All Emergency care articles – Page 76
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Mapped: Every NHS England vanguard project
HSJ has mapped all 50 vanguards that will introduce new care models across the country. Explore the map to see what changes each vanguard intends to make.
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Leading London trust told to improve by CQC
PERFORMANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ after the Care Quality Commission found overcrowding in emergency departments and patients waiting for long periods.
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Stevens: 'Decisive action' needed to keep NHS in the black
The NHS will struggle to stay in the black this year unless ‘decisive action’ is taken to reduce the cost of temporary staffing, the NHS England chief executive has warned.
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Royal college warning over staffing 'pressure' on maternity wards
A second medical royal college has told HSJ it is concerned over the extent of gaps in rotas for junior doctors, with some maternity wards having a vacancy rate of 15-20 per cent.
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Introduce new A&E targets, royal college president says
Accident and emergency departments should be judged by two new targets alongside the four hour target, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said.
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Value and Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Clinical Support Services
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Training and Development
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement through Outsourcing
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Workforce Efficiency
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Birmingham CCG removes £4m integration savings from QIPP plan
FINANCE: Commissioners in Birmingham have removed from their annual efficiency plan this year’s expected savings from the better care fund because the financial gains were unlikely to be realised this year.
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Midlands trust chief executive joins national A&E support team
The chief executive of South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has joined a new emergency support team set up by the national regulators and the Department of Health.
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Updated: Ambulances to be diverted from Medway following CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Ambulances will be temporarily diverted from the accident and emergency department at Medway Foundation Trust two mornings this week under a plan from NHS England.
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Vanguards reveal transformation plans and barriers to change
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are overhauling 111 systems and moving activity out of hospital, but the constraints of finance and workforce shortages are a concern, HSJ has been told.
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Supplement: The voluntary sector provides winter pressure relief
Social support for patients
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Commissioning supplement: The right services at the right time
Data, workforce planning and the voluntary sector
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Exclusive: 27 urgent and emergency care systems to get targeted support
Twenty-seven urgent and emergency care systems that are struggling to meet the four hour target will be given targeted support as part of a programme announced today.
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Monitor: High bed occupancy to blame for worst A&E performance in a decade
The worst accident and emergency performance against the four hour target in more than 10 years was due to hospitals struggling with very high bed occupancy rates, Monitor has concluded.
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Thousands of mental health patients sent 'out of area'
More than 2,100 mental health patients were forced to travel out of area for an inpatient bed in May this year, according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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Thousands of mental health patients still detained in police cells
Almost 4,000 people detained under the Mental Health Act are still being forced to stay in police cells rather than a hospital, despite a 54 per cent fall over the last three years.
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Exclusive: Vanguards urged to quickly become ‘battering ram of change’
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are the ‘battering ram of change’ and should quickly test new ideas to be replicated nationally, the director of NHS England’s new care models programme has said.