All Emergency care articles – Page 89
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News
Surge in over-90s needing ambulances
The number of very elderly people needing to go to hospital by ambulance has risen 81 per cent since 2009-10, according to new figures.
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News
Trusts face new emergency department standard
NHS England is looking to develop accident and emergency standards that are “far more meaningful” than the current target of treating, admitting or discharging 95 per cent of patients within four hours, it has been disclosed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Everything must flow: how emergency care can meet demand
Problems must be fixed throughout the system
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News
Drop in attendances at A&E departments
Attendances to accident and emergency departments have fallen over the course of the past year, according to NHS England data.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why the strength of the A&E brand is its Achilles' heel
One way to cope with overloaded emergency care units
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HSJ Knowledge
Winter pressures and the NHS: the story so far
How the NHS is coping with the winter surge in demand
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HSJ Knowledge
Take urgent care for a test drive
How simulation of new models can resucitate emergency care
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HSJ Local
Trust plans to borrow £36m for A&E expansion
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust plans to borrow up to £36m to fund the expansion of Leicester Royal Infirmary’s accident and emergency department.
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News
Treat patients in ambulances - MP
More patients should be treated in the back of ambulances rather than taken to hospital, MPs have heard.
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News
Pharmacies aim to absorb GP strain
A new campaign to increase awareness of the pharmacy service aims to take pressure off GPs and A&E departments.
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News
A&E locum costs soar 60pc in three years
The cost of paying temporary doctors to work at accident and emergency units in England increased by 60 per cent in three years as hospitals struggle to find permanent staff.
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Comment
Identifying the members of the A&E frequent flyers club
Some patients attend emergency units more than 10 times a year
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News
A&Es meet four-hour target
Accident and emergency departments together managed to meet the four hour waiting time target between October and December, according to NHS England data.
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News
Repeat patients add to A&E pressure
A small group of NHS patients are adding to pressures on accident and emergency departments by going to casualty dozens of times a year, according to an investigation by the BBC.
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News
Richards: compassion 'alive and well' in NHS
Compassion in the NHS is “alive and well”, according to England’s chief inspector of hospitals.
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Charge for A&E visits backed by third of GPs
A third of GPs believe patients should be charged for some accident and emergency department visits, while most think government changes will do nothing to alleviate current pressures, according to a poll for the Press Association.
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HSJ Local
North Middlesex expands A&E as Chase Farm's closes
North Middlesex University Hospital Trust has expanded its accident and emergency department to meet increased demand after nearby Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E closed at the beginning of last month.
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Comment
Mark Newbold: Whole system transformation must be our priority
Solve the issues behind emergency pressures
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News
Warning over A&E ambulance queues
The NHS has a “significant problem” with ambulances queuing at accident and emergency departments waiting to drop off patients, a senior official has said.