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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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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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Sore throats and false nails – the ambulance call-outs that cost millions
Keegan Clay Shepard, Edge Hill University Ambulance call-outs are increasing, resulting in services operating under enormous, and probably unsustainable, pressure. While most calls do need an emergency response, far too many don’t. A study of 300 consecutive emergency ambulance arrivals to an accident and emergency (A&E) department in London, England, found that only 54% of…
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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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In the future your ambulance could be driverless
Keegan Shepard, Edge Hill University The revolution in driverless vehicles will make many jobs obsolete. In the US alone, it is estimated that driverless vehicles will wipe out 4.1m jobs. Truck drivers, delivery drivers, taxi drivers and Uber drivers will be out of work, and sooner than you might think. But automation can be a…
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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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What troubled US police forces can learn from the civil rights era
Effective law enforcement requires the support of the community. Such support will not be present when a substantial segment of the community feels threatened by the police and regards the police as an occupying force. These words could be read as a comment on the recent shootings in Dallas, Texas. Or on the deaths of…
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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,…
