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Ambulance response times soar

2024-11-26T12:53:00+00:00

Ambulance trusts are coming under severe pressure this week with typical waits reaching two hours for category 2 calls in the West Midlands this morning.

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Emergency performance dips as winter nears

2024-10-10T11:00:00+01:00

Ambulance response times rose dramatically last month with urgent care performance also worsening as winter appeared to strike early.

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NHSE admits ‘urgent’ ambulance target will be missed in capital

2024-09-06T11:40:00+01:00

NHS England has agreed ambulance trusts can meet ‘realistic’ response times for ‘urgent’ ambulance calls including some heart attacks and stroke this winter, citing ‘service pressures, resources and demand’.

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Exclusive: Trusts forced to dismiss overseas staff shortly after hiring them

2024-07-04T11:00:00+01:00

Two NHS trusts have been forced to dismiss multiple staff from a cohort recruited from overseas, leading to a row over assurance of their qualifications, HSJ can reveal.

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Five trusts join forces on AI and procurement

2024-05-23T11:59:00+01:00

Five ambulance service trusts are forming a group, which will include joint projects on artificial intelligence, and a potential move to standardisation and joint procurement of vehicles.

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Four regions still without extra ambulances promised by NHSE

2024-05-21T04:59:00+01:00

Four regions that successfully bid for dedicated ambulances for mental health patients are still without the specialist vehicles, despite growing concerns the NHS is unable to respond to people in crisis.

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Trusts face paybill hike from rebanding claims

2024-04-24T04:00:00+01:00

Ambulance trusts are facing significantly higher costs as thousands of staff look set to be upgraded to a higher pay band.

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Top team overhauled at trust with ‘inadequate’ leadership rating

2024-02-26T04:58:00+00:00

Half of the executive directors at an ambulance trust are absent from work or due to leave as it contemplates a major shake-up of its governance.

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Outside CEOs bring ‘positive challenge’ to sector, says review author

2024-02-22T12:53:00+00:00

The senior leader who carried out a cultural review of the ambulance sector has said bringing in chief executives from outside has “shone a different light” on the service, although she stressed it was not a “silver bullet”.

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Waiting times focus ‘overshadows misconduct’, finds NHSE review

2024-02-15T12:55:00+00:00

Ambulance trusts have often prioritised capacity and response times over dealing with cases of misconduct, a review of culture in the sector for NHS England has found.

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Revealed: 300,000 more NHS staff missing out on flu jab

2024-02-02T12:42:00+00:00

Some 300,000 fewer frontline NHS staff had the winter flu vaccine last year than in 2019 and 2020, with huge variation in uptake among trusts, HSJ  analysis shows.

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56% of staff leave ‘relentless’ jobs within a year

2023-12-18T06:00:00+00:00

A trust has found that more than half its new call handlers quit within a year of starting, and a third within six months — with ‘health’ being given as the main reason.

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Trust which had three ‘catastrophic’ IT failures in two years still at ‘high risk’

2023-12-11T05:54:00+00:00

A trust which suffered three major IT failures in the space of two years was let down by poor leadership and governance, an external review has found.

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National director admits ‘misconduct’ in prior trust CEO role

2023-10-30T03:00:00+00:00

A director at a national agency has been removed from the paramedic register after admitting to misconduct in a previous role as chief executive of an ambulance trust.

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A&E handover delays up by a fifth, leak reveals

2023-10-17T04:00:00+01:00

Hours lost to ambulance handover delays shot up by nearly a quarter last month amid growing fears about the pressure on ambulance services going into winter, according to figures seen by HSJ.

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Chair to retire after 50 years in the NHS

2023-09-26T11:45:00+01:00

An ambulance trust chair is to step down after more than half a century in the NHS.

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The Integrator: ‘We’ve got to be more efficient together’

2023-08-03T13:49:00+01:00

Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder

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New CEO for trust where ‘bullying and harassment were normalised’

2023-03-23T15:47:00+00:00

An ambulance trust grappling with major cultural problems has appointed a substantive chief executive, who most recently has been on extended leave from his role leading two acute providers.

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Thousands of English NHS 999 calls answered in Wales

2023-03-21T12:44:00+00:00

Thousands of 999 calls are being transferred to the Welsh Ambulance Service because they are taking more than five minutes to answer in England, HSJ can reveal.

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Strike restrictions could make disruption worse, admits government

2023-02-22T12:05:00+00:00

Introducing minimum levels of service during ambulance strikes could have a ‘significant negative impact’ if staff instead opted for other forms of industrial action, such as overtime bans, the government’s own impact assessment of the proposals has warned.