All Emergency care articles – Page 108
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      NewsDoctors raise concerns over A&E closures
A group of 140 senior doctors have written to David Cameron expressing their alarm over proposals to close and reconfigure accident and emergency units around the country.
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Rise in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk
PERFORMANCE: An increase in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk has pushed NHS Merseyside 2 per cent over its plan for non-elective activity for the year-to-date, the primary care trust cluster has reported.
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Butterfly scheme to aid peaceful care in A&E
PERFORMANCE: Staff at the University Hospitals of Leicester have embraced a new scheme to show extra respect to the families of those who are dying or have died in the emergency department.
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Wexham Park Hospital expands AMU
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is investing more than £2.5m in reconfiguring wards, in anticipation of a rise in emergency attendances.
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Winter beds remain open as South Warwickshire demand rockets
PERFORMANCE: An 11.5 per cent rise in emergency admissions has prevented South Warwickshire Foundation Trust from closing winter capacity as planned.
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'Outstanding turnaround' in stroke care at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital has reported an “outstanding turnaround” in it stroke performance.
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      NewsManchester’s major shake-up revealed
HSJ can reveal details of a major review of healthcare across Greater Manchester which makes the clinical case for a radical redesign of services. It is believed this could prompt some leaders to argue for the removal of acute surgery from four hospitals.
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      NewsEmergency medicine in 'crisis'
The Department of Health is to seek reassurances on medical staffing levels in emergency departments amid claims the specialty is in a recruitment and retention “crisis”.
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Acting chief denies plan to shut A&E
STRUCTURE: The acting chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has refuted suggested it is considering downgrading accident and emergency services at one of its sites.
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Stockport A&E performance 'volatile and fragile'
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s performance against the national target of 95 per cent of accident and emergency patients seen within four hours remains “volatile and fragile”, commissioners have reported.
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Delayed ambulance turnarounds designated serious incidents
PERFORMANCE: Long delays in ambulance turnaround times at hospitals are to be reported as potential serious incidents in the East of England.
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Mediation sought in Norfolk over performance and penalties dispute
A major acute hospital in the East of England and its main commissioner are to go to mediation after being unable to sign a contract for this financial year.
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      NewsA&E performance at its worst for seven years
More trusts failed the four hour accident and emergency target in the first quarter of 2012-13 than in any first quarter since 2004-05, a King’s Fund analysis has found.
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NHS Buckinghamshire names NHS 111 provider
COMMERCIAL: NHS Direct has been selected as the preferred provider to run the NHS 111 service in Buckinghamshire.
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      NewsStruggling Worcestershire drafts in neighbouring providers
Health authorities in Worcestershire have held talks with neighbouring NHS providers as part of a major review of acute services in the county, it has emerged.
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      HSJ KnowledgeHoming in on improved care
What can be done to realise the vision of ‘care closer to home’?
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Royal Cornwall A&E performance back on track
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust achieved the four-hour accident and emergency target for the first time in 2012-13 during July.
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East Kent pilots improved training for trainee docs
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of 16 trusts that have received investment in pilot schemes to improve doctor training.
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Gloucestershire hospitals behind plan on deficit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had a deficit of £0.9m at the end of July, £0.6m worse than planned at this point in the year.
 
      










