All Acute care articles – Page 44
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NewsRevealed: Full picture of how covid is hitting hospitals in the north
The most comprehensive picture so far of how covid’s second wave has hit the NHS in the north of England is revealed in new figures obtained by HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The North reaches boiling point
On the podcast this week, we try to get to the bottom of this week’s political furore in the North West, the confusion that ensued and the impact the continued rise in covid admissions could have on normal NHS work. We also discover quite how long it takes to heat ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS faces winter with ‘2,000 less’ beds than last year
The NHS has ‘significantly less’ beds now than last winter and parts of the system ‘don’t have enough’, a NHS England and Improvement director has admitted.
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NewsUPDATED: Another Yorkshire trust suspends electives
Another Yorkshire trust has suspended non-urgent elective care following a large rise in covid admissions.
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NewsExclusive: Public satisfaction with NHS maternity and A&E soars during pandemic
Public satisfaction with NHS hospital services has soared during the coronavirus pandemic despite the widespread cancellation of operations, the rapid switch to digital delivery and restrictions on visits, according to an exclusive analysis shared with HSJ.
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NewsTrusts dismissive of ‘unsuitable’ Nightingales
Senior leaders have expressed concern that Nightingale hospitals in the North of England will not be suitable for patients during the covid-19 second wave, despite their remobilisation.
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HSJ InteractiveWhat the future of outpatient care should look like
Against the backdrop of a greater need than ever before to avoid patients visiting hospital unnecessarily, an HSJ webinar discussed what the future of outpatient care should look like. The event brought together Toby Hillman, consultant in respiratory and general medicine at University College Hospitals Foundation Trust and specialist advisor ...
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NewsWards rated ‘inadequate’ treble in a year
Inspectors are finding more evidence of poor care in inpatient wards for people with a learning disability or autism, with the proportion of these services rated as ‘inadequate’ more than tripling in a year.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The NHS was not prepared for covid’s second wave
As covid wave two crashes on to the North of England, HSJ Health Check discusses the last minute scrambles in the NHS to deal with admissions, try to protect elective care, and provide mass testing for staff.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital covid mortality falls sharply during second wave
The proportion of covid positive patients who die after being admitted to hospitals has fallen dramatically between the first and second waves of the pandemic, exclusive HSJ analysis has discovered.
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NewsRevealed: Thirty-five areas go backwards on key cancer target
Dozens of local commissioning areas have gone backwards on a key cancer metric over the last five years, an analysis of national data reveals.
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NewsRising covid absences will have ‘significant impact’ on NHS recovery
Increasing staff absence due to covid-19 will have a ‘significant impact’ on the ability of the NHS to deliver critical care services and routine operations, leading intensive care doctors have said.
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CommentThe benefits of international collaboration for the NHS during covid-19
An international effort to improve patient care through collaboration and the sharing of real-time experience and outcome data helped an NHS trust to stay ahead of the covid ‘curve’, notes Nina Janda
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NewsExclusive: NHS England at loggerheads with Test and Trace over staff testing
The introduction of weekly covid tests for NHS staff in ‘high risk areas’ will mean other groups missing out or waiting longer, well-placed sources have told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Covid critical’ Liverpool abandons its restoration
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsCovid cases caught in hospital more than double in a week
The number of covid-19 cases likely to have been caught by patients already in hospital for other conditions has more than doubled in a week — rising more quickly than coronavirus admissions from the community.
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HSJ LocalRegion’s hospitals set for 850 covid deaths by mid-November, says leaked modelling
Hospitals in the North West are forecast to see around 850 coronavirus deaths within the next five weeks, according to a modelling document seen by HSJ.
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CommentWhy ‘empty hospitals’ headlines mislead
David Oliver explains how statistics have been picked to portray the pandemic as a ‘scamdemic’ and policy responses as over-reactions in a misrepresentation of hospital admissions and bed occupancy rates
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NewsCQC to prosecute acute trust in groundbreaking case
The Care Quality Commission has launched the first prosecution of an acute trust for failing to meet fundamental standards of care.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Has covid changed the NHS forever?
To mark one year of the HSJ Health Check podcast we’re joined by special guest Nigel Edwards, chief executive of the Nuffield Trust, who shares his expert insight on the biggest operational, cultural and strategic changes the NHS has gone through during the pandemic.