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Grenfell Tower inquiry: expert explains four main findings – and how emergency services must improve
Grenfell Tower inquiry: expert explains four main findings – and how emergency services must improve
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“We can’t do this”: A mission impossible to meet the NHS performance targets
As we head into 2019, the media coverage has intensified with stories of the ‘mayhem’ due to the coming cold snap and the looming crisis in the NHS and the race to combat the “toughest ever” winter crisis and the pressures on the hospitals to meet their targets. This comes on the back of the…
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Winter pressures and the NHS Ambulance Services: ‘Doing more with less’ is not an option
Paresh Wankhade, Professor of Leadership and Management and Emergency Services Management Expert discusses the issues the Ambulance Service faces as winter approaches in his latest Comment blog: With each passing year, the winter crisis puts a massive strain on the NHS ambulance resources with huge bottlenecks in the transfer of patients into the hospital Accident…
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How to reboot Britain’s fractured emergency services
Professor Paresh Wankhade, Edge Hill University The Grenfell Tower fire and recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London have put the spotlight on spending cuts for emergency services. In Manchester, an independent review into the emergency response was ordered in the aftermath of the bombing to look into the “the strain of spending cuts”…
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Increasing Ambulance Demand: Need for a Strong Leadership and Positive Culture
The growing pressure on the NHS ambulance services as a result of increased ambulance demand has been a subject of media attention in the recent weeks. This is also accompanied by a growing academic interest in the examination and exploration of work intensification in prehospital care settings. Staff retention and staff recruitment is proving to…
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Northern Ambulance Alliance: New model for emergency services collaboration?
Professor Paresh Wankhade (Business School) analyses the latest announcements about ambulance alliance and its implications: Interoperability between the emergency services (the police, ambulance and fire) is an important but highly contested topic of research. The governance of these ‘blue lights’ in England is complex given these services come under different departments and are structured differently…
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Emergency services collaboration: role and future of the ambulance services?
Collaboration between emergency services is neither novel nor new. Many emergency services are already working with each other and other public bodies to provide better services while improving efficiencies. It was however argued that the present levels of coordination and collaboration are uneven and not as well developed as they might be. In September 2015,…
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Interoperability between Emergency Services: A Missed Opportunity?
Professor Paresh Wankhade (Business School) analyses the latest Interoperability proposals offered by the government: The governance of the emergency services in England is complex and the three main emergency services (ambulance, police, and fire & rescue) are structured differently, largely as a result of the relatively ad-hoc nature of their historical development. In September 2015,…
