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NewsRevealed: Cancer operations down 800 in first two weeks of January
There were 800 fewer cancer surgeries in the first two weeks of January than usually take place during the period, according to provisional data seen by HSJ.
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NewsVax sites offered more staff to record jabs as IT system struggles with ‘exceptional demand’
Ongoing problems with a major IT system which tracks covid-19 vaccinations have forced NHS chiefs to fund more staff to ensure inoculations are accurately recorded, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts to subcontract care homes in bid to fix covid discharge problems
NHS trusts will subcontract care homes to provide residential support for covid patients who are ready to leave hospital, in a policy workaround for care providers’ inability to get insurance.
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News‘Racialised patterns’ of occupational risk found for emergency clinicians during pandemic
NHS England has been urged to take further action after a new report highlighted the “racialised patterns” of occupational risk faced by emergency clinicians during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsSouth-East hospital trust records highest weekly covid death toll
A trust in the South East has recorded the second highest weekly total of covid deaths since the start of the pandemic’s third wave in early December.
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NewsExclusive: NHS has half the ‘empty’ beds available to non-covid patients than previously reported
Nearly half the general hospital beds previously reported as “unoccupied” by the NHS are not in fact available for non-covid patients, due to infection control measures, an HSJ analysis of new NHS data reveals.
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More ringfenced investment will be required to empower community services
Much of the welcome extra investment for the NHS during the pandemic has been targeted at other parts of the system, not making its way to community services. Daniel Reynolds and Miriam Deakin explain why the March Budget is an opportunity to support community services through targeted investment.
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NewsExclusive: Critically ill covid patients moved between hospitals in record numbers
The number of critically ill covid-19 patients being transferred between hospitals under pressure from the third wave of the pandemic is on course to hit a record high in January, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance service facing ‘terrifying’ levels of risk, says trust chief
The chief executive of a small acute trust has described the “terrifying situation” faced by ambulance crews and hospital staff in trying to provide adequate emergency care as coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the local NHS services.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: How the NHS was left high and dry in covid’s third wave
Operational pressures on the NHS because of covid are still high and, although admissions are starting to level off in some places, the usual winter challenge of patient discharge is more troubling than ever.
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NewsRevealed: huge local variation in covid vaccination rates
Just a third of people aged 80 and over have received the covid vaccine in one part of England, compared to four out of five in the area with the highest rate, new NHS England figures have revealed.
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NewsGPs receive 'urgent' call to volunteer for work in crisis-hit ITU
GPs in Birmingham have been sent an “urgent” plea to assist in their acute trust’s crisis hit critical care services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRegion’s critical care occupancy up by a fifth in one week
The number of patients in critical care in the Midlands has grown by a fifth in a week, and is now 70 per cent more than in winter last year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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CommentHow one trust vaccinated 6,400 staff in nine days
Mildred Johnson outlines how Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust implemented a covid-19 vaccine deployment programme
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Gimmick land
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsHospital offered covid jabs ‘on demand’ for several weeks
A leading hospital trust has been giving covid-19 vaccinations ‘on demand’ to people outside the top priority groups but who phoned for appointments without an invite, for several weeks, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Leading region’s vaccine supply to be halved so others can catch up
The North East and Yorkshire region has been told its covid-19 vaccine supply via primary care will be halved next week, largely because it is ahead of other areas in vaccinating its eligible population, HSJ has learned.
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Students call for end of reassignment to ‘menial’ ICU shifts
Students at a London medical school have demanded an immediate end to their “compulsory” reassignment covering nurse and healthcare assistant shifts in the intensive care units at their connected trust.
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NewsDoctors at covid crisis trust accused of dodging ICU work
A medical leader at England’s largest acute trust has warned fellow doctors that its ‘priority is now [intensive care] at [the] expense of dropping all activities’, and suggested that some are avoiding critical care work.
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NewsRevealed: Nightingale hospitals to cost half a billion pounds in total
England’s Nightingale hospitals have been forecast to cost more than half a billion, according to the latest government projections.