All Emergency care articles – Page 132
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HSJ KnowledgeOptimising patient flow in A&E
The pressing need to optimise patient movement through A&E prompted the design of an urgent care centre which combines both GPs and emergency professionals. Mark Mould, acting chief operating officer at University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust, clinical lead for emergency medicine at University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust Dr ...
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HSJ Local
United Lincolnshire reports 'immense' financial challenges
FINANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is facing “an immensely challenging financial position” for the rest of the year, its latest finance report states.
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HSJ Local
Salisbury FT offers services for new trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Salisbury Foundation Trust could provide plastic surgery for a new major trauma centre at Southampton University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
North West Ambulance Service battered by 999 calls surge, snow, and slow hospitals
PERFORMANCE: An unprecedented surge of emergency calls over Christmas and New Year has left the trust with huge challenges in meeting its Category A response times target for 2010/11.
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HSJ Local
Stockport FT leaves 111 ambulances queueing in single week
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust left 111 ambulances queueing for longer than half an hour in the last week of January, new Department of Health figures show.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospital Trust was first in London to declare 'Critcon 2' in face of winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The north west London trust had to declare the standard after deciding the situation met the criteria of “unprecedented pressure on critical care and the trust beginning to require external aid for ITU patients”.
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NewsAmbulances refitted to transport larger patients
Ambulance fleets across the country are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting gear to cope with the increasing number of obese patients, it has been reported.
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NewsAmbulance workers call off strike at last minute
Staff at Great Western Ambulance Service Trust called off industrial action at the eleventh hour last week after agreeing to more talks with the trust.
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NewsFlory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.
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HSJ Local
Walsall Hospitals Trust predicting £2.2m loss under A&E cap
FINANCE: Walsall Hospitals Trust will lose £2.2m this year if it continues to overperform on emergency activity.
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NewsAmbulance staff threaten full walk out
Staff at Great Western Ambulance Service have postponed industrial action following a legal challenge by the trust but could still stage a full walk out.
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NewsDecontamination costs revealed to MPs
Decontaminating used crutches costs hospitals more than replacing them, MPs have been told.
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NewsLabour attacks government on waiting times
Labour has attacked the government’s NHS reforms, claiming that longer waiting times for patients showed cuts were already starting to bite.
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NewsTrust ordered to pay £6.4m negligence claim
A boy who suffered severe brain damage during his delivery at an NHS birth centre in Hertfordshire has been awarded £6.4m in settlement of his medical negligence claim.
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NewsRow over ambulance staff wage cut claim
Up to £5,000 a year could be lost from frontline ambulance staff wages as part of a drive to cut costs, union officials have claimed.
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News40% of A&E patients do not need treatment
Almost 40% of people attending A&E and minor injury units leave without needing any treatment, according to a new report.
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NewsLast of London's contentious reconfigurations set to be approved
The last of the capital’s contentious hospital reconfiguration plans is due to be approved by its strategic health authority next week.
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Comment'Time to scrap GP exception reporting'
We must now scrap exception reporting by GPs in the quality and outcomes framework.
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Comment'We all know what’s wrong with the NHS'
There are too many hospitals swallowing up too much money for too little return. Which is fine until you try to close or downsize one, and all hell breaks loose.
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NewsChief execs at two "challenged trusts" change roles
The leaders at two of the capital’s “challenged trusts” have changed roles, with one leaving for the strategic health authority and the other taking his place.