Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales
  • ACHCEW
    • THE GOLDEN AGE OF PPI IN THE NHS
    • ABOUT ACHCEW
    • History of the NHS >
      • Historical Publications
      • NHS Consultants' Association
      • The Peckham Experiment
    • How ACHCEW Worked
    • Who's Who >
      • Toby Harris
      • A celebration - Michael English
      • In Memory of Mike Gerrard >
        • A Stifled Voice - Book Launch
      • In Memory of Murray Benham
      • In Memory of Bill Marks
      • In Memory of Tony Smythe
    • ACHCEW - Bless you!
    • The Legal Position >
      • THE ORIGIN
      • THE OBJECTIVES
      • Constitution - Standing Orders
      • Communications
      • Legal Advice and Procedures
      • Parliament - Acts-Bills-Briefings >
        • ACHCEW Briefing Papers re. NHS Community Care Bill ...
        • CHCs (Access to Information) Act 1988
      • Statutory Instruments - Regulations
    • ACHCEW Training Pack
    • Official Papers >
      • Abolition of CHCs and ACHCEW - 2003
      • Creation of CPPIH
      • DH + Social Security - Appendices
      • Forum Support Organisations + Patients' Forums
      • Guidance - Governance Documents
      • Termination Documents
      • Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums >
        • CVS
        • Private Eye
      • The National Plan
    • The Commission - ACHCEW >
      • Correspondence - Interim Report
      • Publication
    • CASUALTY WATCH - History >
      • Casualty Watch - STEERING GROUP
      • Casualty Watch - PAPERS
      • Casualty Watch - MONTHLY RESULT
      • Casualty Watch - CHC REPORTS
      • Press Cuttings
  • COMMITTEES
    • Annual Reports
    • AGM / Conferences - Correspondence, Papers, Minutes
    • Officers' Meetings
    • Standing Committee >
      • Standing Committee Members
      • Standing Committee News
    • Transition Advisory Board - TAB
    • FINAL Meeting - 08 July 2003
  • CHCs
    • Introduction to CHCs
    • CHC Regulations
    • How CHCs Worked
    • Code of Conduct for CHC Members
    • Code of Practice on Consultation
    • Public Activities Material
    • CHCs in Action - (Publication)
    • The Politics of Consumer Representation - A Study of CHCs
    • The Legal History of CHCs
    • Legal - re. Closures
    • Directory of CHCs + LINks >
      • Brighton and District CHC
      • Brent CHC
      • Bristol CHC
      • Central + South Birmingham CHC
      • City and Hackney CHC
      • Croydon CHC
      • Greater London Association of CHCs - GLACHC
      • Haringey CHC
      • Islington CHC
      • Mid-Staffs CHC
      • SW Hertfordshire CHC
      • Southwark CHC
      • Wakefield CHC
    • Training and Skills for Members >
      • Skills for New CHC Members
      • Understanding the NHS and the Role of the CHC
      • Developing Skills as a CHC Member
      • Links to CHCs and Charities Database
      • Skills for CHC Chairs
      • Other Training Documents
      • PPI Short Courses >
        • Introduction and Surveys
        • Core 1 - User Involvement in Health and Social Care
        • Core 2 - What does User Involvement Mean?
        • Core 3 - Feeling Empowered in User Involvement
        • Theme 1 - Involvement in Service Planning and Improvement
        • Theme 2 - Involvement in Research and Activity
        • General Units
        • Link Person Handbook
  • Papers
    • IN-HOUSE Staff Publications - Introduction >
      • IN-HOUSE Publications - Listing
    • CHC Listings
    • CHC News >
      • CHC News - 1-94 (1975-1984)
      • CHC News - 1-112 (1986-1996)
      • CHC News - 1-37 (1996-2000)
    • CHC Public Activities Materials
    • NHS Dispute - Complaint
    • Presentations >
      • Presentations - PowerPoint
      • Presentations - Video
    • Foundation Trust Hospitals
    • GMC
    • Healthwatch England
    • Health Scrutiny
    • House of Commons Health Committee
    • ICAS
    • King's Fund
    • Normanton Hospital Inquiry
    • PALS
    • Local Involvement Networks - LINKs
    • PPI + LINks >
      • PPI Academic
      • PPI in the NHS >
        • The Effective PPI Forum - Guide
      • Patient Empowerment >
        • Power to the People in South East Thames
      • Public Representation of Health Bodies
      • Women's Health Publications >
        • Pennell Report on Women's Health (Publication)
        • Women's Health - Engaging Women
      • Enter and View
      • LINks Foundation Trusts
      • Kingston Hospital + Kingston PCT LINk
      • Public Involvement in the Private Finance Initiative
      • Response to the Health Committee Report
      • Private Hospitals
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications - A
    • Publications - B
    • Publications - C
    • Publications - D-E-F-G
    • Publications - H-I-K-L-M
    • Publications - N-O-P-Q
    • Publications - R-S-T
    • Publications - U-V-W-Y
  • PRESS
    • ACHCEW's Press Releases
    • A&E + CASUALTYWATCH Press Cuttings
  • Cartoons
  • Gallery
    • Mass Lobby of Parliament
    • PHOTOS - Cafe Royal 08July2003
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Casualty Watch 
For other National Casualty Watch publications, visit Publications 'N'
NB:  Some of these documents may take time to download ...
Casualty Watch Project - Briefing Notes
By: Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW

