All Emergency care articles – Page 59
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CommentLondon requires more patient care plans to provide bespoke care
Dr Fenella Wrigley urges much greater use of patient care plans to help pressured frontline crews make the right decisions when attending 999 calls
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HSJ LocalTrust extends winter pressures plan until summer
A trust with one of the worst-performing emergency departments in the country is planning to keep its extra winter capacity open until the summer, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCare homes vanguards: Little things can make a big difference
Christine Harger on the vanguard work in Sutton in improving quality of care for care home residents, especially residents who frequent hospitals
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HSJ LocalTrust cancels operations until Easter to 'reset' health economy
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has cancelled all elective operations until 29 March to try to “reset” its health economy after the region declared a system wide black alert.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of struggling ambulance trust to retire
The chief executive of the struggling North West Ambulance Trust has announced his retirement.
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NewsNHS mandate confirms flagship waiting targets on hold
The government’s instructions for the NHS in 2018-19 confirm that flagship waiting time targets for planned and emergency care remain on hold.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of patients waiting over 12 hours at strained hospital
A damning review has warned one of the most distressed hospital trusts in the country “cannot enter another winter” without more beds, with hundreds of patients waiting more than 12 hours in its emergency department every month.
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HSJ LocalTrust exits special measures under new leadership
An acute trust in Essex has exited special measures less than a year after new leadership was brought in.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Turning the corner on DTOCs?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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HSJ LocalGreen light for judicial review into A&E closure
A High Court judge has granted a judicial review for campaigners opposing the closure of Huddersfield’s accident and emergency department.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned over medication failures
The Care Quality Commission has issued University Hospitals of Leicester Trust with a warning notice after inspectors found the administration of insulin to patients required “significant improvement”.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - February 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for February 2018.
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CommentRTT admission rates collapse
Admissions per working day fell dramatically, to the lowest January level ever recorded, as the NHS followed central guidance to shut down routine care and release beds for emergency admissions. One year waiters – a key goal for next year’s plans – went up again and exceeded 2,000 for the ...
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HSJ LocalHospital says patient died 'due to dangerous overcrowding of A&E'
The death of a patient in an accident and emergency department was “due entirely to the dangerous overcrowding of the department”, the trust’s medical director has told HSJ.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2018: Consultancy of the Year
Winner: Carnall Farrar: Whole system change across the Devon STP
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NewsA&E performance hits all time low after 'most pressured month ever'
Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target dipped again in February to 85 per cent – its worst since records began – according to official data published this morning.
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NewsTrust declares highest A&E alert level for three days in a row
A district general hospital is under “extreme pressure” in accident and emergency and has declared the highest level of alert for three days, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Towards good news
Andy Cowper shares some bits of actual good news peppered with a dash of a downer at the end.
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NewsFebruary ‘most pressured month ever for NHS’
February was probably the “most pressurised month the NHS has seen in its nearly 70 year history”, Simon Stevens has said, as the service continues to grapple with winter.