All North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust articles – Page 2
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NewsTwo full days of ambulance strikes announced for January
Unison has announced two 24-hour ambulance worker strikes in January, adding it will start balloting members for further strikes in the spring.
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News‘Constructive’ first ambulance strike agreement revealed
Elderly people who fall may only be sent an ambulance after they have spent four hours on the floor, and some category 2 calls may not be responded to under one of the first agreements with ambulance unions about next week’s strikes.
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NewsEvery ambulance trust on highest alert level
All ambulance services have declared the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ facing the urgent and emergency care system.
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News‘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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NewsAmbulance 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 BriefingNorth by North West: Hospitals face intervention on ambulance handovers
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HSJ LocalA&E staff ordered to receive ambulances ‘in all instances’
Directors of a major hospital have ordered their accident and emergency staff to continue receiving ambulance patients into their department “in all instances”, following angry exchanges with paramedics.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Unease around waiting list prioritisation
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NewsTrusts should seek extra funding to be ready for major incidents, says inquiry
Ambulance trusts should review their ability to respond to mass casualty incidents and press commissioners for any additional resources they need, the report into the Manchester Arena bombing has said.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: New lows for ambulance handover crisis
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NewsParamedics in ‘Mexican standoff’ with A&E staff after ‘unprecedented’ rule change
Angry exchanges between paramedics and A&E staff in Liverpool have broken out after new measures were deployed to hold and treat patients in the back of ambulances.
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Daily InsightThe Primer: Another Sunak solution
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Christie rebuffs NHSE and refuses to apologise
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Merger ‘kicked into long grass’ amid warring departments
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Ambulance crisis being shrugged off
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NewsFemale 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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CommentUnder-pressure ambulance services are accelerating transformation
Chris Hopson and Daren Mochrie on the ambulance sector’s role in NHS recovery following covid.
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NewsRegion hardest hit by covid sees one in 10 urgent ambulance patients waiting more than eight hours
Ten per cent of urgent patients waiting for an ambulance in the North West had to wait eight hours or more during June, as response times slumped across the country in the face of increased demand.
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NewsWatchdog forced to hand over NHS staff names in safety failure cases
A national safety watchdog has been forced to release almost 100 pieces of evidence, including from NHS staff, after being ordered to by courts.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance service facing ‘terrifying’ levels of risk, says trust chief
The chief executive of a small acute trust has described the “terrifying situation” faced by ambulance crews and hospital staff in trying to provide adequate emergency care as coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the local NHS services.