Emergency care

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24 May 2024

This is a great time for virtual wards to be bolder

New guidance from NHS England, and the positive findings of a large-scale evaluation in the South East, have delivered a
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Baywater Health virtual ward service
23 May 2024

NHS England sets ambition to improve access to virtual wards

NHS England has announced proposals to increase access to virtual wards in a bid to reduce emergency department (ED) waiting
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31 January 2024

Make shared care records work for urgent and emergency care

Expecting paramedics to wade through shared care records is unsafe and inefficient. In an emergency, access to essential information has
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21 February 2023

Royal Bournemouthā€™s BEACH awards healthcare communications contract

The BEACH building at the Royal Bournemouth hospital has selected Ascom to provide its healthcare communications technology.
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals
25 May 2018

Leeds Teaching Hospitals demands a little ReSPECT for patients

The Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) is an emergency care plan for recording recommendations arising from
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11 February 2016

SCR in outpatients and police rooms

Access to NHS Summary Care Records is being extended to scheduled care settings and dedicated medical rooms in police stations.
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2 June 2015

NHS 111 here to stay – NHS England

NHS 111 will remain integral to NHS Englandā€™s plans to improve urgent and emergency care, despite criticism from GPs.
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21 August 2014

Urgent care change pilots started

NHS England has established pilots for a ā€œsystem-wide transformationā€ of emergency services, which includes enhancing the NHS 111 service and
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19 August 2014

Alien invasion? Call #team999

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has created an online game to educate people about what happens when they call
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