All Emergency care articles – Page 70
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NewsEmergency care demand must fall for three years under STP plans
The health service will have to reduce the number of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency for three years running, according to official proposals for how it can survive despite its funding constraints.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Around the U-bend with STPs
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentElective waiting times tread water in November
Waiting times were steady in November, and other indicators followed the usual post-2012 pattern. Which means things are still getting steadily worse, writes Rob Findlay
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HSJ LocalNew A&E department to be built
Plans for a new accident and emergency department in Durham have been given the green light by the county council’s planning bosses.
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HSJ LocalNew scheme to plug A&E gaps with doctors from India
Scheme would see NHS trusts contribute £16,000 towards training costs for each recruit as well as paying salary Trusts have agreed to host 20 doctors this year but local leaders believe there is potential scheme to be significantly expanded A&E departments under severe strain in recent weeks and medical ...
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NewsDH rules out action to increase A&E funding before 2020
News follows “early discussions” with senior medics about plans supported by an “emergency care transformation fund” Government source tells HSJ it will not be acting to increase emergency care funding before the next election Royal College of Emergency Medicine says it will be “developing plans over coming months” ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: NHS England warned of bed 'crisis' 10 days before patient trolley deaths
NHS England convened “risk summit” with ‘crisis’ trust more than a week before patient trolley deaths The summit was called to address concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission following an earlier inspection Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust declared a bed “crisis” and admitted patients were waiting too long in ...
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NewsExclusive: Ministers 'in talks' over new funding to halt long term A&E crisis
Royal College of Emergency Medicine in “early discussions” with Jeremy Hunt about long term A&E plan News comes as May forced to reject Red Cross accusation that NHS is facing “humanitarian crisis” College says new model would save cash long term by slashing NHS’s £700m ED locum bill Senior ...
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HSJ Local230 patients wait over 12 hours in A&E amid beds dispute
UHNM trust warns number of medically fit for discharge patients could hit 300 a day by March Managers have raised concerns that cuts to community beds have impacted the trust CCGs believe the region is bed dependant and says alternative services are in place More than 230 patients ...
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HSJ LocalChief executive of struggling trust takes NHS Improvement role
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT chief executive Karen Jackson seconded to NHS Improvement Ms Jackson will advise and support the regulator’s emergency care improvement programme for six months The chief executive of a struggling hospital trust is being seconded to NHS Improvement to advise on improving emergency care.
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CommentMaking a drama out of a crisis: the cancellation of elective operations
Methods must be developed to be better prepared for the crisis caused by winter pressures in NHS hospital systems
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NewsHospitals to be rated on new A&E 'scorecard'
New metric part of measures to “broaden oversight of A&E” and drive “greater focus” on sickest patients Four hour standard will remain “headline” target but new metric will include clinical and patient experience data Current reporting of A&E data is “very inconsistent”, says NHS Improvement Hospitals will be ...
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals told to stop 'most' operations over Christmas
NHS Improvement letter tells trusts to “cease most inpatient elective activity” Move could involve rescheduling planned care “beyond any current plans” Trusts asked to cut bed occupancy from 95 per cent to 85 per cent for the next month Hospitals should focus on emergency activity over Christmas period ...
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HSJ Local
Cheshire backtracks on potential A&E downgrade
Regional NHS leaders have given assurances that Macclesfield General Hospital will retain its accident and emergency department – a fortnight after saying it could be downgraded.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust speeds pregnancy calls following baby's death
Ambulance trust upgrades its response for some pregnant women Assistant coroner says the failure of paramedics to care for the unborn baby is a “a clear training issue” Trust says long handover delays need to be addressed An ambulance trust has upgraded how it responds to some emergency ...
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NewsRevealed: Details of new waiting targets for trusts
All emergency and urgent mental health patients in A&E and hospital wards should be seen within one hour by liaison psychiatry staff Emergency patients should be treated within four hours and urgent patients within 24 hours Trusts to submit how quickly they respond to emergency mental health crises at ...
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NewsNew urgent care deal covers only part of STP patch
Luton CCG and Befordshire CCG sign five year contract for integrated urgent care service across their region Despite also being part of the region’s STP, Milton Keynes CCG was not involved in the procurement due to differing specifications Appears to call into question how urgent care can be integrated ...
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HSJ LocalVirgin wins contracts worth £65m
Virgin Care has been awarded two five year contracts to provide community and urgent care services for a clinical commissioning group in Lancashire.
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' FT to close urgent care centres overnight
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust to reduce opening hours at three urgent care centres Wansbeck, Hexham and North Tyneside hours to go from 24/7 to 8am to midnight Trust says this will allow it to redeploy nurses to the busier Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital One of the country’s ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Major incident as patients wait in ambulances for up to two hours
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has declared an internal major incident after patients were left waiting in ambulances for up to two hours during five days of high pressure on emergency services.