College of Emergency Medicine

Type: Organization

Name: College of Emergency Medicine

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Hunt 'spouting rubbish' - Dr Laurence Buckman

Hunt ‘spouting rubbish’ – Dr Laurence BuckmanGPs should not be blamed for failings in emergency care, BMA GPs committee chairman Dr Laurence Buckman will say in a scathing attack on health secretary Jeremy Hunt.Speaking at the annual conference of BMA’s ... [Published National Health Executive - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Laurence Buckman, Out-of-Hours, NHS, Peter Carter, College of Emergency Medicine

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

British Medical Association

Centralisation of health services on cards

Doctors could face major service changes under plans for a large-scale reorganisation of health services in south Wales, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said, warning that the reconfiguration could lead to centralisation of services.The south ... [Published Public Service - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Welsh Conservatives, Darren Millar, College of Emergency Medicine, Aneurin Bevan, British Medical Association

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

NHS

Is the NHS going to blow a gasket?

Too often we think of NHS services in isolation.Take the current debate over A&E. The focus has been on what is happening in these units rather than how it fits in with the entire system.But in many ways the NHS is like an engine.It is made up of many ... [Published BBC - 19 hours ago]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Mike Farrar, College of Emergency Medicine

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Health shake-up announced

Plaid Cymru's leader Leanne Wood's response to proposals for the future of hospital services in South Wales:Today’s news is an admission of the Welsh Government’s failure to deliver these services. Labour has been in charge of health in Wales for the ... [Published itv.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Wales, emergency, Darren Millar, College of Emergency Medicine

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Employ more emergency physicians to ease pressure, MPs hear

Attracting more highly trained doctors into acute care could help address the growing pressure on emergency department services, MPs heard yesterday.College of Emergency Medicine president Mike Clancy told the Commons health select committee that services ... [Published British Medical Association - May 22 2013]

Entities: emergency, Mike Clancy, Patient, Environment

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Nicholson's

NHS chief quits over Stafford scandal

NHS chief Sir David Nicholson decides to step down in March 2014.Britain™s National Health Service (NHS) chief Sir David Nicholson has finally caved in to mounting pressure over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal and announced resignation.Nicholson, ... [Published RINF.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: NHS, Nicholson's, Stafford Hospital, Mike Clancy, Sir David Nicholson

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Jeremy Hunt (Politician)

Medical Experts Warn MPs about A&E overcrowding

Medical experts have warned MPs that overcrowding in A&E departments in hospitals can result into increased number of deaths and complete catastrophe.College of Emergency Medicine President Mike Clancy said more number of elderly patients arrive in A&E ... [Published TopNews United States - May 22 2013]

Entities: Mike Clancy, College of Emergency Medicine, Jeremy Hunt (Politician)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 4 reports

A&E overcrowding could lead to more deaths and serious illnesses, MPs told

Hospitals face rising threat of mortality as shortage of beds poses substantial risk to vulnerable patients, warns expert Overcrowding in hospital A&E departments in England could lead to more deaths and serious illness, MPs have been warned.Mike Clancy, ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013]

Entities: Patient, Out-of-Hours, Mike Clancy, Andy Burnham

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

GPs should take on almost a third of emergency care

The College of Emergency Medicine calls for 15%-30% of emergency care to be managed by GPsEmergency care systems in the UK and Ireland are facing their biggest challenge in well over a decade as they aim to cope with unsustainable workloads and a lack ... [Published Practice Business - May 20 2013]

Entities: emergency, College of Emergency Medicine, Richard Vautrey, Collocation (Telecom)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Time GPs put in some real work

An ageing population with complex health needs, a shortage of experienced hospital doctors, a dysfunctional NHS helpline and GPs who no longer work late hours have combined to put emergency care provision on the critical list. The scale of the problem ... [Published Daily Express - May 19 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Out-of-Hours, Casualty, England

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Health Secretary admits more A&E staff 'definitely needed'

