&E
PERFORMANCE: The board of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has voted in favour of re-opening the accident and emergency department at night, nine months after it was closed due to safety fears.
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NewsCare centres lighten load
The savings schemes set out by the London clusters entail significant reductions in work carried out by provider trusts, with urgent care centres picking up the slack.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Accident and Emergency performance in Surrey
This briefing looks at how the economy will improve Surrey’s A&E performance
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NewsDozens of ambulance stations set to close in East Midlands
Dozens of ambulance stations could be closed across the East Midlands under plans intended to improve emergency response times.
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HSJ LocalPolice investigate 11 NHS staff after A&E death
PERFORMANCE: A criminal investigation has been launched into the death of a patient who collapsed outside a hospital A&E department.
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HSJ Local
Q1 A&E target problems for Royal Surrey County
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust breached the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits more often than it met it during the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
A&E target problems for Ashford and St Peter’s in Q1
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust breached the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits more often than it met it during the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
SASH breached A&E target in April
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust breached the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits for two consecutive weeks during the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Steady performance by Frimley Park on four-hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust breached the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits once during the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
SHA approves £1m admissions avoidance scheme for cluster
FINANCE: NHS London has approved NHS South East London’s application for an emergency readmissions avoidance scheme, funded from the primary care trust cluster’s 2 per cent annual top-slice.
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NewsClinic to show drunks footage of themselves
Drunken party-goers who stumble into health clinics could be shown footage of themselves in a bid to crack down on binge drinking.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall issued with contract notice
PERFORMANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly has issued a contract notice to Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust for poor performance against the four hour accident and emergency target in in April and May.