All Coronavirus articles – Page 49
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NewsAll acutes across swathe of south east set to see at least 33pc covid occupancy
At least a third of beds are set to be filled with covid patients by new year’s eve, at all the acute trusts across three connected health systems.
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NewsLondon critical care patients could be sent to Yorkshire as capital’s ICUs top 100pc occupancy
Requests have been made to transfer patients in need of intensive care from London to hospitals in Yorkshire, HSJ has learned, as leaked figures reveal that critical care is running at 100 per cent-plus capacity across the south east and east of England.
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NewsTrusts told: prepare for ‘top quartile productivity’ as covid inpatients rise ‘almost everywhere’
New planning guidance asks local NHS organisations to prepare for a major waiting-list catch-up by seeking “top quartile performance in productivity”, but also to “safely mobilise all… available surge capacity over the coming weeks” as the service battles rising covid levels ”in almost all parts of the country”.
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NewsHospices and community hospitals can ease covid discharge pressure, says NHSE
NHS England has told local NHS leaders to “strengthen leadership and oversight” of hospital discharge, and to make full use of funded capacity in hospices and NHS community hospitals for covid patients.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read stories of 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, HSJ takes a look at its most read stories of the year.
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NewsCovid hotspot trusts to get first vaccine deliveries
Several NHS trusts in covid hotspot areas will start receiving batches of the vaccine for the first time, according to NHS England.
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NewsClinicians warn of ‘serious’ safety risk at crowded teaching hospital
Staff at a teaching hospital which has struggled with emergency care pressure this winter have warned that patient safety is being compromised as crowding is becoming “normalised”.
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NewsNamed: the trusts set to have at least a third of beds filled by covid patients on 31 Dec
There are 14 hospital trusts on course to have at least a third of their beds filled by covid patients on New Year’s Eve.
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LeaderThe government must not be allowed to rewrite history on its failure to protect the NHS
Let us lay to rest the assertion that the government acted quickly to stave off the threat from the new coronavirus variant.
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News‘Emergency’ measures giving NHSE control over commissioning extended to end of March
NHS England’s control over clinical commissioning groups has been extended to enable it to ‘commission healthcare from independent sector providers’ during the ongoing covid pandemic.
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NewsExclusive: Cancer care under threat as NHS loses covid private sector back-up
Cancer surgery in London is under threat as rising covid admissions put pressure on services that no longer have back-up capacity from the independent sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEvery NHS region sees April levels of covid inpatients as deaths start to rise again
All seven NHS England regions are now struggling under covid inpatient demand not seen since the peak of the pandemic in April.
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NewsDoctors use pandemic as excuse not to offer effective pain relief claim campaigners
Women are undergoing ‘painful and distressing’ diagnostic tests as doctors use the covid-19 pandemic as an excuse not to offer them their choice of pain relief, HSJ has been told.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Rhetorical diarrhoea and distraction
Andy Cowper on the worsening developments regarding the coronavirus
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NewsExclusive: Hancock demands “affordability” must determine size of NHS covid pay rise
The health and social care secretary has repeatedly emphasised the need for “affordability” when determing the size of the promised pay rise for over one million NHS staff in instructions sent to the independent pay review body this week. DHSC starts Agenda for Change staff pay review process Health ...
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NewsCovid infections caught in hospital rise by a third in one week
The number of people likely to have caught covid-19 in NHS hospitals in England has risen by more than a third in the last week.
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CommentWhy has the government gone quiet on prevention when we need it most?
The government has gone quiet on prevention, but it could save the NHS, boost the economy and level up the country, writes Chris Thomas
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NewsTeaching trust’s staff ‘utterly rinsed and completely wiped out’ by elective targets
A major London trust’s critical care staff have urged leaders to review elective work targets amid serious concerns over workload, safe staffing and burnout, HSJ has learned.
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CommentPHE's abolition is an 'opportunity for councils to take the lead'
An enhanced sector-led improvement approach, where councils are responsible for their own performance and are held accountable locally, not nationally, would be a cost-effective way to boost public health, argues Cllr Ian Hudspeth
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NewsHSJ covid-19 coverage free to view
HSJ is switching off its paywall for coronavirus stories over Christmas and New Year’s Eve.