All Coronavirus articles – Page 45
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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.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: ‘Better but still horrible’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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CommentWhat bereaved relatives told a trust with 1,300 covid deaths
At the peak of the pandemic, Barts Health Trust conducted a survey of bereaved relatives to ask about their experience, with the results offering valuable learnings for providing better bereavement care, write Alison Hill, Jan Annan, Thalia Lajara and Georgios Ketsetzis
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NewsTheft of vaccine packaging is ‘significant security risk’, NHS warns
Covid vaccination teams have been warned theft of the packaging used to store the doses poses a “significant security risk” so it must be destroyed appropriately after use.
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NewsCity’s NHS tells councillors it will vaccinate whole population by July
A city which has seen high levels of covid-19 infection and mortality through much of the pandemic has declared it plans to vaccinate its entire adult population by July — a target months ahead of national ambitions.
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CommentHow we cut waits for a bed by sharing covid test data
Efficient access to patient testing data upon admission is making a big difference, says Richard Ewins
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NewsExclusive: First two trusts lined up to deliver 24/7 covid jabs
Two hospital trusts in the Midlands are being lined up to pilot a 24-hour covid vaccine service, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts told to treat more covid-19 patients at home
Hospitals should ramp up their treatment of covid-19 patients at home to free up more beds during the peak of the pandemic, under plans announced by NHS England/Improvement.
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News200 Army medics and personnel drafted into Midlands hospitals
Around 200 army medics and other personnel have been sent to work in hospitals in the Midlands, HSJ understands.
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NewsTreasury agrees ‘limited’ funding to ease discharge blocks
The Treasury has agreed to fund “time-limited” insurance cover to encourage care providers to accept covid patients from hospitals — although some have questioned whether the measure goes far enough to help ease the NHS capacity crisis.
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NewsExclusive: Give urgent cancer surgery the same priority as covid patients, NHS England tells service
NHS England has told regional chiefs they must ensure that urgent cancer care is given the same priority as combating the coronavirus pandemic.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Glimpsing the peak and surveying the wreckage
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The big suck
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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HSJ LocalCity ‘under the cosh’ from covid forced to admit adults to children’s critical care unit
Liverpool has been forced to re-open a paediatric intensive care unit to adults as the NHS chief executive warned the city was “right back under the cosh” from the third wave of the pandemic.
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NewsCovid infections caught in hospital up by half in a week
Covid-19 infections likely to have been caught in hospital have increased by almost half in a week, with several trusts seeing significant rises, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAmbulance crews running out of oxygen amid supply problems
Ambulance crews in parts of the country hard hit by covid-19 have run very low on oxygen — or out of it entirely — on several occasions in the last month, HSJ has learnt.
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News‘It was horrendous’ - the reality of covid critical care in a smaller hospital
The following is a note from an intensive care consultant about a visit they made this week to a district general hospital in the home counties to transfer a patient to a larger hospital with more capacity further away from London.