Analysis
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
Reflective practice is vital to the revalidation process
By the start of this month, the first emergency nurses to use the new revalidation system...
08 Apr 2016
'Compelling case for action' on care of older people in emergency departments
Caring for older people in emergency departments is one of the biggest challenges facing...
07 Mar 2016
Testing out new services to cut hospital attendances
Ensuring that people receive the right type of urgent care when they need it has been a...
07 Mar 2016
Nurses raise concerns about shelved safe staffing guidance
Suppressed safe staffing guidance calling for minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in NHS...
08 Feb 2016
Process for older people attending urgent care services streamlined
Faster access to specialist care for frail older patients at a Kent emergency department (ED...
08 Feb 2016