All Emergency care articles – Page 85
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HSJ LocalPrivate ambulance provider investigated over security concerns
PERFORMANCE: A private ambulance provider used by an NHS trust in Kent is being investigated after an inspection found it was insecurely storing medicine at a hotel and employed staff who had not been security checked.
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HSJ LocalHandover delays expected to hit trust performance rating
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is predicting a reduced performance rating from Monitor after a surge in 999 calls over winter and a large increase in the length handover delays.
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NewsWinter A&E analysis: More ambulance queues and cancelled operations
Ambulance handover delays, cancelled elective operations and delayed transfers of care all saw huge increases this winter, in what has been the most difficult year for accident and emergency departments in a decade.
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HSJ LocalPerformance of ambulance trust worries CCG
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in East Anglia has expressed concern that East of England Ambulance Service Trust has missed a large number of targets relating to responses to 999 calls.
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NewsExclusive: 26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach
Twenty-six hospital trusts are responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ LocalCroydon chief: New surgical assessment unit will shorten waits
STRUCTURE: Croydon Health Services Trust has opened a unit which will shorten the time some patients wait for surgery, waits in A&E and reduce patient stays, its chief executive has said.
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SupplementsIntegration supplement: How the third sector helps discharged patients
The important role of British Red Cross volunteers
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NewsNHS England speeds up emergency care transformation plan
NHS England will accelerate planned changes to urgent and emergency care services because of poor performance across the sector.
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HSJ KnowledgeEmergency care reform requires a whole system change
Start with understanding motivations
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NewsA&E pharmacists pilot gets national rollout
More than 50 pilot sites will take part in a national trial of clinical pharmacists in accident and emergency departments.
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HSJ KnowledgeHospital mortality rates are a blunt instrument to measure avoidable death
Avoidable deaths mystery
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HSJ LocalAmbulance crews assess 999 patients in their own homes
ACUTE CARE: Wakefield CCG has introduced a scheme to allow ambulance crews to assess certain patients at home following 999 calls.
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HSJ KnowledgeTake these simple steps to ease A&E pressures in the short term
Discussions at the Emergency Care Summit
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HSJ KnowledgeWe need a sustainable workforce to keep up with winter pressures
Trust did all it could preparing for winter pressures
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NewsTougher penalties under new NHS contract
Penalties for breaching referral to treatment targets have been toughened up to try to bring down waiting lists, in the final standard contract issued by NHS England, but sanctions for accident and emergency and elective treatment breaches have been reduced.
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HSJ LocalTrauma unit accredited for another year
STRUCTURE: The trauma unit at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust has been accredited for a further 12 months – but there are concerns about availability of theatres seven days a week.
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NewsDrop in elective patients treated reflects A&E demand
There were fewer elective patients treated in January compared to the previous year, according to the latest data from NHS England.
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HSJ LocalConsultants' en masse resignation letter exposes rift with trust management
A resignation letter from four accident and emergency consultants has heavily criticised the management of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust and local reconfiguration plans.