All Coronavirus articles – Page 40
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Relying on ‘clinical discretion’
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ Local
Waiting lists to grow until spring at beleaguered London acute
A London acute trust that has been hardest hit in each pandemic wave expects its waiting list to keep growing until spring.
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News
Rate of decline in covid hospital patients continues to increase
The number of covid patients in English hospitals has fallen below the peak seen in mid-April for the first time.
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News
Exclusive: Backlog of long cancer waits has doubled
The backlog of patients who have been waiting for cancer treatment for more than 104 days has more than doubled since last year, according to internal NHS England papers seen by HSJ.
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Comment
Post-covid recovery: proactive care, self care and CVD prevention
A major concern for general practice is how to continue with the essential covid response while providing proactive care to patients who are at highest risk of deterioration. By Dr Matt Kearney and Laura Boyd
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: What the new white paper means for the NHS
This week the HSJ Health Check team debate what the government’s health and care white paper – proposing the biggest NHS legislation in nearly a decade — will really mean.
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News
New stats show vaccination progress in each health system
Seven of the country’s integrated care systems have given the covid-19 vaccination to more than 90 per cent of people aged 70 and over, according to the latest NHS England figures.
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Comment
Waiting times lengthen rapidly as winter bites
The elective recovery ground to a halt in December, as waiting times showed their fastest increase since July. By Rob Findlay
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Comment
End the discrepancy in visiting policy of trusts and health boards
As disparity between hospital visiting policy takes a psychological toll on some young cancer patients, health ministers must look at best practice and produce guidance, urges Dr Louise Soanes
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HSJ Partners
Improve patient safety with the power of modern technology
The future of healthcare technology is only to move forward
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News
Exclusive: One in four critical care units got busier in past week
The number of patients in critical care grew at one in four English hospital trusts in the past week, despite overall covid-19 occupancy falling, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Tackling stigma in the NHS is critical to easing the mental health impact of the pandemic
Stephanie Slater shares her personal insight on the stigma surrounding mental health and how vital it is to improve this culture for the staff in the NHS
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News
‘Worrying’ gap in vaccination rates for over 80s with learning disabilities
Experts have warned that vulnerable groups risk getting ‘missed out’ after data has revealed a ‘worrying’ gap in vaccination rates for those with a learning disability and severe mental illness.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Put an ICU clinician in PPE on a plinth
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ Interactive
Harnessing the power of a data co-operative
The introduction of population health management dashboards in Cheshire and Merseyside during the pandemic has morphed into a bigger project
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News
Exclusive: More than 100,000 waiting for ‘urgent’ operations
More than 100,000 people were waiting for ‘urgent’ priority two operations in late January, as planned care rates plummeted amid the covid third wave, according to NHS data seen by HSJ.
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News
NHS England faces ‘external review’ of private sector covid contracts
There will be an ‘external review’ into the national capacity contracts with the private sector during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leaked NHS England document.
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HSJ Interactive
How to restore cancer services after covid
The critical question of how to restore cancer services after the covid pandemic was addressed in an HSJ webinar. The pandemic has severely affected cancer services in much of the NHS: HSJ reported last month that cancer operations in the first half of January were down by 800 on normal ...
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Expert Briefing
The Download: How virtual care can help hospitals free up beds
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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News
‘Suboptimal’ relationship between NHS and pharma needs ‘urgent’ attention, says ex-NICE chief
The relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical sector is ‘suboptimal’ because of the misalignment of ‘ambitions, constraints and risk appetites’, according to former National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Sir Andrew Dillon.