All Emergency care articles – Page 76
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NewsJim Mackey: 'The NHS is in a mess'
Jim Mackey says he does not expect to fix the NHS’s problems but demands “progress” A&E is key priority and workforce identified as key problem News comes as data shows continued decline in performance this year NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey has told senior managers the health ...
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NewsTen trusts responsible for 20 per cent of A&E breaches
Continued decline in A&E performance − a priority area for the health service Ten trusts responsible for 20 per cent of target breaches Emergency care improvement programme team to be sent into a further 12 areas Ten hospital trusts clocked up 20 per cent of all accident and ...
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NewsMackey: A&E failure is 'normalised' at some trusts
Jim Mackey concerned about 25-30 trusts where A&E performance is “stuck” NHS Improvement chief warns breaching the four hour target has become ‘normalised’ at some providers Regulator working to identify A&Es most at risk of closure due to lack of staff The emergency care performance of around 30 ...
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CommentBreathlessness campaign could make all the difference in early treatment
The “Be Clear on Cancer” brand is being extended to raise awareness of other diseases
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Junior doctors reject contract, and Care.data scrapped
Your essential update on the week in health
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SupplementsClouds, silver linings and Storm Desmond
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay had been prepared for emergencies but Storm Desmond tested the organisation to its limits
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SupplementsTime to nurture better mental healthcare services
More government funding promised to increase specialist mental healthcare for mothers in the perinatal period is just part of the action required
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HSJ LocalTeaching hospital pleads for any junior doctors to help staff A&E
Leeds Teaching Hospital appealed for junior doctors regardless of experience or specialty to work in its A&E departments Agency and locum staff declined shifts at the trust despite offers to pay above capped rate Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says country is short of 1,000 A&E consultants ...
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HSJ PartnersSeven day services: Satisfying a growing need
The kind of challenges one can anticipate by moving over to seven day services and why these challenges are essential
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HSJ KnowledgeSurvey: who really wants to see a seven-day clinical service?
The vast majority of the 100 health service leaders surveyed by Siemens and HSJ thought a clinical service operating at the same level every day of the week unnecessary
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HSJ LocalHospital trust blames care home closure for A&E performance decline
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham and Greewnich Trust puts the fall in year-on-year A&E performance down to a carehome closure making discharges harder and an increase in blue-light attendances.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees block contract for A&E after arbitration
FINANCE: Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has agreed a block contract for accident and emergency admissions after going into arbitration with commissioners.
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CommentSeven-day services for emergency care can increase efficiency
How seven-day emergency care services can reap benefits in the long run.
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HSJ LocalTrust's A&E rated inadequate after damning inspection
Portsmouth Hospitals Trust given inadequate rating by CQC for its A&E CQC staff “had to intervene to keep patients safe” while carrying out inspection Four conditions placed on the trust’s registration PERFORMANCE: A hospital trust has been rated inadequate for urgent and emergency services after unannounced CQC inspections ...
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NewsAnalysis: How Northumbria is redesigning urgent care
Mike Waites examines how Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is transforming emergency care provision in the North East, but not without significant teething problems
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HSJ LocalInnovator hospital slashes A&E admissions but ambulance delays surge
New hospital achieves 14 per cent reduction in emergency admissions despite attendances rising Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital first of its kind in the NHS Changes to emergency care provision championed by Sir Bruce Keogh However, hospital also reports surge in ambulance handover delays ...
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HSJ Local
CQC orders hospital chief to improve A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has taken the unprecedented step of telling a chief executive they must improve their trust’s accident and emergency performance.
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HSJ LocalKent trust struggles to staff new urgent care centre
A Kent trust is struggling to find GPs to staff a 24/7 urgent care centre which is being set up to replace its emergency unit in Canterbury.
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NewsBoss leaves scandal-hit ambulance foundation trust
The chief executive of South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust - the subject of major concerns over delaying responses to some calls - has left the trust after 10 weeks’ absence.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016: Communication
A video starring comedian Dom Joly spread the word about the right and wrong uses for 999 and NHS 111