Casualty Watch Project Briefing Notes
Southwark CHC - undated

Emergency Admissions to Hospital: Managing the Demand
National Audit Office - 31 October 2013  - 12 pages

Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from Rosie Winterton, MP, Minister of State, DH - 17 August 2003

Casualty Watch ... Working to end long trolley waits - April 2003 ...  44 pages

Letter to David Lammy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW - 23 December 2002

Letter to Elizabeth Manero, Chair, Regional Association of London CHCs from Andrew Larter, Assistant Private Secretary to Hazel Blears, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - 15 January 2002

Managing A&E - A Guide to Good Practice in Management of A&E Departments 
By The Institute of Health Services Management and ACHCEW - 18 pages

Nationwide Casualty Watch - 1997 - November 1997 
Nationwide Casualty Watch - 1999 - February 1999 
Nationwide Casualty Watch - 2001
Nationwide Casualty Watch - 1998   -  January 1998
Nationwide Casualty Watch - 2000 


Letter to Professor G. Alberti, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolic Medicine - from Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW
Assessment / Observation Units
19 September 2002

Letter to Liz McLean, Director of Performance, Ashford and St. Peters Hospital, from Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW
18 June 2002  -  In Response to letter dated 28 May 2002

Letter from Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust re. Casualty Watch
28 May 2002

Press Information for CHCs
By: Murray Benham, Media Manager, ACHCEW  - 20 May 2002

Letter from Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW to Jack Dromery, National Secretary, TGWU HQ re. Casualty Watch 2002
09 May 2002

Guidance Notes for Setting Up Casualty Watch
Malcolm Alexander - April 2002

Letter from Elizabeth Manero, Chair, London Health Link, to Peter Boyland, Commission for Health Improvement
13 December 2001 

Patients are waiting longer in A&E Departments: Audit Commission Report
05 November 2001 

PRESS RELEASE:  The Older you are, the longer you wait in A&E 
The Liberal Democrats:  Paul Barstow MP  - 01 August 2001

Letter to Annette Sarjeant, NHS Executive from Elizabeth Manero, Chair, London Health Link
25 April 2001

Letter to Elizabeth Manero, Chair, London Health Link from Marion Chester, Legal Officer, ACHCEW
22 April 2001

PRESS CUTTINGS x 3:  So farewell, Casualty Watch
29 March 2001 and 05 April 2001

NEWS RELEASE:  Threatened Health Watchdog Reveals Top 20 Longest Casualty Waits
29 March 2001

Department of Health Statement - Casualty Watch
28 March 2001

National Casualty Watch 2001 - Canterbury and Thanet CHC - March 2001 - 2 pages

National Casualty Watch Results for all Regions - Longest 20
CHC Collection Data - 26 March 2001

