All Ambulance articles – Page 28
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HSJ LocalNew NHS-private partnership wins £48m contract
Acute trust forms part of consortium which wins contract CCG “delighted” with integrated nature of group’s bid Recent improvements made to 111 service after ‘inadequate’ rating in 2016 Commissioners have awarded a £48m contract for out of hours GP and 111 services to a consortium of public and ...
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News'Model ambulance' to be created to achieve Carter savings
A “model ambulance” is to be created to tackle variation across England’s 10 ambulance trusts.
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NewsNHS England director 'confident' in plan to modernise ambulance service
Department of Health considering review of ambulance response programme Ten million 999 calls analysed as part of “world’s largest study” NHS England director says evidence for change is “compelling” NHS England’s director of acute care says a new call handling system could be introduced nationally as part of ...
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NewsRouse: Manchester NHS recently tested terror attack response
Manchester’s emergency services practised dealing with a scenario “not too dissimilar” to last night’s terror attack about one month ago, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s chief officer Jon Rouse has said.
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HSJ LocalPrivate ambulance firm blames 'cash flow issues' for staff pay delay
A clinical commissioning group has sought assurances from the private firm awarded a £6m patient transport contract, after staff were warned they would not be paid their first month’s wages in full.
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HSJ LocalCQC scathing of leadership at special measures trust
Isle of Wight Trust placed in special measures after inadequate rating from CQC Former chief executive stepped down on 31 March ahead of report’s publication Senior leadership “did not have sufficient capability… to ensure quality and safety of services”, CQC says England’s only fully integrated hospital, mental health, ...
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HSJ LocalCCG pays ambulance staff wages following private provider dispute
£642,000 of goodwill payments made to ambulance workers by CCG Chief finance officer says: “We are not setting a precendent” CCG admits “there was frailty in the subcontracting market” Commissioners in Sussex paid a total of £642,000 in wages to former NHS staff after their private company employer ...
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NewsTime limit on ambulance dispatch set to be quadrupled
Sixty seconds window to decide on whether to dispatch ambulance should be extended by 180 seconds, says NHS England director Extension “likely” to be recommended in ambulance service reform report next month, although DH stressed no decision has been made New commissioning framework for ambulance services will be rolled ...
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NewsPrivate providers warned over 'fundamental' safety concerns
CQC warns safety concerns during inspection of independent ambulance providers may “not be isolated findings” Over three-quarters of providers inspected so far have faced CQC enforcement action Concerns include drivers not holding the correct licence, failure to carry out DBS checks, unclean vehicles and not following “fundamental safety processes” ...
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HSJ Local'Festering' pay dispute is 'alienating workforce'
East of England Ambulance Trust faces deepening pay row with frontline staff Local MP and former health minister Norman Lamb says dispute is becoming a ‘festering sore alienating workforce’ Row centres on how soon paramedics can move to pay band 6 and compensation for delays to training East ...
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News£190k salaries for leading trust operating officers and finance directors
70 percent salary discrepancy expected between the chief operating officers of the largest and smallest acute trusts Of all acute trust leadership roles, COOs are expected to see the biggest pay differentials between different sized acute providers Finance directors also expected to see a 25 per cent salary difference ...
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CommentAnalysis: Emergency care reforms delayed pending answers on social care
Details of an overhaul of emergency care targets have been delayed, as senior figures in the health and care system await a potential government intervention to support social care services, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local'Lives at risk' unless ambulance trust cuts waiting times
East of England Ambulance Service “does not have capacity” to meet response time targets, chief executive admits Coroner warns of patients waiting up to four hours for a vehicle response Inquest heard Brian Mills waited more than two hours for emergency responder The chief executive of East of ...
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals told to cease 'unacceptable' A&E rules
NHS Improvement has told trusts to stop “unacceptable rules” which have delayed ambulances at emergency departments Regulator says tackling delays is a “top priority” for patient safety, and reveals it is developing national support NHS Improvement directors will scrutinise all long-wait ambulance turnarounds NHS Improvement has warned acute ...
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HSJ LocalFirst ambulance trust rated outstanding
West Midlands Ambulance Service has become the first ambulance trust in the country to be rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalTrust sought millions in compensation for 'horrendous' handover delays
In 2017-18 contract negotiations West Midlands Ambulance Service requested compensation from CCGs for handover delays Trust and 22 CCGs entered mediation over the request for compensation Despite mediation the trust said it did not get the agreement it wanted An ambulance trust sought millions of pounds in compensation ...
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for troubled trust
South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust speeds pregnancy calls following baby's death
Ambulance trust upgrades its response for some pregnant women Assistant coroner says the failure of paramedics to care for the unborn baby is a “a clear training issue” Trust says long handover delays need to be addressed An ambulance trust has upgraded how it responds to some emergency ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Major incident as patients wait in ambulances for up to two hours
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has declared an internal major incident after patients were left waiting in ambulances for up to two hours during five days of high pressure on emergency services.
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CommentAnalysis: Commissioners have questions to answer over failed contract
The “phased withdrawal” of Coperforma from providing Sussex’s patient transport service has been greeted with a sigh of relief from unions and many patients. But it leaves many questions unanswered.