All Emergency care articles – Page 96
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News
Clinical commissioners say GPs under pressure as A&E row escalates
NHS Clinical Commissioners, which represents a large number of clinical commissioning groups, has said GP “workloads are at breaking points and GPs are ready to buckle under the strain”, which will affect willingness to take part in commissioning.
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News
Rise in A&E attendances during 2012 claim
The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested.
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News
Minister admits 'very disappointing' 111 start
The new NHS non-emergency advice line had a “very disappointing start”, Lord Howe admitted.
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A&E 'could collapse without change'
Accident and emergency units could “collapse” unless urgent changes are made to the way they are run, doctors and managers’ representatives have warned.
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Comment
The whole-system future for integrated urgent care
Designing better systems and behaviours is crucial
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HSJ Local
North Staffordshire trust reports surplus after cash injection
FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire has reported a £0.2m surplus for 2012-13 after receiving a £19m cash injection to cope with extra emergency demand.
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News
Hospitals leader: NHS reorganisation 'coming home to roost' in A&E failure
The organisation representing English hospitals has said the government’s NHS reorganisation is in part to blame for the failure to maintain low accident and emergency waiting times.
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Exclusive: Panic over Hunt plan to 'announce' A&E rescue fund
Jeremy Hunt is seeking to announce a £300-£400m fund to “solve” the accident and emergency performance dive, but the money may not be available, according to emails seen by HSJ.
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Blogs
A&E needs a sticking plaster as well as an overhaul
A&E services a struggling to keep up with growing demand. Chris Hopson offers some possible solutions
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News
GP commissioning leader defends CCGs over NHS 111 failure
Blaming local commissioners for the failure of NHS 111 in some parts of the country is a “bit rich”, the president of NHS Clinical Commissioners has told HSJ.
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News
NHS England area teams told to lead A&E recovery
NHS England’s local area teams have been given less than a month to develop accident and emergency “recovery plans” for their patch, the organisation’s interim deputy chief executive has announced.
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HSJ Local
North Somerset A&E patients face long waits
PERFORMANCE: More than a quarter of north somerset patients who attended a local accident and emergency department in March faced waits of longer than four hours.
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HSJ Local
Emergency care problems linked to poor relationships, finds south of England review
PERFORMANCE: A review of urgent and emergency care failures in the south of England has blamed in part an over-emphasis on incentives and contracts, at the expense of relationships.
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Comment
Readers' letters – 3 May 2013
Monitor’s chief executive asserts his organisation is open; and was the basis for yes vote on section 75 legal?
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Comment
Acute care is drowning in the rising tide of A&E demand
The answer may be to close hospitals, says Andrew Foster
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News
Exclusive: A&E performance plummets as majority of trusts miss target
Accident and emergency waiting time performance plummeted in April, as hospital leaders told HSJ they were grappling with the after-effects of “the worst winter anyone can remember”.
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News
NHS England could 'manage' 111 market
NHS England is to conduct an urgent review of the sustainability of NHS 111 and the market of providers as the timetable for full national roll-out of the service slips further.
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HSJ Local
Scarborough CCG reverses MIU weekend closure decision
STRUCTURE: A clinical commissioning group has decided to reopen a minor injury unit at weekends, after its opening was limited by its predecessor primary care trust.
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News
Hunt criticised over 'blaming' GPs for A&E problems
Doctors’ leaders have criticised the health secretary after he highlighted poor access to general practice and out of hours as a factor in high emergency care demand.