Analysis
Cementing a strategy for the future of the emergency care workforce
A new report recommends extra investment in advanced clinical practitioners to help address...
26 Oct 2017
NHS Providers tells emergency services to brace themselves for what could be the worst...
Despite intensive winter planning, doubts remain over how hospitals in England will cope...
20 Sep 2017
Pinpointing and relieving stress in emergency departments
Emergency department staff may experience high rates of anxiety, depression and burnout
15 Aug 2017
Emergency nursing during major incident plans
Hospitals expect a major incident plan to be implemented every three years, but following...
28 Jun 2017
Not enough is being done to cut risk of death after cardiac arrest, says expert group
A group of cardiac experts and campaigners on the Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest steering...
31 May 2017
How have the demands on emergency care for young people changed in England over ten...
A study carried out by the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation has analysed whether the...
03 May 2017
Clock ticking again on four-hour target for emergency departments
Emergency departments in England are being told they must start hitting the operational...
03 Apr 2017
NHS 111: help or hindrance for emergency care?
Nurses have admitted frustration at the rising number of people who are not seriously ill...
27 Feb 2017
ED pressures force UK hospitals to declare major incidents
Major incidents have been declared during January from 40% of hospitals in England, as...
31 Jan 2017
Mounting pressures are pulling the plug on nurses working in EDs
Nurses are being deterred from working in pressured emergency departments (EDs) because of...
24 Nov 2016
Emergency departments now weakest part of healthcare system, report finds
Care Quality Commission recently published a report presenting the weaknesses in emergency...
26 Oct 2016
Nurse flu jab drive underway
The annual drive urging nurses and other healthcare staff to have their free flu vaccination...
26 Oct 2016
Always winter, never Christmas in emergency departments
Last winter was the most difficult for emergency departments in England for more than a...
06 Oct 2016
Emergency care staff need new tools to improve child vital signs tests
Children attending emergency departments are not having standardised checks on their vital...
06 Jul 2016
Advanced nurse practitioners may have general surgery role
A report by think tank the Nuffield Trust has called for advanced nurse practitioner (ANP)...
11 May 2016
Self-care is key in sickle-cell disease
A nationwide survey of people living with sickle cell disease in England has revealed that...
11 May 2016