All Emergency care articles – Page 54
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Comment
Spreading vanguard models won’t happen by edict: A national perspective
Successfully spreading vanguard new care models would require multiple methods, and for national bodies to give primacy to systems rather than individual providers or commissioners. By Jacob West
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: A&E end of year report
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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News
More trauma deaths than expected at two hospitals
Two hospitals have more reported deaths than expected for trauma patients in the last four years, new data reveals.
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HSJ Local
Trust board urged to spend £1.5m on 'essential' A&E nurses
An acute trust board is being asked to spend more than £1.5m on extra nursing staff for its emergency departments to try to improve four hour performance and ensure patients get safe care.
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Comment
Long waits soar as hospitals struggle to admit
Over one year waiters shot up by 20 per cent, as admission rates slumped in the face of record A&E pressures.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Changes for A&E admission payments are coming
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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News
Trusts' A&E performance goes sub 50 per cent as NHS hits new low
NHS performance against the four hour accident and emergency target hit its lowest level in 15 years in March, with two trusts sinking below 50 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Major services shake up for troubled health economy
Community services across a swathe of the South West could be consolidated into a single service as a newly merged clinical commissioning group seeks to relieve pressure on hospitals.
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HSJ Local
CQC orders trust to make 'significant improvements' by next week
Patient safety is not prioritised enough at a special measures trust’s maternity and surgery units, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: February in A&E
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The new Nicholson Challenge – moving on from David to Viv
Andy Cowper discusses how the service can meet “The Viv Nicholson Challenge” and how much more money to ask for and in return for what
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Comment
Catering to children with ongoing health needs
Improving communication, collaboration and continuity of care would ensure that children are seen in the right place by the right person at the right time
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HSJ Local
Concerns raised over stroke reconfiguration transfer plans
Senior clinicians and local campaigners have raised safety concerns over plans for a major reconfiguration of stroke services in Essex.
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Comment
The real funding debate: how to spend it
Thomas Cawston on the growing speculation that the Cabinet is beginning to support a significant boost in healthcare funding
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HSJ Local
Chief executive confirmed for trust with severely challenged A&E
Susan Acott has been appointed as the permanent chief executive of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust after nearly six months as interim leader.
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Comment
London requires more patient care plans to provide bespoke care
Dr Fenella Wrigley urges much greater use of patient care plans to help pressured frontline crews make the right decisions when attending 999 calls
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HSJ Local
Trust extends winter pressures plan until summer
A trust with one of the worst-performing emergency departments in the country is planning to keep its extra winter capacity open until the summer, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Care homes vanguards: Little things can make a big difference
Christine Harger on the vanguard work in Sutton in improving quality of care for care home residents, especially residents who frequent hospitals
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HSJ Local
Trust cancels operations until Easter to 'reset' health economy
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has cancelled all elective operations until 29 March to try to “reset” its health economy after the region declared a system wide black alert.