Addressing ambulance handover delays must be a “system-wide priority”, according to a nurse leader behind a new report into the patient harm caused by these waits. The Association of Ambulance Chief ...

Through simple changes in its emergency department, this hospital has slashed ambulance waiting times by two-thirds.

Ambulance staff say patients have died in their care due to delays handing them over to hospital. Nearly seven in ten report the health of people deteriorating because of the hold ups. Vulnerable ...

HealthLeaders: For working nurses, what are the most important takeaways from your study? Jeffs: 1. Patients described the bedside nursing handover as engaging, personal, and informative. The bedside ...

Michelle Gray recalls from her years as a critical-care nurse that many patients and their families had no idea what was going on with their care. She realized that lack of information made being in ...

The handover of patient information during nursing shift changes is a key area under investigation in a national effort to improve patient safety in hospitals. In one of seven projects funded by the ...

NURSES urged the Welsh government to report every case of corridor care today after a health chief warned emergency care is ...