All Coronavirus articles – Page 48
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Exclusive: Treasury ‘the barrier’ as full hospitals desperate to discharge patients to social care
The government is being pressed to urgently pay care homes to take on thousands of patients from hospitals, many of which are on course to be overwhelmed by covid-19 patients.
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Covid crisis forces suspension of maternity services
Some trusts in London and the South East are closing standalone birth centres and warning they cannot support home births because of high levels of demand for ambulance services from covid patients.
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Exclusive: London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing
London’s hospitals are less than two weeks from being overwhelmed by covid even under the ‘best’ case scenario, according to an official briefing given to the capital’s most senior doctors this afternoon.
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HSJ podcast: An NHS overwhelmed by covid
The HSJ team dissect what has been happening in a week of ever-climbing covid cases in hospital.
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Revealed: the nine hospital trusts where covid patients fill at least half the beds
Nine English NHS trusts now have at least half their adult acute beds occupied by covid-positive patients, with admissions still growing in every case.
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NHS forced into 'daily export' of critically-ill patients from covid-saturated trusts
Dozens of patients are being transferred between intensive care units every week as covid pressure mounts on hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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Regulator waives clinical exam so overseas nurses can bolster covid push
Overseas-trained nurses have been told they can join the temporary coronavirus register without undertaking a formal ‘clinical assessment’ in an attempt to bolster the NHS workforce as the third covid wave surges.
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PM sets target for NHS to vaccinate up to 11m in six weeks
The prime minister has said the NHS will offer a first dose of covid-19 vaccine to top priority groups covering just over 12 million people in England by mid-February.
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NHS plea for private help as covid forces cancer surgery cancellations
NHS leaders are holding fresh talks with private healthcare groups to try to secure surgery for urgent cancer patients in London, as the covid-19 second wave causes hospitals in the capital to make widespread cancellations, HSJ understands.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: New surge could see covid bed occupancy at 60pc
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Exclusive: Leaks reveal record waits for emergency care due to covid pressures
Very long waits for emergency hospital care have surged in London since mid December, due to a rapid rise in covid-19 admissions combined with limited capacity, according to figures leaked to HSJ.
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Cowper’s Cut: A government consistently ahead of the Dunning-Kruger curve
Andy Cowper on the real state of affairs with regards to the coronavirus pandemic
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David Nicholson: Support staff and respond vigorously to covid deniers
The previous chief executive of the NHS has said “we need to support our staff and make sure we respond vigorously to people who deny there is a problem” with covid, as pressure on the service in most areas continues to grow.
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Exclusive: new data reveals the 23 trusts with over a third of beds occupied by covid patients
Twenty-three hospital trusts had more than a third of their core bedbase occupied by covid-19 patients on Tuesday, and occupancy is still rising at all but one.
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Trust chief made a dame as NHS staff dominate new year’s honours
Hospital chief executives and senior NHS workers were among those included in the New Year’s Honours list.
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Covid vaccination rate falls during Christmas week
The average number of covid vaccinations delivered daily over the Christmas week dropped by almost 3,000, with the proportion given to over 80s also falling, new data has revealed.
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Nurses, ambulance crews and support workers should get the covid vaccine first
Tim Cook and Simon Lennane set out which NHS staff should be the first to receive the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
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Roll out covid vaccinations to frontline staff ‘immediately’, says NHS England
Covid-19 vaccinations should now be “immediately” rolled out to front line staff, NHS England has told trust leaders.
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HSJ’s most read technology stories of 2020
With 2020 down to its final days, it’s time to take a look back at HSJ’s most read technology stories of the year.
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HSJ’s 10 most read workforce stories of 2020
The importance of NHS staff was underlined during the pandemic, but many were strained like never before – here is a rundown of HSJ’s most read workforce stories for this year