PRESS:  Prime Minister announces £35 million for further modernisation of A&E Departments
Department of Health - 25 January 2001

PRESS:  Abolition of CHCs a blow to user participation
Nursing Standard - 31 December 2000

PERSPECTIVES:  'The focus is on patients' clinical needs and distress'
By:  Malcolm Alexander - 14 June 2000

Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Chief Officer, Southwark CHC from Paul O'Connor, Director of Operations, King's College Hospital
13 April 2000

PRESS RELEASE:  Threatened Watchdog conducts last ever Casualty Watch
16 March 2000

NEWS RELEASE:  Patients respond to 'revolution in casualty care'
ACHCEW - 29 February 2000

NEWS RELEASE:  Nurses and patients call for an end to A&E trolley waits
  • Reference to: Why are we waiting  ... go to Publications W
RCN - 24 February 2000

NEWS RELEASE:  National Accident & Emergency Survey reveals scandalous patient waits
ACHCEW - 01 February 2000

Nationwide Casualty Watch Survey - Guidance Notes for Setting up Casualty Watch
February 2000

Nationwide Casualty Watch 2000 - Briefing note for ACHCEW Staff
2000

Nationwide Casualty Watch Results - Worst 17
31 January 2000

NEWS RELEASE:  Waiting Times in Hospital A&E Units Come Under Scrutiny
ACHCEW - 25 January 2000

NEWS RELEASE:  Nationwide Casualty Watch 2000 - National survey on waiting times in hospital A&E Departments
ACHCEW - 17 January 2000

Questions for Casualty Directors
Undated

Casualty Watch Training Seminar
David Spilsbury, South Birmingham CHC - 6th December 1999

PRESS RELEASE:  Health Minister, John Denham, Welcomes 'Casualty Watch' Survey
Department of Health - 26 January 1999

NEWS RELEASE:  RCN comments on ACHCEW's Casualty Watch
26 January 1999

Casualty Watch - Medway and Swale (West) CHC
Undated

Health Perspectives - Casualty Watch
ACHCEW - November 1998

Letter to the Rt. Hon. Frank Dobson, MP from Toby Harris, Director, ACHCEW - 10 February 1998

Letter to Toby Harris, Director, ACHCEW from Rt. Hon. Frank Dobson, MP - 30 January 1998

Nationwide Casualty Watch - 1997    - November 1997  -  3 pages

A History of the Casualty Watch Project
2000 - based on a paper from Southwark CHC - July 1997

Letter to Natalie Tiddy, Director of Quality, The Health Commission, from Malcolm Alexander, Chief Officer, Southwark CHC re. grant application for Casualty Watch
20 December 1995

Casualty Watch Data Input Instructions

Letter to Noshir Patel, Southwark CHC from Ian McCartney, MP, Makerfield - 04 May 1994


