All Emergency care articles – Page 109
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NewsRCN warns of treatment in corridors and long trolley waits
Patients are being routinely left on trolleys for hours and treated in corridors and other inappropriate areas, the Royal College of Nursing has warned in the wake of new survey results.
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HSJ Local
Chief exec praises waiting time efforts
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has met the accident and emergency waiting time target for weeks in a row, according its chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Reducing emergency admissions key for Derby FT
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust will seek to cut its number of emergency admissions to help it save £24.6m
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs A&E re-opening pushed back again
STRUCTURE: Clinicians have pushed back the re-opening of Mid Staffs A&E department to October amid concerns recent improvements may not be sustainable.
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NewsBurstow attacks move to close his local A&E
A panel appointed to look at the options for downgrading a hospital in south west London has recommended closing health minister Paul Burstow’s local A&E and maternity department.
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HSJ Local
Harmoni wins Suffolk 111 contract
COMMERCIAL: Harmoni has been named as preferred bidder for the NHS 111 service in Suffolk.
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HSJ Local
Monitor directs foundation trust to tackle A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust regulator has stepped in at Gloucestershire Hospitals in a bid to redress its “persistent failures” to tackle long waits for accident and emergency treatment.
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NewsAir ambulance suspension lifted after fault concerns
Suspended air ambulance services across England will resume operation this week after being grounded over safety fears.
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HSJ KnowledgeReducing emergency admissions in children and young people
Dr Ronny Cheung goes through the full list of indicators for child health, plus a case study on children’s epilepsy admissions in children.
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HSJ LocalLondon Ambulance chief leaving for New Zealand
WORKFORCE: London Ambulance Service chief executive Peter Bradley has announced he is leaving the post to take up a role in New Zealand.
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HSJ Local
Quarter of Lincoln patients breach A&E target
PERFORMANCE: More than 1,400 patients had to wait longer than four hours in A&E at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust in March.
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HSJ Local
NHS Plymouth issues contract notice over A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Plymouth has issued Plymouth Hospitals Trust with a contract performance notice, after the trust failed to meet the four hour accident and emergency target during February and March.
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NewsNHS Direct staff uncertain over future as 111 deals pick up pace
NHS Direct staff in the North East still do not know whether they will be transferred to the new NHS 111 service due to go live in 12 months.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex found February tough month for A&E
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s performance on accident and emergency waits slipped below target in February.
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HSJ Local
Extended community x-ray service in Surrey
STRUCTURE: Woking Community Hospital has extended the opening hours of its x-ray facilities to include weekends.
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NewsPatients safer on trolleys in wards than in A&E
Patients should be moved to trolleys in ward corridors to wait for a bed to become free rather than wait in overcrowded accident and emergency departments, according to the College of Emergency Medicine.
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NewsA&E departments see fall in violence related cases
An estimated 307,998 people were admitted to accident and emergency units for violence-related injuries last year, 10,879 fewer than in 2010, data supplied by the units showed.
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HSJ Local
Franchise option was considered for GWAS
STRUCTURE: NHS South West considered franchising out Great Western Ambulance Service after it became apparent the organisation would not achieve foundation trust status.
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HSJ Local
Lansley: Mid Staffs A&E will re-open
PERFORMANCE: The accident and emergency department at Stafford Hospital will re-open next month Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said during a vist to the new emergency department at University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
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HSJ Local
NHS Somerset ups payment to Taunton and Somerset FT
FINANCE: NHS Somerset has agreed to pay Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust £3.4m more than orginally contracted in recognition of activity above plan.