Emergency
News on emergency servicesWeston opens extra beds as emergency admissions rise
PERFORMANCE: Weston Area Health Trust has opened an additional ward to cope with increasing demand over the winter months.
Out of hours change blamed for emergency performance flop
PERFORMANCE: A sharp decline in emergency waits in Portsmouth has coincided with a new primary care out of hours contract coming into force.
SE Ambulance trust in list of gay friendly employers
WORKFORCE: The South East Coast Ambulance Service has been judged to be one of the top 100 gay-friendly employers in the country.
Darent Valley closes to A&E admissions
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust was forced to close its accident and emergency department to admissions for the first time, after running out of beds earlier this month.
Trust found to have altered waiting times figures
A large hospital trust has been caught altering waiting time figures to avoid breaches of the four-hour accident and emergency target.
Leicestershire 999 calls up 30 per cent
The number of emergency 999 calls in Leicestershire has jumped 30 per cent in the first three weeks of December, according to the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Doctors attack health trust plan
Plans to dissolve a debt-ridden health trust which was on the brink of bankruptcy could have a “devastating” effect on a financially stable trust nearby, doctors have said.
A&E closure 'can't be justified'
A damning report which demands a debt-ridden NHS trust is broken up must not be used to justify closing essential hospital services, a senior Labour MP has said.
SE ambulance service reports New Year calls up 20pc
PERFORMANCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust handled in excess of four calls a minute on a busier than ever New Year’s Eve.
Epsom and St Helier missing readmissions target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust has missed its target for A&E readmissions, according to figures in the most recent set of board papers.
Many Britons 'do not trust GPs'
Almost two in three Britons do not have faith in their GP and 10 per cent of the public have panicked and asked accident and emergency departments to treat minor ailments, a survey has revealed.
Birmingham A&E performance dips
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency performance in Birmingham and Solihull declined in September, and is rated as amber.
Commisioners raise issue over South Bristol Urgent Care Centre
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have formally raised issues with below planned activity in some services run by Bristol Community Health via a “quality letter”.
Five NHS staff arrested following A&E death
Four ambulance staff and a hospital worker have been arrested by police after a man collapsed and died outside an accident and emergency department.
Commissioning board sets out 'zero-tolerance' approach to provider performance
Hospitals face a “zero-tolerance” approach to MRSA and long waits for treatment, as well as new fines, under the NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance.
NHS Direct awarded Buckinghamshire 111 contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Direct has been named as the successful bidder for NHS 111 services in Buckinghamshire.
NHS 111 leads to drop in out of hours activity
PERFORMANCE: Out of hours activity has fallen 8.5 per cent in Oxfordshire since the NHS 111 service was launched.
A&E waiting times rising - survey
Accident and emergency waiting times are getting longer, new research suggests.
NHS Direct begins redundancy consultation
More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff have been notified they could be at risk of redundancy as the organisation looks to cut around a third of its full time posts.
Funding pressure 'may hit NHS care', warns thinktank
Waiting times in emergency wards are rising as unprecedented financial strains on the health service start to bite, a report suggests.
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Handover guidance expected as ambulance services face challenges
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Analysed: Ambulance service performance
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District general hospitals top efficiency league
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Pilgrim Hospital's A&E in £100k revamp
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Emergency activity puts Gloucestershire QIPP plans at risk
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NHS 111 switch will be a 'big bang'
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Restrict friends and family test to hospitals, says DH
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Lewisham backs rally against closure of its A&E
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Warning after seriously ill patients attend minor injuries unit
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare designated as trauma unit
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East Sussex board backs reconfiguration plans
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CCG launches hard-hitting A&E campaign
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Emergency cancer care 'fragmented'
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Bolton bucks regional trend of head injury admissions
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Fire disrupts A&E at Ashford & St Peter’s
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Northumbria appoints two emergency consultants
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Salisbury cancelled procedures due to spike in emergency demand
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Emergency admissions on the rise at Torbay Hospital
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More than half of NHS Direct staff could be made redundant
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Updated: Care UK buys Harmoni
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A joint approach to managing physical and mental care is a prime example of integration
Let's be clear on cancellations
The service has a duty to be transparent about cancelled operations, says Peter Homa
Bright approach to fast care
Implementing new ambulatory emergency care tariffs demands a mindset shift
How to utilise the technology that can transform urgent care
Technology that could revolutionise care has already been developed, so how do we roll it out to all of the NHS, ask Jim Parle and Terry Young.
