News
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Scottish ambulance bosses accused of bullying
Published: 18 June 2008
Scottish Ambulance Service’s top two managers have taken voluntary leave of absence pending the outcome of an independent investigation into claims that they have been using bullying and harassment tactics.
A&E ‘chill out’ room could help cut suicide rates
Published: 21 May 2008
A more robust approach to preventing suicide and self-harm could include introducing “chill out” rooms and a “card before you leave” system in A&E departments for people at risk of suicide or self-harm.
Swedish emergency rooms crippled as nurses’ strike spreads
Published: 12 May 2008
Swedish hospitals and emergency wards are struggling to stay open as nearly 4,400 more health workers went out on strike in support of nurses who have already stopped work, their union said.
Scottish A&Es treat 100 drunk children a week
Published: 02 May 2008
Children as young as eight are turning up for emergency care at Scotland’s hospitals as a result of drinking alcohol. On average these children will have consumed 13 units of alcohol, equal to almost seven pints of beer.
A&E nurses’ fears get widespread media coverage
Published: 02 May 2008
An RCN poll of emergency nurses released at Bournemouth during RCN Congress week has generated a great deal of media attention around the pressures that staff suffer in order to meet the four-hour operational standard.
New advice issued on treating children with suspicious injuries
Published: 28 April 2008
New guidance on investigating suspected non-accidental injuries in children has been published jointly by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Royal College of Radiologists.
Falls among over-65s major cause of ambulance call-outs
Published: 28 April 2008
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) made 42,000 call-outs last year to attend older people who had fallen. Most did not require hospital treatment.
Children in A&E: violent injuries double in past year
Published: 24 April 2008
Despite an overall decline in violence-related admissions, a survey of A&E units in England and Wales reveals that assaults against under-10s more than doubled in 2007.
‘Open longer hours or pay for patients going to A&E’
Published: 21 April 2008
Doctors in England could find themselves paying the price when patients who might have been treated in their surgery end up in accident and emergency departments.
Tories claim A&E being overrun with dental ‘emergencies’
Published: 21 April 2008
Thousands of patients are turning up at hospital emergency departments for dental treatment because they can’t find an NHS dentist, says the Conservative Shadow Health Secretary.