All Emergency care articles – Page 97
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NewsExclusive: NHS Direct abandons cost cut plans following 111 debacle
NHS Direct has abandoned plans to down-band frontline staff because it needs to retain people to run its NHS 111 service, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderThe warning signs in NHS emergency care
Long waits are down, but pressure is building elsewhere
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NewsNurses warn of doctors on 'safari rounds' to find 'lost' patients
Rising pressure in accident and emergency departments across the UK is leaving patients queuing on trolleys in corridors for hours or getting “lost” in hospitals due to repeated moves, senior nurses from the Royal College of Nursing have warned.
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NewsExclusive: Dramatic increase in emergency 12 hours 'trolley waits' uncovered
Pressure on accident and emergency departments has seen a large increase in the number of hospital trusts reporting patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted, an HSJ analysis has found.
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CommentThe NHS has its own currency crisis
The currencies that drive activity and behaviour in the NHS are rooted in the past
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HSJ Local
Frimley missed A&E target in Feb but hit quarter
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust failed the four-hour accident and emergency target in February for the second consecutive month.
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CommentThe ‘new’ NHS and the emergency care challenge
Mark Newbold on the need for a cultural change
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CommentStill no change in NHS finance after Francis
The post-Francis world is still worringly ‘business as usual’
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NewsNHS 111 failures have 'let patients down', NHS England admits
Patients have been “let down” by the “unacceptable” failure of some NHS 111 services, NHS England directors have admitted.
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NewsHealth secretary working in hospital A&E
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is working in Watford General Hospital’s accident and emergency department today as part of an initiative to give health ministers and officials frontline experience, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRoyal College voices concerns over UK paediatric services
Hospital care for sick children at weekends and in evenings needs to be better organised to ensure senior staff are available when needed, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
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HSJ Local
Airedale telemedicine project eases winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Telemedicine links into nursing homes have helped Airedale Foundation Trust cope with winter pressures and avoid some accident and emergency visits.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley trust expects to fail on A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust expects to fail the four hour accident and emergency target this year with the board hearing it was now “mathematically impossible” to meet it after missing it for the last five months.
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust farms out work to the private sector to deal with demand
PERFORMANCE Acute activity is being transferred to non-NHS organisations in Oxfordshire because Oxford University Hospitals Trust cannot deal with the level of demand for services in-house.
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HSJ LocalA&E performance nosedives after Bucks reconfiguration
PERFORMANCE: The closure of an accident and emergency unit in Wycombe has led to a sharp increase in A&E waiting times at neighbouring hospitals, trust board papers state.
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Comment
Readers' Letters − 5 April 2013
One reader says research shows making the right changes to people’s homes will reduce the burden on hospitals, plus futher concern about the NHS 111 rollout
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton trust reports record attendances
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust has recorded a record number of ambulance attendances on Wednesday, 27 March.
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NewsBurnham issues A&E warning after tent erected outside hospital
The NHS has missed its national accident and emergency target every week for six months, Labour has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital leaders say 'chief inspector' role won't work
73 per cent of hospital chief executives believe the government’s proposed overhaul of regulation and inspection will be ineffective
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NewsBMA calls for 111 introduction delay
The body representing doctors in Britain has called for a delay in the launch of a new non-emergency helpline, saying it is putting patient safety at risk.