All London Ambulance Service NHS Trust articles – Page 3
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Expert Briefing
Ambulance strike is hospitals' nightmare before Christmas
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News
Urgent call for help as ambulance trust faces relying on ‘first aiders’ during strikes
Medics and nurses have been urgently called upon to support London Ambulance Service during next week’s strike action, as it will otherwise have to rely on staff only able to provide ‘first aid’.
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‘Inadequate’ trust gets new chief executive
An experienced acute hospital executive has been appointed to lead South Central Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
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Ambulance strike dates and trusts revealed
Thousands of ambulance staff across England will go on strike during the festive period this month in a dispute over pay, three unions have announced.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Surviving winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News
Review launched into ‘inaccurate’ ambulance data
An independent review has been launched into London’s ambulance response times after the introduction of a new computer system revealed it may have been underreporting them for several years.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: The nursing walkout isn't really about pay
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Emergency care in ‘dire’ situation as performance plummets over weekend
Several ambulance trusts have moved to the highest level of alert in the wake of severe pressure on emergency services in recent days.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Pathology networks’ digital maturity revealed
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Simple tech slashes lists
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
Pritchard: We need to find alternatives to 999 for care homes and falls
The NHS needs to do more to support care homes and people who have fallen with alternatives to ambulance calls and hospital admissions, the NHS England chief executive has said.
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Expert Briefing
NHSE’s federated data platform explained
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Cyber attack reverberates around the NHS
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
24 hour ambulance handover on ‘worst night ever’
All ambulance services are now understood to be on the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ caused by the hot weather and covid absences among staff.
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Rail strikes ‘will kill people’, warns NHS leader
Next week’s rail strikes will “probably end up killing people” as they will prevent staff working for already struggling ambulance trusts from getting to work, a senior NHS leader has told HSJ.
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111 callers eight times more likely to abandon calls in some areas
Callers to NHS 111 services are twice as likely to be judged as needing an ambulance in some regions as others – and up to eight times more likely to abandon their calls.
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Soaring trolley waits spark warnings A&E pressures getting ‘worse and worse’
The number of 12-hour waits in accident and emergency departments rose by 27 per cent in one month to reach record levels in January amid warnings overcrowding is harming an increasing number of patients.
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Female ambulance staff subjected to ‘macho and sexualised’ culture
A ‘macho’ culture within ambulance trusts is leading to widespread abuse of female staff.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Five go chief exec-ing
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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News
Trust plans to directly employ 500 outsourced staff
Around 500 outsourced staff are to be directly employed by an ambulance trust in a bid to integrate them with crews.