All Emergency care articles – Page 111
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: London lost over 70 emergency calls after clocks went back
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust lost dozens of 999 calls after an IT problem caused by the switch from British Summer Time, it has been revealed.
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News
Cameron to tackle £2.7bn alcohol costs
The prime minister will today vow to take on the “scandal” of public drunkenness and alcohol abuse that costs the NHS £2.7bn a year.
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HSJ Knowledge
How reduced internal delays can save money, and thousands of bed days
A toolkit used at one trust has proved to be effective at reducing internal waits, saving the trust millions of pounds in the process, as Liz Williamson explains.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals launches ‘passport’ for LD patients
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a “healthcare passport” for patients with learning disabilities.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 roll out threatened after DH technical demand
PERFORMANCE: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire primary care trust cluster has said delivery of its NHS 111 service could slip – with unknown time and cost implications – because of a new technical specification from the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol failing four hour target due to 'lack of beds'
PERFORMANCE: A lack of medical beds has seen North Bristol Trust miss the four hour accident and emergency target every month since September 2011 and is compromising performance against the 18 week referral to treatment target.
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HSJ Local
Regulator issues Morecambe Bay urgent warning to increase A&E staffing
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issued a warning to University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay foundation trust that it must improve staffing levels at The Royal Lancaster Infirmary, after an inspection of its accident and emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Bristol just misses out on A&E standard in December
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust was marginally below the 95 per cent standard for patients treated within four hours in A&E in December.
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HSJ Local
South East’s first stand-alone children’s A&E opens
STRUCTURE: The first stand-alone children’s emergency department in the South East has opened at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton and Hove.
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News
Government urged to slow NHS 111 rollout
GPs and nurses are urging the government to slow the implementation of the new non-emergency NHS telephone number amid fears it could actually increase pressure on services.
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News
Poor outcomes continue for heart failure, audit reveals
Heart failure outcomes remain poor with variations in quality of care across the country and a lack of access to specialist management, according to a major national review.
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News
DH warns over severe weather
The Department of Health has warned people to keep an eye on local weather reports as forecasters warn that scattered snow showers and freezing temperatures are on their way to the UK.
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News
Fire service to discuss sharing ambulance stations
Fire authority leaders are to discuss a report suggesting that millions of pounds could be saved if fire stations were shared with the ambulance service.
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HSJ Local
Hospital rejects possibility of Army medic assistance
PERFORMANCE: A West Yorkshire hospital looking into the possibility of using Army medics to restore a 24-hour emergency service has now rejected the idea.
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HSJ Local
Nottinghamshire starts first phase of out of hours procurement
COMMERCIAL: Engagement with the public has begun on the current out of hours (OOH) services provided by Nottingham Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) in the City and South and Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services (CNCS) in the north of the county.
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News
Organ donation target 'will be missed'
The head of a kidney charity has launched an attack on the government over organ donation, saying it will miss a target to boost donor rates by 50 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Emergency demand soars in South Warwickshire
PERFORMANCE: Emergency demand has outstripped capacity at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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Comment
'Can Public Health England improve the way we respond to pandemics?'
The Department of Health’s intention for Public Health England to strengthen the national response to public health crises alongside local bodies may not work in practice unless experiences of previous pandemics are learned from, write Drs Jacky Chambers and Andrew Rouse.
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HSJ Knowledge
The three key principles behind clinical decisions on resuscitation
“Do not attempt cardio-pulmonary resuscitation” orders can be a contentious area for clinical teams. Duncan Astill and Nick Morton unpick the principles behind them.
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HSJ Local
Many Leicestershire urgent care centre attendences would be better managed by GPs
PERFORMANCE: Nearly half of attendances at the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland urgent care centre would be better managed within GP practices, a clinical audit has shown.