All Emergency care articles – Page 122
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HSJ Local
Praise for Maidstone and Tunbridge on A&E waits
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has been commended for “strong” performance against the four hour waiting target for accident and emergency.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare well below A&E wait target
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has “significant challenges” with its performance against the four hour waiting target for accident and emergency.
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HSJ Local
Unplanned A&E re-attendance remains above target in Bolton
PERFORMANCE: The rate of unplanned re-attendance at accident and emergency departments for NHS Bolton’s patients remained above the national limit for the fifth consecutive month in August, its latest performance report shows.
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HSJ Local
Winchester and Eastleigh rated red for operating plans
PERFORMANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has been given a red rating under the South Central strategic health authority compliance framework for its operating plans, and an amber rating for care quality.
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HSJ Local
Patients diverted from pressured Worcester Royal A&E
PERFORMANCE: Due to continued poor performance against A&E targets, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is to divert some patients from its Worcester Royal Hospital site to its Alexandra Hospital site.
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HSJ Local
Second London reconfiguration approved
COMMERCIAL: The health secretary has approved the closure of services at King George Hospital in Ilford.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire acute below plan on activity
PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is below plan on non-elective, outpatient and accident and emergency activity at the end of the first quarter of the year.
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HSJ Local
Newham Hospital fails new A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The east London hospital has seen the proportion of people who leave without being seen remain steady at 10 per cent since April, double the target.
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HSJ Local
Ten patients responsible for third of Hillingdon unplanned re-attendance
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospital Foundation Trust’s figures have been skewed by one patient who has attended 158 times since April 1st 2011 - nearly once a day.
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NewsUnions claim blood service review 'victory'
Unions have claimed victory over a campaign to prevent parts of the NHS blood and organ transplant service being privatised.
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NewsNHS 111 could struggle to meet demand
Attempts to “stitch together” different models of provision for the new NHS 111 non-emergency phone number could lead to a fragmented service that will struggle to cope with peaks in demand, the Ambulance Service Network has warned.
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NewsChief exec leaves underperforming ambulance trust
An ambulance trust chief executive who retired suddenly around the time the organisation was fined £5m for poor performance received a lump sum worth twice his annual salary, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsOlder patients' heart care 'not equal'
Heart attack patients aged over 85 are less likely to receive specialist care from a cardiologist in hospital and vital heart medicines after leaving, according to research.
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HSJ Local
A&E performance on track at East Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Hospitals is continuing to exceed the relaxed four hour waiting time target, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Takeover plans may have led to £1m emergency admissions shortfall at Trafford Healthcare
FINANCE: News of the trust’s need to be taken over by a larger foundation may have driven a £1m shortfall in its emergency admissions income in the first four months of 2011-12, its latest board papers suggest.
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NewsImproved hospital IT would save 'thousands' of lives
The extended and better use of IT could dramatically cut hospital deaths across England, a report claims, after a Birmingham trust saw deaths fall by 17 per cent in a 12-month period.
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NewsFrontline NHS services being cut - report
Frontline NHS services are being cut by health organisations striving to meet the government’s efficiency savings target, a newspaper investigation has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan maternity care learn from how the retail sector operates?
Good managers will often look at other sectors to bring across good ideas and examples of good practice, but could maternity managers learn something from counterparts in the retail sector? Edwin van Teijlingen and Emma Pitchforth investigate.
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HSJ Local
Work begins improving Hull A&E
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a £7m extension to the Hull Royal Infirmary accident and emergency department, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park positions itself to become 'major emergency centre'
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to have a new emergency department and day surgery unit fully operational by 2013-14.