All Emergency care articles – Page 49
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Hancock: Genomics project to sequence one million genomes
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has announced an expansion of the 100,000 genomes project, saying the NHS will sequence one million genomes within five years.
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Hancock to announce £240m for social care
Matt Hancock is set to announce an additional £240m of social care funding to help meet demand this winter.
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Patients diverted to neighbouring trust as A&E closes
A hospital trust will divert A&E attendees to a neighbouring organisation after its board signed off a temporary closure of its own unit at night.
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Carter sets out £500m emergency care efficiency opportunity
The NHS could deliver around £500m of annual savings by squeezing out unwarranted variation in ambulance performance, operations and procurement, a major review published today concluded.
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HSJ Local
Fewer locums opted to work during heatwave
A major London trust reported workforce shortages in July because fewer locums wanted to work during the heatwave.
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News
Plans to close three acute stroke units revealed
Proposals to replace six stroke units with three new hyper acute stroke facilities across Kent and Medway have been revealed.
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A&E, RTT and cancer waits - August 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for July 2018.
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Trust launches independent review of A&E deaths
An acute trust has commissioned an independent review to examine patient deaths within its emergency services pathway, HSJ has learned.
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Chief exec made an example by centre gets new trust role
A chief executive who left his hospital job a year ago as part of a government performance crackdown has been appointed to lead a London trust.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: 'Extremely concerning' A&E issued with fourth CQC notice
An accident and emergency department has been served with a fourth enforcement notice in nine months, after the Care Quality Commission said it continued to be “extremely concerned” about the care provided.
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HSJ Local
Acute reconfiguration to go ahead after CCG wins judicial review
Plans to reconfigure acute services and merge two NHS trusts have been boosted after a judicial review was dismissed by a High Court judge.
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HSJ Interactive
Smart scheduling: doing more with the same
Ben Horner, John Gooch and Graham Rich outline steps for trust leaders to boost productivity by using existing resources
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HSJ Local
'Inadequate' trust teams up with neighbour
An “inadequate” trust has announced plans to collaborate with its neighbour over emergency care and transport services in a bid to improve quality.
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CQC warning amid claim hospital patients treated like 'cattle'
A troubled trust has been warned it could face enforcement action by the CQC amid claims by its own staff patients were being treated like “animals and cattle” in “unsafe, demeaning, undignified, and disgusting” conditions.
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Exclusive: More patients could be sent private as waiting list spirals
NHS bosses have set out an urgent plan which could result in significantly more patients being sent to private providers for routine procedures as fears grow the NHS will miss its flagship elective target, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Performance watch: An unenviable choice on elective waits
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Local
Trust climbs two ratings in latest CQC inspection
An acute trust in London has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission, after previously being rated as “requires improvement”.
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Comment
More intelligent approach needed to redesign outpatient services
With outpatient activity often ignored in policy creation, Nigel Edwards delineates the learnings from an event held to hear from people who have fundamentally changed outpatient services
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News
Updated: Nurses walk away from ‘unsustainable’ A&E amid safety fears
Five nurses have resigned from an “unsustainable” A&E department in the last two months with at least one leaving after raising safety concerns.
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HSJ Local
Private emergency care centre in special measures
A privately run emergency and urgent care centre at an Essex hospital has been put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission after it rated the service inadequate.