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  • ACHCEW
    • THE GOLDEN AGE OF PPI IN THE NHS
    • ABOUT ACHCEW
    • History of the NHS >
      • Historical Publications
      • NHS Consultants' Association
      • The Peckham Experiment
    • How ACHCEW Worked
    • Who's Who >
      • Toby Harris
      • A celebration - Michael English
      • In Memory of Mike Gerrard >
        • A Stifled Voice - Book Launch
      • In Memory of Murray Benham
      • In Memory of Bill Marks
      • In Memory of Tony Smythe
    • ACHCEW - Bless you!
    • The Legal Position >
      • THE ORIGIN
      • THE OBJECTIVES
      • Constitution - Standing Orders
      • Communications
      • Legal Advice and Procedures
      • Parliament - Acts-Bills-Briefings >
        • ACHCEW Briefing Papers re. NHS Community Care Bill ...
        • CHCs (Access to Information) Act 1988
      • Statutory Instruments - Regulations
    • ACHCEW Training Pack
    • Official Papers >
      • Abolition of CHCs and ACHCEW - 2003
      • Creation of CPPIH
      • DH + Social Security - Appendices
      • Forum Support Organisations + Patients' Forums
      • Guidance - Governance Documents
      • Termination Documents
      • Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums >
        • CVS
        • Private Eye
      • The National Plan
    • The Commission - ACHCEW >
      • Correspondence - Interim Report
      • Publication
    • CASUALTY WATCH - History >
      • Casualty Watch - STEERING GROUP
      • Casualty Watch - PAPERS
      • Casualty Watch - MONTHLY RESULT
      • Casualty Watch - CHC REPORTS
      • Press Cuttings
  • COMMITTEES
    • Annual Reports
    • AGM / Conferences - Correspondence, Papers, Minutes
    • Officers' Meetings
    • Standing Committee >
      • Standing Committee Members
      • Standing Committee News
    • Transition Advisory Board - TAB
    • FINAL Meeting - 08 July 2003
  • CHCs
    • Introduction to CHCs
    • CHC Regulations
    • How CHCs Worked
    • Code of Conduct for CHC Members
    • Code of Practice on Consultation
    • Public Activities Material
    • CHCs in Action - (Publication)
    • The Politics of Consumer Representation - A Study of CHCs
    • The Legal History of CHCs
    • Legal - re. Closures
    • Directory of CHCs + LINks >
      • Brighton and District CHC
      • Brent CHC
      • Bristol CHC
      • Central + South Birmingham CHC
      • City and Hackney CHC
      • Croydon CHC
      • Greater London Association of CHCs - GLACHC
      • Haringey CHC
      • Islington CHC
      • Mid-Staffs CHC
      • SW Hertfordshire CHC
      • Southwark CHC
      • Wakefield CHC
    • Training and Skills for Members >
      • Skills for New CHC Members
      • Understanding the NHS and the Role of the CHC
      • Developing Skills as a CHC Member
      • Links to CHCs and Charities Database
      • Skills for CHC Chairs
      • Other Training Documents
      • PPI Short Courses >
        • Introduction and Surveys
        • Core 1 - User Involvement in Health and Social Care
        • Core 2 - What does User Involvement Mean?
        • Core 3 - Feeling Empowered in User Involvement
        • Theme 1 - Involvement in Service Planning and Improvement
        • Theme 2 - Involvement in Research and Activity
        • General Units
        • Link Person Handbook
  • Papers
    • IN-HOUSE Staff Publications - Introduction >
      • IN-HOUSE Publications - Listing
    • CHC Listings
    • CHC News >
      • CHC News - 1-94 (1975-1984)
      • CHC News - 1-112 (1986-1996)
      • CHC News - 1-37 (1996-2000)
    • CHC Public Activities Materials
    • NHS Dispute - Complaint
    • Presentations >
      • Presentations - PowerPoint
      • Presentations - Video
    • Foundation Trust Hospitals
    • GMC
    • Healthwatch England
    • Health Scrutiny
    • House of Commons Health Committee
    • ICAS
    • King's Fund
    • Normanton Hospital Inquiry
    • PALS
    • Local Involvement Networks - LINKs
    • PPI + LINks >
      • PPI Academic
      • PPI in the NHS >
        • The Effective PPI Forum - Guide
      • Patient Empowerment >
        • Power to the People in South East Thames
      • Public Representation of Health Bodies
      • Women's Health Publications >
        • Pennell Report on Women's Health (Publication)
        • Women's Health - Engaging Women
      • Enter and View
      • LINks Foundation Trusts
      • Kingston Hospital + Kingston PCT LINk
      • Public Involvement in the Private Finance Initiative
      • Response to the Health Committee Report
      • Private Hospitals
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications - A
    • Publications - B
    • Publications - C
    • Publications - D-E-F-G
    • Publications - H-I-K-L-M
    • Publications - N-O-P-Q
    • Publications - R-S-T
    • Publications - U-V-W-Y
  • PRESS
    • ACHCEW's Press Releases
    • A&E + CASUALTYWATCH Press Cuttings
  • Cartoons
  • Gallery
    • Mass Lobby of Parliament
    • PHOTOS - Cafe Royal 08July2003