All Emergency care articles – Page 121
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News
New service for private patients launched
Patients who go private will be able to access a new one-stop service designed to help them get the best care.
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News
Hip patient care 'epidemic' looming, warns institute
Health experts today called for better care in the NHS to deal with a potential “epidemic” of hip fractures in the coming decades.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bournemouth fails three new A&E indicators
PERFORMANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust failed three of the new accident and emergency indicators during the first month they were introduced.
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HSJ Local
North Devon Healthcare to open single sex assessment units
PERFORMANCE: The North Devon Healthcare Trust is to invest £400,000 in setting up a second medical assessment unit to comply with same sex accommodation requirements.
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HSJ Local
North Tees plans urgent care centre move
STRUCTURE: Minor injuries services will move from the accident and emergency department at the University Hospital of Hartlepool to an urgent care centre, called One Life Hartlepool, on 2 August.
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HSJ Local
New cancer unit planned for Southampton General
STRUCTURE: A dedicated emergency assessment unit for cancer patients is being jointly planned by Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support.
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News
NHS 111 halts increase in A&E attendances
Emergency departments involved in the pilot of the 111 phone number for non-emergency care saw four per cent fewer patients in the first five months of the scheme, researchers have found.
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Comment
The government shouldn't simply leave the past behind
The government is in a tough spot at the moment, but it can be eased if it heeds the lessons of the NHS Plan era, argues House of Lords independent member Nigel Crisp.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands major trauma centre review begins
STRUCTURE: A review of major trauma centres in the West Midlands has been launched, with one of the options under consideration being a single unit serving the whole region.
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News
Fewer young blood donors prompts 'generation gap' fears
Fears are growing of an “alarming generation gap” in blood donors after figures showed a 20 per cent drop in the number of young blood donors over the last decade.
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Comment
'The independent sector has a track record of serving patients extremely well'
The hostile opposition towards private involvement in NHS provision is growing ever louder. But politics is getting in the way of policy, and the private sector is not the villain in NHS reform, argues NHS Partners Network director David Worskett.
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News
Centralising blood services could help trusts achieve huge savings
The number of full service transfusion laboratories in England could be cut from 220 to just 30 if a system about to be piloted by NHS Blood and Transplant in partnership with NHS trusts proves successful.
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HSJ Local
Technology failure sees ambulance service revert to pen and paper
PERFORMANCE: An ambulance service was forced to record details of emergency calls with pen and paper for more than 24 hours after problems installing a new computer system.
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News
Ministers warned over blood service changes
Health ministers have been warned that people could stop giving blood if they believe private firms will profit from their goodwill.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals of Leicester placing health economy's A&E target at risk
PERFORMANCE: Long waits at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust’s A&E unit could lead to Leicester’s whole health economy missing its target.
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HSJ Local
Emergency admissions up by 8 per cent at Nottingham
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions are up by nearly 8 per cent at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Half of the capital's A&E attendances unnecessary, report suggests
PERFORMANCE: An NHS London report on general practice in the capital said 1.75 million A&E attendances could be avoided if primary care was more accessible.
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News
Leading doctors call for heart treatment policy changes
Some of Scotland’s top heart doctors are calling for a policy change on the alternative treatment offered to patients considered too high-risk for open-heart surgery.
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News
Clinician led changes to surgery 'could save NHS £40m'
The NHS could save more than £40m a year by making simple changes to the way patients are prepared for surgery and helped to recover, according to the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
The key steps to delivering excellence in emergency surgery
New guidelines are helping organisations to ensure that most vital of services, emergency surgery, is up to standard. Richard Collins explains.