All Coronavirus articles – Page 17
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read stories of 2021
As 2021 comes to an end, HSJ takes a look at its most read stories of the year.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: HSJ’s predictions for 2022
In the final episode of the year, we make our predictions for what 2022 could hold for the health service, including staff vaccination woes, spades in the ground for some ‘new hospitals’ and further delays for ICSs.
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NewsDeath threats against senior health officials prompt DHSC action
An artificial intelligence company has been hired by the government to monitor online death threats against “high profile individuals” working on the covid-19 vaccination programme.
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CommentJulian Patterson: Last-minute gifts for those you love
Don’t let lack of funding, staff shortages or new variants ruin another Christmas. It’s never too late to show them how much you spent, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentNHS London’s plans for virtual wards create unnecessary risk
NHS London’s plan for dealing with the omicron wave needs to take a more multidisciplinary approach and be more evidence-based if it is to not build unwarranted variation into services, write Elaine Maxwell and Alison Leary
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CommentAct now to deliver the stroke priorities in the long-term plan
After this difficult winter is behind us, we must see a renewed focus on commissioning the right evidence-based interventions to deliver better acute and post-stroke care, writes Juliet Bouverie
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NewsNHS set target to care for 15pc of covid patients at home by end of month
A minimum of 15 per cent of hospital patients who are covid positive should be treated in virtual wards, urgent new guidance issued by NHS England has stated.
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News2,000 more NHS staff in London absent due to covid in last two days
The number of NHS staff absent for reasons linked to covid has risen by 50 per cent in two days and now stands at 6,799.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How are hospital bosses feeling? Surprisingly upbeat
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: NHS plans ‘lots of little Nightingales’ to cope with omicron surge
NHS leaders have been told to make plans for temporary ‘field hospitals’ in hospital car parks and to review the capacity of their mortuaries in readiness for the expected surge of covid patients over the next five weeks, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersThe missing cancer patients of the pandemic – what can we do to fix the problem?
The toll of pandemic-related delays on cancer patients has highlighted the need for solutions such as C the Signs, an evidence-based AI system helping to fast-track patients to the most appropriate direct access diagnostic or two-week-wait cancer referral.
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CommentOmicron will turn the cancer crisis into a catastrophe
The national effort against COVID-19 is essential, but so too is a resolute focus on cancer, writes Michelle Mitchell.
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NewsGrowth rate of covid admission stalls in London and NW, hospitalisation down elsewhere
Admissions of covid positive patients are falling across England, apart from in London and the North West.
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News‘Turn private hospitals back into cancer hubs’, NHS urged
The UK’s leading cancer charity has called for the rapid reopening of cancer hubs, which saw independent hospitals used by the NHS to protect urgent surgery during previous covid waves.
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NewsExclusive: NHS in London ‘likely to be overwhelmed’ by early January, says leaked report
Hospitals and the ambulance service in the capital are “likely to become overwhelmed due to rising covid demand in the next 2-3 weeks”, a leaked document reveals.
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NewsStaff absence forecasts reveal ‘bleak picture’ for coming days
The number of NHS staff in London absent due to covid has more than doubled in four days, and one in three of the workforce would be absent by new year’s eve if the growth rate continues.
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NewsGovernment warned: Protect covid tests for staff or risk deeper crisis
The national testing system must ensure enough tests are reserved for health and care staff to get quick-turnaround clearance to return to work, as demand surges, senior figures have warned.
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NewsNHSE: Staff can work even if household has covid
Government and NHS guidance has been changed and now allows health and care staff with covid-positive household contacts to work, if the staff member is testing negative.
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NewsTrust calls for ‘compassion’ towards unvaccinated staff as they face dismissal
A trust has warned that many of its unvaccinated staff remain unpersuaded despite the prospect of dismissal, and there are ‘very limited’ opportunities for redeployment.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: How the NHS is preparing for Omicron
Record covid cases are being seen and the NHS must decide how to prepare for another potential wave in late December or January.