All Emergency care articles – Page 73
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Reconfiguration by the backdoor
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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News
BMA rejected plea from junior doctors’ leader to exclude children’s care from strike
Internal emails show BMA leader wanted paediatrics to be excluded from full walkout Withdrawing emergency care for children would be “difficult line to defend” Full emergency strikes planned for 26 and 27 April with no exclusions EXCLUSIVE: Internal emails from the British Medical Association show junior doctors’ leader ...
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News
Transplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Sources reveal critical care bed crisis at one of the country’s largest hospital trusts Two wards closed at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’ University Hospital Liver transplant operations cancelled because of a lack of intensive care beds Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching ...
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HSJ Local
NHS Improvement denies locum cap caused Lancashire A&E crisis
NHS Improvement refutes claim that agency cap caused Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ A&E crisis Trust warned regulator of agency cap concerns months before downgrading an A&E FT claims cap caused staffing crisis across emergency department and other medical specialities NHS Improvement was warned that the locum pay cap was ...
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: A&E in the spotlight
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Trust forced to downgrade A&E after locum doctor crisis
Acute trust forced to take action after collapse of middle grade A&E rotas following locum caps Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has just eight doctors to staff 14 posts across two sites Chief executive says failure of trusts to act collectively on locum caps meant doctors left to work at higher ...
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Comment
Crisis care in London is coming back from the brink
Greater collaboration is transforming London’s beleaguered urgent health services, to the benefit of people in mental distress
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Comment
General practice as we know it is disappearing before our eyes
The alleged crisis in GP recruitment is a red herring - the bigger issue is the need for commissioning to undergo major change
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Leader
This needless battle over NHS finances endangers its future
The bruising contracting round shows the NHS needs a more credible financial trajectory
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HSJ Local
Emergency department 'inadequate, chaotic and compromised safety'
INSPECTION: Patient safety was compromised by inadequate services and a chaotic environment at Leicester Royal Infirmary, according to inspectors.
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News
Hundreds fewer junior doctors apply for key specialty training
Largest falls in year on year applications in key specialties such as acute medicine, paediatrics and anaesthetics HEE says recruitment will continue for some months before final position is clear Data comes as junior doctors launch latest 48 hour non-emergency strike over contract dispute Hundreds of junior doctors ...
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Devolution on a leash
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ Local
Medway faces deficit of over £50m
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust is set to end the 2015-16 financial year with a deficit of £52.5m as its future looks ever more uncertain.
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Comment
What do housing allowance cuts mean for NHS finances?
We need new ways of funding services that offer the taxpayer value
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News
CCG launches competition for major older people's services contract
South Warwickshire CCG angers provider by launching competitive tender Services worth more than £200m over seven years Older people’s services contract procurement is being supported by the Strategic Projects Team Incumbent FT signs exclusivity deal with local GPs Commissioners in the West Midlands have embarked on a competitive ...
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HSJ Local
A&E failure may trigger national intervention in Manchester devolution
NHS England could intervene in devolution if performance on the headline A&E target drops Several Greater Manchester trusts among worst in England for A&E performance CCGs will not have to maintain a 1 per cent surplus individually Initial arrangements described as “synthetic” devolution PERFORMANCE: A number of performance ...
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HSJ Local
Alarm raised over trust's 'risky' proposal to run A&E without specialist consultants
Scarborough Hospital has long struggled to recruit emergency medical consultants Senior clinicians believe a new model can be devised whereby patients could initially be seen by “advanced clinical practitioners” RCEM described proposal as a “highly risky strategy” Simon Stevens has spoken of the need to “reinvent a viable model ...
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HSJ Local
London trust's A&E performance plummets to worst in England
PERFORMANCE: A London hospital trust has become the worst performing in the country on accident and emergency performance.
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HSJ Local
Chief of beleaguered ambulance trust takes 'leave of absence'
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of an ambulance trust has taken “leave of absence” and the chair has been replaced on the day a critical report into a controversial pilot project was released.
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HSJ Knowledge
Exploring a child’s-eye view of NHS healthcare
Parental feedback has long shaped NHS care, but until recently there has been little evidence gathered about patient experiences through the eyes of children. But as Bridget Hopwood and Sarah-Ann Burger write, change is under way