All Emergency care articles – Page 94
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CommentEnglish waiting list tops 3 million, its biggest in six years
The English waiting list is 20 per cent bigger than at the last general election but despite that, long waits have improved under the Coalition. We are now well into the zone where the ‘90 per cent adjusted admitted’ target is at risk
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NewsBetter care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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SupplementsPatient data webinar: Eyes on the dashboard
Finding solutions to fragmented data systems
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NewsExclusive poll: Public fear for the future of free healthcare
Voters fear the principle of free healthcare is in danger and that the NHS is threatened by the private sector, an HSJ/FTI Consulting survey has found
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SupplementsClinical care protocols: When safe comes as standard
Why evidence based clinical care protocols hold the key to standardising care
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HSJ LocalRecruitment struggle spells end for franchise rescue
The struggle of England’s smallest acute trust to recruit consultants played a major role in the decision to ditch its search for an independent sector management franchise to take it over, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS England strategy director joins GP and urgent care provider
The recently departed strategy director of NHS England has been appointed as a partner at a large GP and urgent care provider.
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HSJ KnowledgeTake to the high street for community based eye care
Local treatments takes pressure off budgets
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS gets the A&E demand it deserves
High demand stems from the service’s own offer to patients
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NewsA&Es miss target for a month
Accident and emergency departments have missed the target to see, treat, admit or discharge 95 per cent of patients within four hours for the fourth week in a row as demand on the service grows.
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HSJ Knowledge
Four hours in A&E: what the target tells us about trusts
Does performance reflect the leadership?
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HSJ Local
Joint closure date for London emergency departments
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency departments at Hammersmith Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital are due to be downgraded on the same day in September under a joint plan between Imperial College Healthcare Trust and North West London Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeSenior staff cover means earlier discharges
Equal attention should be paid to evening cover as at weekends
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SupplementsHSJ roundtable: An enhanced perspective on surgical recovery
Enhanced recovery programmes for surgery patients
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NewsProviders fail to report waiting times data
The NHS has missed its target for starting patient treatment within 18 weeks of admission for the second consecutive month, the latest official figures show.
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CommentTo the NHS: Please explain the missing waiting list data
Yet another trust has dropped out of the stats
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Comment'There's no discrepancy in the A&E data, it's just not true'
We must question the credibility of the College of Emergency Medicine study
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NewsCo-commissioning plan could ease pressure on A&E, report author claims
NHS England’s primary care co-commissioning plan could help ease pressure on accident and emergency services, a researcher behind a new College of Emergency Medicine study has claimed.
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CommentBeyond the official data: a different picture of A&E attendances
It is an opportunity to design services fit for the future