All Emergency care articles – Page 152
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Suspicious fire closes A&E department
London's University College Hospital was forced to close its accident and emergency department after fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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A&E wait times 'can't be blamed on winter'
Waiting times in accident and emergency departments across the UK show 'significant pockets of very, very long waits' that cannot be blamed on winter pressures, according to figures from a snapshot survey.
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PFI site bed shortage for non-A&E patients
Six patients at Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary, the first private finance initiative-funded hospital, spent the night on trolleys last week after the trust found itself with no spare beds.
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'A&E only' ultimatum to violent patients panned
Patients' groups say plans by acute hospitals in Glasgow to restrict violent and aggressive patients to emergency treatment only are unworkable.
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Council declares no confidence in bitter saga over A&E closure
A district council has called for the resignation of senior NHS managers and intervention by a government hit squad after the closure of Kidderminster General Hospital's accident and emergency unit.
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Emergency calls increased and service improved
Scottish Ambulance Service has reported another rise in demand. Its annual report shows it responded to 495,248 emergency calls last year, an increase of 8,709 on the previous year. Air ambulance demand increased by almost 8 per cent to 2,645 missions and the service also dealt with 2.3 million non-emergency ...
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'Save A&E' campaign hits HA
Health authorities covering Brighton and Haywards Heath have been forced to defend themselves from a newspaper campaign to 'save' a local accident and emergency department.
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NHS Direct 'has no impact on emergency services'
NHS Direct has failed to stem growing demand for emergency medical services, according to a report from Sheffield University's medical care research unit. It found no difference in the use of accident and emergency departments and emergency ambulances, since the helpline was introduced. But NHS Direct 'may have restrained the ...
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Network calls for overhaul of emergency care
A collection of 16 essays published by the New Health Network has called for a radical overhaul of emergency care. Co-editor Dr Tom Coffey said every point of entry to the NHS - the ambulance service, social services, general practice and accident and emergency units - was fraught with delay, ...
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Rise in emergency calls to ambulance services
Emergency calls to England's ambulance services rose by 7 per cent last year, from 3.8 million to 4.1 million, according to figures released by the Department of Health. Almost 1 million of these came from London. The figures show that of the 20 services that have introduced call prioritisation, Staffordshire ...
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Short Cuts: A&E will escape unscathed from £7m savings push
West Surrey health authority has pledged to leave accident and emergency services untouched at the start of a second phase of consultation on building a 'sustainable' NHS. The HA needs to find £7m savings on top of £11m already identified in the first phase of the consultation exercise. It had ...
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Religious conversion aids A&E
A chapel is being converted into a minor injuries unit at Worcester Royal Infirmary to relieve pressure on the accident and emergency department.
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Short Cuts: London action team to review emergency services
London regional office has announced the membership of an action team set up to review emergency services across the capital.Philip Brown, director of information development, who led preparations for last winter in the capital, is heading the project, which also includes clinicians, trust and health authority chief executives and managers, ...
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Poll victory for A&E campaigners
Campaigners fighting to stop Kidderminster Hospital losing its accident and emergency department have scored a dramatic victory in the Wyre Forest district council elections, held on 4 May.
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A&E services unaffected by doubling of calls to NHS Direct
Calls to telephone helpline NHS Direct doubled between its first and second years of operation - but there is no evidence that it is fuelling demand on emergency services, according to a survey launched today.
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Short Cuts: £1m ads to ease pressure on emergency services
The NHS has launched its £1m nation-wide advertising campaign to help people 'consider the full range of healthcare options available to them' before calling an ambulance or heading for accident and emergency. The campaign features a medicine cabinet with the contents highlighting options, including looking after yourself and using local ...
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NHS emergency plans stand up to Paddington pressures
Early verdicts on the Paddington rail crash, which killed up to 40 people and injured 150, are that NHS emergency plans stood up to the pressures of 'a classic major incident'.