All Ambulance articles – Page 37
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HSJ Local
Strike threat at Yorkshire Ambulance Service
WORKFORCE: Hundreds of frontline staff at an ambulance trust could be taking strike action by the end of the month.
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HSJ Local
Yorkshire ambulance service highlights patients late for travel
PERFORMANCE: Patients who require non-emergency transport to hospital with Yorkshire Ambulance Service often arrive early or late for their appointments.
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NewsNHS 111 yet to go live in two out of three sites
Less than a third of England has fully launched the NHS 111 service, with just three weeks to go before the national rollout deadline.
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CommentCollaboration will improve the ambulance service
NHS and private companies can together create a better service
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HSJ Local
South West ambulance appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has appointed Alison Walker as executive medical director.
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NewsA&E 'overstretched', says Labour
Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsPolice 'helping ambulances daily'
Concerns are growing over the number of times police are stepping in to take patients to hospital instead of ambulance crews.
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HSJ Local
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.
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HSJ Local
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.
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NewsMany 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.
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HSJ Local
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.
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NewsCommissioning 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.
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NewsA&E waiting times rising - survey
Accident and emergency waiting times are getting longer, new research suggests.
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NewsHandover guidance expected as ambulance services face challenges
The Ambulance Service Network is about to issue guidance and highlight good practice on reducing delays.
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NewsAnalysed: Ambulance service performance
We look at moves to improve the ambulance service’s performance amid relentless rising demand, though no extra money is available
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Comment
Readers' letters - 15 November 2012
The government needs to review many unresolved issues around NHS 111 before rushing through a national rollout, writes Ron McDaniel
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NewsMore than half of NHS Direct staff could be made redundant
More than half of NHS Direct staff face being made redundant or losing their NHS terms and conditions after a failure to reach agreement on their transfer to non NHS providers of the new 111 urgent phone service.
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CommentOur own cardiac arrest
Emergency medicine in the UK is facing its biggest challenge since its inception
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NewsNHS 111 'unlikely to lead to emergency care savings'
There is only a one in five chance of NHS 111 saving the NHS money on urgent and emergency care and a likelihood it will drive up demand for ambulance services, an evaluation has found.
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HSJ Local
Patients left until the 'last five minutes' of four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: A detailed report on Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s A&E performance said: “Even during occasions of bed availability, we are still leaving patients till the last five minutes of the four hours [target wait], leaving little contingency for unexpected events.”