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News33 trusts promised funding for urgent care units
The government has revealed the locations of 40 new and expanded urgent care centres and same-day emergency care units.
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NewsChild spent two months in A&E
A child spent more than two months in A&E following a breakdown of a care placement, in what the trust described as “one of the longest waits we’ve seen”.
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NewsNearly half of 999 patients don’t need major A&E treatment
Nearly half of patients who arrive at hospital in ambulances are being discharged without needing major care, according to data obtained by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingMackey: ‘Contentious’ model can drive ‘hockey stick’ recovery
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. By bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsCorridor care measure ‘easy to game’
NHS England’s new definition of A&E “corridor care” has “too many loopholes” and is likely to lead to “gaming” of its new reporting regime, experts and insiders have said.
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NewsMackey: Iran war threatens ‘huge shock’ for NHS finances
The NHS will need extra funding from government if the Iran war drives large price increases, which could amount to a “huge shock”, Sir Jim Mackey has warned.
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NewsFour deaths prompt ICB to rethink crisis care
An integrated care board is rethinking a its approach to crisis mental health care after “confusion” contributed towards the deaths of four people.
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NewsA&E performance recovery lauded by NHSE ‘may not be real’
The “substantial improvements” in a trust’s A&E performance praised by NHS England directors “may not be real” according to a paper prepared by its local health and care partnership.
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NewsNHS has lost ‘muscle memory’ on corridor care, minister says
The NHS has lost “muscle memory” about how to tackle corridor care, a health minister has said.
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NewsStreeting urges CEOs to shave seconds off waiting times
Ambulance chiefs have been urged to shave a few seconds off response times in the next three weeks as they are said to be within reach of the government’s key recovery target for the sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBoards urged to ‘take ownership’ to avoid corridor care
Trust boards can “virtually eliminate” corridor care with “the right leadership ambition and focus”, including more walking wards and corridors, NHS England has said.
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NewsRevealed: Two regions have no ‘mental health A&Es’
The south of England has no “mental health A&Es” outside of London, while there are 18 across the rest of the country, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust using security staff for ‘inappropriate’ patient supervision
Security staff are being used to provide “inappropriate” patient supervision at a struggling acute trust, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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CommentRespiratory care is on life support
The impact of this year’s winter pressures on the health system’s overburdened urgent and emergency care services again highlights the urgent need to improve NHS respiratory care
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: A&Es brace for ‘mad March’
Hospitals are being told by NHS England to focus on easy wins to hit this financial year’s A&E targets, so on this episode we unpick what trusts are being asked to do and whether this will get them over the line by the end of March.
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NewsLong A&E waits worst on record
Long A&E waits last month hit their highest level since public records began, as NHS England warns it’s battling its “busiest winter on record”.
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NewsA&Es to open dedicated areas for ‘extended stay’ patients
“Extended emergency medicine” areas will be opened in hospitals for A&E patients whose care can’t be turned around within the four-hour target, according to new national guidance.
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NewsNHSE to revive 2000s-style improvement collaboratives
NHS England plans to revive compulsory “structured improvement collaboratives” for outpatients, urgent and emergency care, and frailty services – in an echo of the Modernisation Agency approach of the 2000s.
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NewsChase ‘quick wins’ to hit A&E target, hospitals told
Hospitals are being encouraged to target children, less sick patients, and “near miss breaches” in the final weeks of the financial year, in an attempt to hit the government’s A&E target.
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NewsTrust bosses clash over ‘car park care’
Ambulance service leaders have clashed with a large hospital trust for putting “pressure” on its crews to deliver “car park care” while patients wait to be admitted.