All Emergency care articles – Page 124
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Emergency care wards 'struggling', warns college president
Hospitals are “struggling to cope” with an increasing demand for emergency care because of limited numbers of staff and beds, a leading casualty doctor has said.
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Accident and emergency waits rise 65 per cent
The number of people waiting more than four hours in A&E has jumped 65 per cent since the government scrapped a target, NHS figures show.
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Mid Yorkshire trust missing A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust was the only trust in the region missing the A&E waiting target in the year-to-date, NHS Yorkshire and the Humber has reported.
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'Sub-optimal' post-operative care putting patients at risk
Patients’ lives are being put at risk because of inadequate care following emergency operations, surgeons claim.
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Accident and emergency alcohol help for young 'lacking'
Youngsters tackling alcohol abuse are not receiving the immediate help and support they need, a new report shows today.
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Paramedics must be safe at major incidents
Paramedics must not be put at risk if the way decisions are made on attending patients at dangerous emergency incidents are altered, ambulance staff have warned.
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Mid staffs chief executive "morally wrong"
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s 2008 request for £1.35m to fund more nurses at a time when it was predicting a £1.6m surplus was “morally wrong”, the public inquiry into failures at the organisation was told.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why evidence-based, patient-centred care is the key to cutting NHS costs
Now more than ever, the pressure is on for hospitals to make efficiency improvements, not only to help the NHS meet its cost savings target of £20bn by 2014-15 but also to adapt to changes in the way that tariffs are organised and to meet the challenges of the changing ...
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Urgent care efficiency tool to get nationwide roll out
All urgent care providers should adopt an audit tool that has helped one area to cut acute emergency spending in half.
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Foundation trusts call for more time ahead of new A&E indicators
Achieving the new accident and emergency clinical quality indicators will be “near impossible” for most trusts, the Foundation Trust Network has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Book review: 2030 - The Future of Medicine
Some reading may be optional - but Richard Barker’s book 2030 - The Future of Medicine is essential. It is based on unusual joint experience - of the UK and the US systems and of health system with scientific research.
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HSJ Local
New deadline for revised Barnet and Chase Farm reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: The deadline for the drawing up of revised Barnet and Chase Farm reconfiguration proposals has been extended.
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PFI hospitals 'asset stripping', claims campaign group
Hospitals built under the private finance initiative are closing beds and cutting jobs in a “desperate bid” to balance their books, a campaign group has claimed.
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Unison poll reveals privatisation unease
A survey of over 2,000 adults by Unison showed that three out of four were opposed to any move to have private companies running parts of the NHS blood and transplant service.
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HSJ Local
South Tyne PCTs work to address over-performance
FINANCE: South Tyneside, Gateshead and Sunderland PCTs have been working to address elective and non-elective overperformance, but are expecting to end the year in surplus.
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Nursing Times collaborates with NICE on e-learning
HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has collaborated with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to launch a free online learning unit on managing diabetic foot problems.
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Royal Wolverhampton's stretch targets queried by Monitor
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has queried whether the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s stretch targets were realistic, after it decided to retain the goal to treat 95 per cent of A&E patients within four hours.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield Hospitals misses 98 per cent aspiration on A&E
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust met the national accident and emergency waiting target over the December and January period, but fell short of its own aspiration to maintain 98 per cent of patients seen within four hours.
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Party pledges to scrap ambulance trusts
Plaid has renewed a pledge to dissolve the Welsh Ambulance Trust and transfer its responsibilities to local health boards (LHBs) - despite saying it would not “fragment” the health service in Wales.
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South London Healthcare Trust predicted to hit A&E target for year, despite shaky start
PERFORMANCE: The multi-site south London trust is predicted to hit the target of 95 per cent of A&E attendances seen within four hours for 2010-11, a report from the capital’s strategic health authority has said.