All Emergency care articles – Page 37
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CommentA national urgent care planning service could be covid’s silver lining
Professor Julia Riley proposes a patient-focused strategy for care homes that would help implement a national digital advance care planning policy where advance care plans of patients are shared across all urgent care services.
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CommentSweeping aside patient involvement during pandemic was too easy
To deliver a new normal that serves patients we must grab this opportunity to bake patient involvement into new structures, processes and cultures within the NHS, writes Rachel Power
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CommentThere was not ‘spare capacity’ during the covid crisis
Claiming there was “spare capacity” in the NHS during this crisis ignores sacrifice, pain, diagnoses missed, and support withdrawn from people in need, says Charlotte Augst.
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HSJ PartnersPracticus offers access to peer hindsights for the NHS
Practicus has been building a community of some 800 change professionals and is offering its ‘Ask the Community’ service free of cost to facilitate the NHS in making informed decisions.
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NewsTrust to ‘temporarily’ downgrade A&E amid concerns of permanent move
A trust will temporarily downgrade one of its A&E departments ahead of a potential second spike of covid-19 cases – but there are fears the move could become permanent.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: What covid's done to capacity
HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing is our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. This week by bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentWhat went wrong (and right) in hospital discharge for older adults during the pandemic
David Oliver gives his views as an acute hospital doctor regarding dealing with elderly patients during the covid-19 crisis
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NewsHospital stops admitting patients following covid spike
A Somerset hospital has stopped admitting new patients – including to the accident and emergency department – following a spike in coronavirus cases.
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NewsCardiac cases back to 'normal' levels as overall A&E attendances edge up
The number of cardiac patients attending emergency departments is this month higher than a baseline drawn from previous years, as overall attendances continue to rise following the record drop-off since the covid-19 outbreak, official data suggests.
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CommentHow long before growing waiting lists become an urgent priority?
Tim Gardner explores the challenge of meeting the 18-week standard as NHS begins to restart services after first wave of coronavirus.
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NewsExclusive: Recovery concerns as most ICUs still well above normal capacity
Dozens of intensive care departments are still running well over their normal capacity – in some cases more than double – weeks after the peak of demand, figures seen by HSJ reveal.
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HSJ AwardsUsing technology to bring people together
London North West University Hospital Trust’s emergency department, winner of the Driving Efficiency Through Technology category at the 2019 HSJ Awards, replaced a paper-based system with an ePortering solution. Jennifer Trueland reports how the move streamlined operations
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NewsSpread of covid-19 in hospitals causing national ‘concern’
The leader of the NHS’ pandemic testing programme has highlighted concerns about the rate of covid-19 transmissions in hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCovid proves that commissioning and regulation add little value
The development of strategy over a local health economy will be much more coherent if provider led, says Peter Carter
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NewsMapped: NHS waiting times after the covid peak
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2020.
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NewsPatients must isolate for two weeks before an NHS operation
Patients will be told to self-isolate along with their household for two weeks before being admitted to hospital even if they have no covid-19 symptoms under NHS England’s new guidance for re-starting elective care.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Third NHS trust partners with Babylon for patient triage tool
A third NHS acute trust has partnered with private healthcare firm Babylon in a bid to give patients better information on how to respond to emerging symptoms.
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CommentSurgeons face “uncomfortable” decisions and a “mammoth” catch-up task
The surgical workforce has a key role to play in the current crisis which requires adaptation and cooperation, write Emily A.H. Duggan, Alex C.G. Armstrong, Justin C.R. Wormald and Mark M. Mikhail
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CommentReduced attendances and admissions: lessons from the covid crisis
Several factors have contributed to reduced emergency attendances and admissions during the coronavirus pandemic, writes Ben Owens
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The NHS shuffles its workforce pack for covid phase 2
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...