All Emergency care articles – Page 94
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News
Exclusive: GMC reveals 16 A&Es with concerns
HSJ can reveal the names of 16 emergency departments about which the General Medical Council has current significant concerns.
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News
McCarthy: Mandate update will impose 'additional burden' on NHS
Government plans to “refresh” its mandate to NHS England will impose an unfunded “additional burden” on the health service, NHS England’s policy director has warned.
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News
Trust chiefs see sicker patients as key cause of A&E crisis
The most widely blamed factor leading to recent problems in emergency departments is an increase in the number of very sick patients, the HSJ/Capsticks survey reveals.
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News
Safety fears as junior doctors abandon A&E
Junior doctors are turning their backs on emergency medicine, exacerbating patient safety risks in accident and emergency departments, the General Medical Council has warned.
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HSJ Local
Support workers to staff new ‘intermediate’ transport service
STRUCTURE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is introducing a new tier of patient transport response across Kent and Sussex.
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News
Last chance to join HSJ's debate on 24/7 working
As HSJ’s ongoing conversation on how the NHS can deliver 24/7 working draws to a close, we are asking our readers to help us prioritise the more than 3,300 contributions already made.
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News
Exclusive: Hunt says 'concept' of NHS 111 must be re-examined
The government is reviewing the “concept” of the controversial NHS 111 service, just months after the chaotic official launch of the new system, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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Join the conversation on how the NHS can become a seven day service
HSJ’s ongoing online conversation on how the NHS can deliver 24/7 working is drawing hundreds of responses from readers around the world.
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HSJ Knowledge
From hospital to the streets – an opportunity to break the cycle
Improving care for homeless patients
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News
Howe: Marginal rate for emergency care 'hasn't worked very well'
Health minister Lord Howe this week admitted the controversial 30 per cent marginal rate for emergency care “hasn’t worked very well” to help commissioners and providers ease pressure on emergency departments.
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Blogs
A state of emergency for mental healthcare
Police cells are used 9,000 times each year as ‘places of safety’ for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act
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HSJ Local
Southampton CCG attempts to stem emergency demand surge
PERFORMANCE: Southampton City clinical commissioning group has had to revise the area’s 2013-14 action plan in the face of surging demand for emergency services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Good clinical leadership can fix urgent care
The emergency healthcare system is in dire need of effective leaders
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth system slips on A&E
PERFORMANCE: High demand for emergency acute care at evenings and weekends led to the Portsmouth health system missing the national target on accident and emergency care.
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News
Analysed: The CQC and A&E at Queen's Hospital
In-depth analysis of A&E services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
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Comment
Emergency care is key focus post-Francis
We need to change how we deliver care, says Mark Newbold
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HSJ Knowledge
Out of hours care − a patient's view
One patient shares her experience and how it can be improved
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News
NHS England probes 'new urgent care system'
NHS England was today expected to set out the next stage of a review of urgent and emergency care services.
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News
Out-of-hours confusion highlighted
More than two in five people have no idea how to contact their GP out-of-hours service, a poll suggests.