All Emergency care articles – Page 128
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HSJ Local
Homerton University Hospital FT top in capital for average ambulance handover time
PERFORMANCE: The east London FT had an average handover time of 11.2 minutes, one of only four in the capital to meet NHS London’s green rating target.
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HSJ Local
Barking, Havering, and Redbridge hospitals rated red for ambulance handover
PERFORMANCE: Queen’s Hospital, Romford, and King George, Ilford, were both rated red for handover times.
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NewsStroke care on the NHS 'unequal'
Stroke patients are facing unequal care on the NHS, with older people less likely to receive a brain scan and white people less likely to be admitted to specialist units than black people, researchers say.
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HSJ Local
Royal United Bath reports best A&E performance in region
PERFORMANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust was the best performing trust in the south west for A&E waiting times in the week between Christmas and New Year.
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HSJ Local
A&E waiting times get even worse at Royal Bolton FT
PERFORMANCE: The foundation’s already failing performance against the key waiting time indicator for accident and emergency treatment deteriorated further in December.
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HSJ Local
NHS Lincolnshire to develop services at Skegness Hospital
STRUCTURE: The board of NHS Lincolnshire has approved recommendations to develop future services at Skegness Hospital.
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NewsAlcohol causes 7 per cent of hospital admissions
More than 7 per cent of hospital admissions in 2009-10 were caused by alcohol, according to data analysis by Dr Foster Intelligence for HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Kingston consortium demands fair play from PCT cluster
CHANGE IN STRUCTURE: A GP consortium in south-west London has written to its primary care trust cluster chief executive demanding to be “dealt with fairly” and revealing it intends to use the consultancy KPMG for their 2011-12 development plan.
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LeaderAlcohol harm is causing a nasty headache
The impact of alcohol on the nation’s health is beginning to shade from a worry into a crisis. Dr Foster Intelligence’s exclusive analysis for HSJ shows that 7 per cent of hospital admissions are related to alcohol.
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NewsNHS Direct renews plans for FT status in 2013
NHS Direct has renewed its ambition to become a foundation trust and is pinning its future viability on becoming a “major provider” of the NHS 111 urgent care service.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield Hospitals experiences winter income dent
FINANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s income was dented by lower than expected elective activity during the winter, according to its main commissioner.
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HSJ Local
NHS Sheffield seeking £5m savings in year
FINANCE: The Sheffield primary care trust needs to find a further £5m savings to break even in 2010-11, despite a slowing in elective activity at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust during the winter.
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NewsNHS slashes stroke and heart deaths
Premature deaths in Scotland from strokes have been halved a year ahead of schedule, while early deaths from heart disease have decreased by almost 60 per cent, official figures show.
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News
Readmissions payment ban will cost hospitals £790m and create 'perverse incentives' - Confed
NHS hospitals stand to lose around £790m next year from the ban on payment for emergency readmissions, a study by the NHS Confederation has found.
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NewsHospitals urged to check suction equipment
Hospitals have been urged to check their suction equipment is working properly after more than 100 serious problems were recorded over a five-year period.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Leicester Trust fails to improve A&E times despite PCT warning
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Leicester Trust has failed to achieve the terms set out in an A&E performance notice.
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CommentCompetition can work, but only with the right tactics
“Competition in health care should be tactical not ideological”. This was the main message from the “Competition versus integration in the NHS” debate organised by the Cambridge Health Network and the King’s Fund
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NewsPolice investigate asthma death outside hospital
An asthmatic student died after collapsing outside an A&E department while her friend was told to “call an ambulance”, it has emerged.
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NewsAlcohol admissions 'to hit 1.5m by 2015'
Alcohol-related hospital admissions could rise more than a third by 2015, a report says.
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HSJ KnowledgeEarly A&E redesigns have implications for today's commissioners
The ambitions of a group of GPs to radically redesign A&E back in 2007 can teach the new wave of commissioners valuable lessons, write Martin McShane, director of strategic planning and health outcomes at NHS Lincolnshire, and Jerry Clough, director of Atlyric Limited.