PERFORMANCE: Only around three quarters of reperfusion cases had a ‘call to needle’ time of 150 minutes or less in November - below the 90 per cent standard - University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust board were told.
The majority of these breaches occurred ‘out of hours’ and procedures are being revised to ensure consultants on call are contacted earlier and ambulance staff alert the catheter laboratory staff that a patient is on the way.
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The country’s smallest hospital trust could lose its A E service under proposals that will be put to the public for consultation next year.
The interim leader of a health economy hoping to secure “integrated care system” status has left her position earlier than planned, after the parties agreed they had reached a “natural point” for “early conclusion of the contract”.
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the trusts and partnerships which will receive capital funding worth around £900m for building developments.
One of the NHS’s global digital exemplar trusts is reviewing 85,000 patients records after they were mistakenly left “on hold”, potentially leading to treatment delays.
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A trust in the South West has become the first acute provider in the country to jump from requires improvement to outstanding across just two inspections.
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