All Emergency care articles – Page 101
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NewsA&E pressures expected to grow, warns foundation trust survey
Pressures facing A&E units across the country look set to continue, with the majority of trusts fearing next winter will be even worse, a survey by foundation trusts suggests.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Nottingham cut cancelled operations
The trust is back on track following a low point in 2012
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News'Close hospitals' to save the NHS, say managers, doctors and patients
The NHS faces financial ruin and is no longer sustainable in its current form, a collective of leading medical, leadership and patient organisations has warned.
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust capacity issues driving up Manchester A&E waits
PERFORMANCE: Nearly 70 patients waited longer than four hours in A&E departments in April because of issues with mental health services, the board of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust heard.
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NewsA&E performance tracker: Improvement continues at end of May
Accident and emergency performance has again improved on the previous week’s position, the latest data shows.
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NewsKing's Fund reports on A&E performance
Waiting times for accident and emergency patients reached a nine-year high in the fourth quarter of 2012-13, the King’s Fund said today.
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NewsLabour warn over increase in ambulance 'diverts'
The pressures on A&E departments show “no sign of abating” Labour has warned, after figures revealed a “major increase” in the number of ambulances turned away from busy emergency departments.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe potential risks of closing small A&Es
Trusts’ struggles have little relation to their size
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NewsEmergency medicine taskforce established under health education 'mandate'
A taskforce has been established by Health Education England to investigate how it can incentivise trainee doctors to work in emergency medicine.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot falls short on emergency waits
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Trust reported a governance rating of amber-green due to a failure to hit the four-hour accident and emergency target.
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HSJ Local
A&E slump sparks acute sector capacity review
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park is carrying out a capacity review after missing the four-hour accident and emergency standard for quarter four of 2012-13.
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NewsA&E performance tracker: Some improvement but new trusts miss target
Accident and emergency performance has improved slightly, but some trusts which had been hitting the waiting time target have seen performance suddenly plummet.
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NewsPatient safety chief admits NHS 111 likely to have harmed patients
Patients have been harmed by NHS 111, NHS England’s director of patient safety Mike Durkin has said.
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CommentMichael White: a gloomy picture of A&E
The inevitable result of soaring demand and dwindling resources
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HSJ Local
Safety not guaranteed at 18 A&E depts amid 'toxic overcrowding'
PERFORMANCE: Patient safety at 18 accident and emergency departments in the West Midlands cannot be guaranteed according to a joint letter signed by leading clinicians from across the region.
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CommentA&E funding is a catch-22
Monitor and NHS England must agree a new approach, says Chris Hopson
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NewsClinical commissioners say GPs under pressure as A&E row escalates
NHS Clinical Commissioners, which represents a large number of clinical commissioning groups, has said GP “workloads are at breaking points and GPs are ready to buckle under the strain”, which will affect willingness to take part in commissioning.
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NewsRise in A&E attendances during 2012 claim
The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested.
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NewsMinister admits 'very disappointing' 111 start
The new NHS non-emergency advice line had a “very disappointing start”, Lord Howe admitted.
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NewsA&E 'could collapse without change'
Accident and emergency units could “collapse” unless urgent changes are made to the way they are run, doctors and managers’ representatives have warned.