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told ITV News he wants to see more staff in A&E departments to help struggling hospitals cope with increased demand.He said that even though there were 6,000 more doctors than at the time of the last election, more staff ... [Published itv.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: College of Emergency Medicine, Jeremy Hunt (Politician), The Labour Party (United Kingdom), NHS

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

College of Emergency Medicine welcome staff call

The College of Emergency Medicine, , has welcomed Jeremy Hunt's comments that more staff are needed to cope with demand.In a statement they said:The College welcomes the Secretary of State’s statement that Emergency Departments are understaffed and under ... [Published itv.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: College of Emergency Medicine, emergency, NHS

Quotes

Shadow health and social services minister Darren Millar said: "It's just weeks since the College of Emergency Medicine told us that [emergency] departments are at the 'point of meltdown' and now is certainly not the time to be slashing the life-saving services they provide."

Centralisation of health services on cards [Published Public Service - 16 hours ago]

...Already, they have been facing shortage of beds and such arrivals enhance the problem and proper care is not provided to them. "If you were to look at the numbers of people multiplied by the length of time they are spending in emergency departments, that is what is increasing substantially" , said Clancy to the Commons health select committee

Medical Experts Warn MPs about A&E overcrowding [Published TopNews United States - May 22 2013]

"The evidence seems to be that patients like it and there is no deterioration in their care."

Don't visit casualty - email your GP instead: NHS chief Mike Farrar's astonishing answer to A&E c ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 21 2013]

..."The truth is that this is a mess of the Government’s own making," he said. "It will not be solved by the Secretary of State’s spin or by blaming GPs. He has been found playing politics when he should be dealing with the real causes of today’s chaos."

Hospitals freeze A&E targets - because they can’t hit them [Published The Independent - May 21 2013]

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Hunt 'spouting rubbish' - Dr Laurence Buckman [Published National Health Executive - 9 hours ago]
Centralisation of health services on cards [Published Public Service - 16 hours ago]
Is the NHS going to blow a gasket? [Published BBC - 19 hours ago]
Reconfiguration points to centralisation of ser... [Published British Medical Association - May 22 2013]
Employ more emergency physicians to ease pressu... [Published British Medical Association - May 22 2013]
NHS chief quits over Stafford scandal [Published RINF.com - May 22 2013]
Health shake-up announced [Published itv.com - May 22 2013]
Medical Experts Warn MPs about A&E overcrowding [Published TopNews United States - May 22 2013]
UK warned on A&E overcrowding [Published RINF.com - May 22 2013]
Cash fury as NHS boss quits [Published Daily Express - May 22 2013]
Don't visit casualty - email your GP instead: N... [Published Mail Online UK - May 21 2013]
Hospitals freeze A&E targets - because they can... [Published The Independent - May 21 2013]
A&E overcrowding could lead to more deaths and ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013]
Breaking News: A&E units dropping four-hour target [Published Ormskirk and Skelmersdale Advertiser - May 21 2013]
A&E units dropping four-hour target [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 21 2013]
A&E units dropping four-hour target [Published Dorset Echo - May 21 2013]
HUNT A&E WARNING [Published PoliticsHome - May 21 2013]
Patients at risk in A&E 'perfect storm' [Published London Evening Standard - May 21 2013]
A&E units on cliff edge - NHS chiefs [Published BBC - May 21 2013]
Cameron's leadership under fire: Politics live ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013]
Mike Hadley faces formal reprimand [Published BBC - May 21 2013]
Letters: Matters of life, death and economics [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]
Top A&E doctors warn: 'We cannot guarantee safe... [Published The Independent - May 20 2013]
GPs should take on almost a third of emergency ... [Published Practice Business - May 20 2013]
The NHS is in 'crisis,' Labour health minister ... [Published Pharmacy.Biz - May 20 2013]
Time GPs put in some real work [Published Daily Express - May 19 2013]
Staff crisis at St John’s A&E forces cuts [Published The Scotsman - May 18 2013]
Health Secretary admits more A&E staff 'definit... [Published itv.com - May 17 2013]
Jeremy Hunt admits NHS needs more staff to tack... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Week ahead [Published BBC - May 17 2013]