All Emergency care articles – Page 100
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HSJ Local
Support workers to staff new ‘intermediate’ transport service
STRUCTURE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is introducing a new tier of patient transport response across Kent and Sussex.
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NewsLast chance to join HSJ's debate on 24/7 working
As HSJ’s ongoing conversation on how the NHS can deliver 24/7 working draws to a close, we are asking our readers to help us prioritise the more than 3,300 contributions already made.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt says 'concept' of NHS 111 must be re-examined
The government is reviewing the “concept” of the controversial NHS 111 service, just months after the chaotic official launch of the new system, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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Join the conversation on how the NHS can become a seven day service
HSJ’s ongoing online conversation on how the NHS can deliver 24/7 working is drawing hundreds of responses from readers around the world.
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HSJ KnowledgeFrom hospital to the streets – an opportunity to break the cycle
Improving care for homeless patients
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NewsHowe: Marginal rate for emergency care 'hasn't worked very well'
Health minister Lord Howe this week admitted the controversial 30 per cent marginal rate for emergency care “hasn’t worked very well” to help commissioners and providers ease pressure on emergency departments.
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BlogsA state of emergency for mental healthcare
Police cells are used 9,000 times each year as ‘places of safety’ for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act
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HSJ Local
Southampton CCG attempts to stem emergency demand surge
PERFORMANCE: Southampton City clinical commissioning group has had to revise the area’s 2013-14 action plan in the face of surging demand for emergency services.
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HSJ KnowledgeGood clinical leadership can fix urgent care
The emergency healthcare system is in dire need of effective leaders
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth system slips on A&E
PERFORMANCE: High demand for emergency acute care at evenings and weekends led to the Portsmouth health system missing the national target on accident and emergency care.
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NewsAnalysed: The CQC and A&E at Queen's Hospital
In-depth analysis of A&E services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
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CommentEmergency care is key focus post-Francis
We need to change how we deliver care, says Mark Newbold
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HSJ KnowledgeOut of hours care − a patient's view
One patient shares her experience and how it can be improved
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NewsNHS England probes 'new urgent care system'
NHS England was today expected to set out the next stage of a review of urgent and emergency care services.
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NewsOut-of-hours confusion highlighted
More than two in five people have no idea how to contact their GP out-of-hours service, a poll suggests.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England sub contracts elective work to private sector amid A&E pressure
PERFORMANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust sub contracted more than 100 operations to a private provider after “extreme emergency pressures” caused it to cancel all elective surgery for five days.
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NewsFrancis report may have contributed to A&E problems, says Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson has said the NHS’s interpretation of February’s Francis report, combined with unseasonably bad weather, may have caused the collapse in accident and emergency performance earlier this year.
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NewsGP workload 'doubled in a decade', Gerada tells MPs
Family doctors are fully booked for same-day appointments as soon as they open because of rising demand, the head of the GPs’ professional body has warned.
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HSJ Local
A&E plans to be developed following West Midlands 'crisis' letter
PERFORMANCE: Clinical commissioning groups and hospital trusts across the West Midlands are drawing up plans to manage peaks accident and emergency demand after clinical leads at 18 emergency departments said they could not guarantee safe patient care.