All Emergency care articles – Page 143
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News
Readmissions not driven by incentives
Shorter stays in hospital do not appear to have led to an increase in avoidable readmissions, Department of Health research has found.
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HSJ Knowledge
Same-day care sees admissions level off
This article examines what has been happening over the last five years with emergency admissions to acute hospitals - probably the biggest driver of all healthcare spend.
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Ambulance trust plans lower target for rural call-outs
An ambulance trust is proposing to reach a smaller proportion of life-threatening emergencies within eight minutes in rural areas than in urban.
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North East Ambulance Service reform plans 'can go ahead'
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has thrown out an attempt by Tees Valley councillors to halt plans to reform the North East Ambulance Service.
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Report highlights faster emergency response
The Healthcare Commission's review of emergency and urgent care rightly recognises significant improvements in access and response times, including for ambulances.
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Emergency concerns can be eased by records access
The Healthcare Commission report into emergency care raised serious concerns about communication between providers in the new emergency care landscape. Much of this could be mitigated by better access to the NHS care records service.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the wait for emergency surgery?
Any wait for an operation can be painful and damage health. But in the last decade there has been a steady increase in the time it takes to get round to operating on emergencies.
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News
Poor PCT networking holding back NHS reforms
Poor networking and planning by primary care trusts is holding back reform of urgent and emergency care, a major Healthcare Commission review has found.
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Improve access to emergency care, Healthcare Commission orders
The Healthcare Commission has published its most comprehensive review of urgent and emergency care, rating performance for each primary care trust area.It found that improvements to access and elements of commissioning were needed.
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Out of hours care standards to be applied to urgent care
National standards for out of hours providers could be extended to cover some in-hours services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health system integration: straight to the point
Data analysis is revealing why people make inappropriate calls to the emergency services and prompting the discovery of new solutions to the problem, reports Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ Knowledge
Protecting emergency workers in the NHS
The legal protection afforded to NHS workers varies considerably across the UK, a situation that could put some staff at risk. Ian Long explains
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HSJ Knowledge
National service: health policy performance across the UK
A&E attendances and emergency admissions have shot up in recent years - but only in England. Alison Moore asks why the record is so inconsistent across the UK
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News
Scottish waiting times reach record low
Waiting times for treatment in Scotland's accident and emergency departments are at a record low, according to statistics published today.
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Emergency units traumatised as Darzi plans develop
The next phase of reform will see major trauma go to regional centres, leaving smaller A&E units facing an uncertain future. Will they become unviable? Alison Moore finds out
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Ambulance finances break even
Ambulance service trusts are not in financial crisis through their efforts to meet the government target for emergency response times.
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New A&E waiting time figures released
Latest figures for accident and emergency times show 98.3 per cent of patients were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of arrival in the quarter ending 30 June 2008.This compares with 97.5 per cent in the previous quarter and 98.3 per cent for the same quarter last year.
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Urgent call target triggers cash crisis
Ambulance trusts are warning of financial problems caused by efforts to meet a target for response times to life-threatening emergency calls.
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Comment
Jim Wardrope on emergency medicine myths
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS has yielded some good results for emergency medicine. However, there are a number of persistent myths about emergency care that could undermine the good work that has been done so far.
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Wales publishes report on organ donation
The Welsh Assembly's health, well-being and local government committee has published a report on organ donation.