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CommentA willingness to take risks is key to tackling the emergency care crisis
To reduce overall harm and risk from ambulance delays to patients across the system and not just those in one’s direct care, clinicians need to balance the risk and adapt their approach to decisions for patients and systems, writes Benjamin Owens
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HSJ Local
‘Challenged’ trust plans to move patients to chairs to free up beds
An acute trust in the Midlands is planning to move patients to chairs on wards to free up beds for people waiting in its emergency department, following one of its “most challenged” days.
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News
Only one urgent care centre reopens despite NHSE call to review closures
NHS England’s call for health systems to review the temporary closures of walk-in centres appears to have resulted in only one facility reopening.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ podcast: Boris Johnson’s secret integration intervention
This week the HSJ Health Check podcast hears how Number 10’s mission to integrate health and social care services has ramped up with some contentious thoughts, and discuss the NHS’ overall progress in its move towards integrated care systems.
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News
Burnt out staff ‘triggered’ by ‘it’s OK’ messaging from ministers
Frontline staff are being ‘triggered’ by ministers playing down the ‘overwhelming’ pressures facing the health service with “a ‘move along, no story here’-type attitude”, a royal college president has warned.
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Comment
Why we need to trigger ‘Plan B’ for covid now
The government should now trigger covid “Plan B” ahead of winter, if we are to minimise excess deaths from both covid and non-covid causes, writes public health director Dominic Harrison.
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Comment
What are the reasons for high intensity A&E use?
To take action means looking out for people who are frequently attending anywhere in the health and care system, not just A&E, and referring them to dedicated services. By Julia Munro
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2021: Driving Efficiency Through Technology Award
WINNER: HUC: Virtual Waiting Room
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Comment
Tackling the forgotten backlogs caused by the pandemic
Susan Mitchell on the legacy of delayed care which is very much evident for people with dementia
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News
Trusts with huge drops in A&E performance cite ‘aged’ and ‘outdated’ hospitals
Several hospital trusts whose A&E performance was in the top half of trusts last summer have seen the biggest drops this year, with some of them citing out-of-date buildings as a major reason.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ podcast: Why NHS bosses are braced for more slaps and fewer claps
This week we look at the latest NHS performance data and discuss hospitals’ chances of hitting crucial waiting time targets, as winter approaches.
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Comment
The nation will have to live with ultra long waiting times while pressure persists
Ultra long waits will be difficult to solve until the NHS can keep up with demand. By Rob Findlay
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News
Ambulance and trolley waits soar to record levels
Ambulance response times hit new lows last month, leaving heart attack and stroke patients waiting nearly an hour to be reached on average, despite the system having an 18-minute target for this cohort.
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News
Parents and babies turned away from ‘exceptionally busy’ unit
Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust was forced to limit access to neonatal intensive care at the weekend due to exceptional demand.
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News
CQC warning notice served on ‘inadequate’ emergency department
An acute trust has been served with a warning notice by the regulator after failing to make improvements to its already ‘inadequate’ emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Executives of major acute trust ‘biased’ and ‘out of touch’, says report
The leadership of a newly merged acute trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ after inspectors criticised executives for being seen as ‘out of touch’ and displaying ‘bias’ towards a hospital they had previously run.
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News
Trust declares it is ‘causing catastrophic harm to patients’
An ambulance trust today warned it is causing “catastrophic” harm to patients due to handover delays, and the knock on effect of reaching patients too late.
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HSJ Local
ICS sounds alarm as fifth of hospital patients stay more than three weeks
Regional bosses say they need to understand ‘if and how’ hospitals can reduce the number of long-stay patients – with some areas reporting more than one in five beds being ‘blocked’.
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HSJ Local
Trust chiefs fear ‘reduction’ in new hospital plans after NHSE rejects capital request
An acute trust has warned it may have to scale down its plans for a new hospital after NHS England refused to allow previously allocated funds to be spent on a much-needed elective care centre.
