All Emergency care articles – Page 140
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NewsCommunity proposals may prompt 'musical chairs' timewasting
The NHS risks wasting two years on the “sport of restructuring” instead of improving efficiency, senior figures have warned.
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NewsReport highlights trauma care variations
Up to 600 victims of stabbing, shooting and road accidents die each year due to “unacceptable” variations in how NHS hospitals manage trauma cases, according to an official report.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: weapons of self-destruction
If GPs would not stop referring patients to hospital, we had to get rid of both.
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NewsPilots scheduled for 111 urgent care calls
The three digit urgent care number will help commissioners direct patients to the cheapest available service for their need, according to NHS Connecting for Health.
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LeaderUrgent care: confusing jargon – we’ve got your number
The NHS is constructing its own tower of Babel.
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NewsData on assault admissions released
More than 181,000 people were admitted to accident and emergency after assaults in 2008-09, data from the NHS Information Centre reveals.
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NewsPeterborough PCT chief steps down as deficits pile high
The chief executive of NHS Peterborough has resigned, admitting she “cannot shirk responsibility” for its growing deficit.
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NewsRise in acute admissions will be ‘unsustainable’ for PCTs
Just 10 per cent of primary care trusts have successfully reduced emergency admissions to their local acute trusts.
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LeaderThis is PCTs’ admission of failure – but everyone shares the blame
Analysis of primary care trusts’ emergency and elective admissions data, shared exclusively with HSJ by health intelligence provider CHKS, reveals that in the majority of areas, both trends are going in the wrong direction: upwards.
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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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NewsEast Midlands Ambulance Service Trust given clean bill of health
East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust has been given a clean bill of health after a repeat hygiene inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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Comment
Brian James: how to save NHS services in a recession
If politicians want to protect frontline services, they should ask those working there what they should do
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NewsJump in NHS 24 calls over festive break
Scottish NHS call centres were flooded with calls over the Christmas and new year period, with tens of thousands of anxious people ringing NHS 24 and the Scottish Flu Response Centre for advice.
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NewsAmbulance service in non-emergency appeal
Ambulance service chiefs in Wales are urging the public only to make 999 calls for genuine life-threatening emergencies as winter pressures intensify.
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HSJ Knowledge
Trauma service transformation
The Healthcare for London programme is carrying out a clinically driven service reconfiguration that will ensure world class care at all stages of the patient journey. The Healthcare for London major trauma team explains how they have tackled the challenge of centralising trauma care in the capital.
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NewsWinter chill hits acute services hard
Elective surgery has been postponed, hospital wards closed, and patients moved to other hospitals for treatment, as freezing weather and virus outbreaks hit the NHS hard across the country.
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NewsTories accuse government over A&E waiting targets
The Conservatives claim to have exposed widespread evidence of gaming to meet the four-hour A&E waiting time target.
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NewsSnow-hit ambulance service in 999 plea
An ambulance service has pleaded with people who live in areas badly affected by the snow to only call 999 if there is “a true emergency”.
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NewsDH appoints new urgent and emergency care tsar
The Department of Health has appointed Professor Matthew Cooke as the new national clinical director for urgent and emergency care.
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NewsNon-emergency phone number test announcement due
Trials of a new three-digit telephone number for patients seeking non-emergency medical care are expected to be announced by the Department of Health today.