All Winter pressures articles – Page 13
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NewsTrusts' A&E performance goes sub 50 per cent as NHS hits new low
NHS performance against the four hour accident and emergency target hit its lowest level in 15 years in March, with two trusts sinking below 50 per cent.
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HSJ LocalTrust merger plans 'likely' delayed by a year
The acquisition of a hospital trust by its high performing neighbour is now “likely” delayed for a whole year.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders new ambulance handover plan following 'unacceptable' delays
Jeremy Hunt has told system leaders to draw up new plans to tackle handover delays this month after efforts to curtail ambulance queues outside hospitals failed this winter, HSJ understands.
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NewsHarding: 'Joint venture' with NHS England may not lead to redundancies
The chair of NHS Improvement has said her organisation’s coming together with NHS England was a “joint venture”, not a merger.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals cancelled more than 500 cancer operations over winter
More than 500 cancer operations were cancelled by hospital trusts in England due to winter pressures, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsProviders: Growing bed shortage must be priority after torrid winter
The NHS’s growing bed shortage is the most pressing issue system leaders must address following a torrid winter, NHS Providers has warned, as it dismissed all of NHS England’s core targets for next year as unrealistic.
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HSJ LocalTrust extends winter pressures plan until summer
A trust with one of the worst-performing emergency departments in the country is planning to keep its extra winter capacity open until the summer, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust cancels operations until Easter to 'reset' health economy
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has cancelled all elective operations until 29 March to try to “reset” its health economy after the region declared a system wide black alert.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of patients waiting over 12 hours at strained hospital
A damning review has warned one of the most distressed hospital trusts in the country “cannot enter another winter” without more beds, with hundreds of patients waiting more than 12 hours in its emergency department every month.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Turning the corner on DTOCs?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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HSJ LocalTrust chief: STP must be reviewed after 'extraordinary' winter
The new chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has said the region’s sustainability and transformation partnership should be reviewed following “extraordinary” winter pressures.
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HSJ LocalHospital says patient died 'due to dangerous overcrowding of A&E'
The death of a patient in an accident and emergency department was “due entirely to the dangerous overcrowding of the department”, the trust’s medical director has told HSJ.
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NewsMPs challenge medical leaders over flu vaccine concerns
The Commons science and technology committee has challenged medical leaders over last year’s national flu vaccination programme.
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NewsA&E performance hits all time low after 'most pressured month ever'
Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target dipped again in February to 85 per cent – its worst since records began – according to official data published this morning.
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NewsTrust declares highest A&E alert level for three days in a row
A district general hospital is under “extreme pressure” in accident and emergency and has declared the highest level of alert for three days, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalLarge hospital trust cancelled 'significant number' of cancer operations
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has admitted a “significant number” of cancer operations were cancelled in early January due to winter pressure.
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NewsFebruary ‘most pressured month ever for NHS’
February was probably the “most pressurised month the NHS has seen in its nearly 70 year history”, Simon Stevens has said, as the service continues to grapple with winter.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: A Beastly bout of Flu
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CommentPlanning for next winter must start now
Derek Alderson on how we need to look at increasing capacity, reconfiguring surgical services and greater separation of elective and emergency sites sooner than later to avoid winter pressures