All Emergency care articles – Page 153
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HSJ Knowledge
EARLI impact on reducing acute admissions
A simple tool can do much to help cut emergency hospitalisations. David Lyon and Hannah Chellaswamy explain
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News
PCTs win legal battle to downgrade Rochdale A&E
A High Court judge has rejected a mother and father's claim that plans to reconfigure four hospitals will put their sick son at risk.
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The urgent care muddle may mean more nights to forget
The transfer of responsibility for out-of-hours care from family doctors to primary care trusts has been anything but smooth. And uncertainty remains on how services will develop in future. Alison Moore looks at the options for a politically contentious issue
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Out-of-hours firms under review
Two out-of-hours providers have just a few weeks to prove their services are up to scratch, HSJ can reveal.
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Specialist ambulance teams launched
Highly trained ambulance crews ready to respond to major incidents are to be developed across England, health minister Rosie Winterton announces today.The hazardous area response team project will see crew trained and equipped to work in hazardous areas, including where there is a chemical, biological radioactive or nuclear risk. They ...
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IPPR: honesty over unsafe hospitals is the best policy
A 'conspiracy of silence' over the poor safety of hospitals is fuelling opposition to reconfigurations, the Institute for Public Policy Research has warned.
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Commissioner demands a better deal for children
Children's hospital services are woefully inadequate, a Healthcare Commission review has shown. Children's commissioner Al Aynsley-Green said was the verdict was 'disappointing but not surprising'.
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Wales takes delivery of new ambulances
The first of 119 new ambulances, 67 patient transport services vehicles and 40 rapid response vehicles were due to be delivered today to the Welsh Ambulance Service trust.Two-thirds of the ambulances will be operational this month with the remainder by mid-May. The new fleet is the result of a £16m ...
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Cash-strapped SHA scraps emergency care network
NHS East of England has scrapped a regional emergency care network, leading to the loss of seven posts and sparking criticism from emergency care specialists.
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Half of ambulance trusts missing response targets
Half of England's ambulance trusts are missing response targets despite a service shake-up designed to improve performance.
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New penalties for attacks on ambulance workers
Ambulance workers are among groups set to be covered by new Home Office penalties on those who obstruct the work of emergency workers.People transporting blood, organs or equipment for the NHS will also be covered by the new legislation, which will mean fines of up to £5,000 for those prosecuted.Read ...
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Scottish ambulance delays rise
The number of ambulances across Scotland taking longer than an hour to reach an emergency incident has risen from 71 to 179 over the last six years, despite an increase of 25 per cent in the number of trained crews available, according to the Scottish National Party.www.snp.org/news
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Staffordshire Ambulance trust faces safety probe
The Healthcare Commission has launched an investigation into Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust to establish whether it has adequate systems and processes in place to ensure the safety of patients.Serious concerns about the service have been raised concerning arrangements for clinical governance, management and leadership, safety issues and the quality of ...
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A&E doctors struggling to cope, says report
A report by the British Medical Association says NHS debt is taking its toll on accident and emergency departments in England.Despite efforts from staff to tackle A&E waiting times, a survey conducted by the BMA and the British Association for Emergency Medicine suggests departments are struggling to sustain the four-hour ...
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Comment
Dr Pat Troop on managing the Polonium-210 outbreak
Staff have learned what it is like to work intensively at that speed under public and political scrutiny, and it has been useful training for future events, such as pandemic flu
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Safety probe at 999 trust
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust has landed in controversy again with an investigation launched into possible patient safety breaches.
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Welsh 999 boss hails progress
Welsh Ambulance Services trust chief executive Alan Murray has defended his trust against official figures showing it is missing response targets. He claims the service is exceeding its target of 60 per cent of services meeting life-threatening calls in eight minutes.
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HSJ Knowledge
Data briefing: cutting emergency admissions
Recent data briefings have presented trends in emergency admission rates per strategic health authority and the national picture remains very variable. This data briefing presents a case study from one trust and its experience of the practical issues in reducing such rates.
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News
East Sussex A&E proposals criticised by local MPs
Trust considers alternating emergency care service between hospitals
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Comment
Data briefing: the truth behind the A&E target
A recent analysis from Les Mayhew and David Smith at City University's Cass Business School has suggested some theoretical reasons - backed by data - why achievement of the accident and emergency maximum four-hour wait by 98 per cent of hospitals was probably not all it seemed.