All Coronavirus articles – Page 53
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News
Major concerns over funding and staffing of new ‘long covid’ clinics
There are serious concerns over the funding and staffing numbers available for new ‘long-covid’ clinics, while patient groups ‘remain in the dark’ over their locations.
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NHS England reveals community pharmacies’ role in covid vax effort
Selected community pharmacies will provide up to 1,000 coronavirus vaccines each week, in addition to those provided by general practice and mass centres, according to an NHS England letter.
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CQC finds ‘no evidence’ GP changes are driving A&E attendances
The Care Quality Commission says it can find no evidence changes to GP access during the covid pandemic are leading to more emergency department attendances, after examining the issue.
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‘Difficult to maintain emergency care’ as region’s ICUs at full stretch
Several intensive care units in the Midlands are working at full stretch, and options for hospitals to help their neighbours by transferring patients are “drying up”, amid high covid pressure, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Why we created a ‘financial hardship fund’ as part of our covid response
Consistently delivering the physiological needs are what most of our colleagues require this winter and beyond, writes Richard Mitchell
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Covid occupancy rates grow at outlier trusts while trend flattens nationally
The rate that England’s acute hospital beds are filling with covid patients has slowed down nationally — but a handful of trusts are still reporting growing occupancy rates despite four weeks of national lockdown.
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HSJ Interactive
How the apprenticeship levy can help support and develop managers
The covid crisis has brought some human resource issues in the NHS to a head with some staff feeling demoralised and exhausted. An HSJ webinar, supported by Corndel, explored how the levy money can be used to support managers and rekindle their enthusiasm and passion to work in the NHS
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HSJ Partners
Managing cultural change in a crisis
Executive leaders can drive improvement by focusing on developing an organisational culture, building up staff in an open, just, and empowering environment, thereby enabling organisations to meet the challenges of the new and uncertain healthcare environment.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Grin and share it
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by digital services correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Big decisions under cover of covid
This week has seen a flood of coronavirus related news so the podcast this week discusses two other important happenings, that might have been given more attention in normal times.
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News
NHSE recommends law to abolish CCGs by 2022
NHS England is backing legislation to abolish clinical commissioning groups by April 2022, strip back competition rules, and require trusts to be part of care alliances, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Director's appointment should be used to reframe the debate around health inequalities
Dr John Ford outlines what should be the prime concerns for the new director for patient equalities and health inequalities
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Comment
The case for strong systems and joined-up care
Chris Ham and Clare Gerada argue that partnership working, not legislation alone, is the key to improved health and integrated care
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Baroness Harding: I don’t owe the NHS an apology
Dido Harding has declined to apologise for any reputational damage NHS Test and Trace may have done to the wider health service.
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Exclusive: Covid pressure still rising at dozens of hospitals
Are NHS hospitals at risk of being overwhelmed by covid? As government and MPs decide their plan after lockdown, HSJ analysis reveals a large minority of hospitals are still seeing growth in coronavirus admissions, and in the number of beds taken by covid-19 patients.
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HSJ Partners
Building resilient services through people, assets and infrastructure
Nicola Mortali on the need of a shared vision, close communication, clear delineation of roles with shared risk to deal with the challenges ahead
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News
Trust CEO asks for ‘scientific evidence’ on covid vaccine safety to reassure staff
NHS trust chief executives have told HSJ they need more clarity the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine is safe to reassure their worried staff.
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Steep capital spending rise still falls £1bn short of NHS ask
The health service’s capital budget is to increase by almost a third on its pre-covid level, although still lags behind previous calls to put healthcare spending in line with that of other advanced nations.
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Covid deaths surge at ‘special measures’ trust which ‘escaped’ first wave
Covid deaths at a small Midlands hospital trust have quadrupled in less than two weeks, putting it higher than nearly all its peers.
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Exclusive: 111 First to go live imminently amid ‘vehement’ opposition in some EDs
Emergency care leaders are warning it will take up to six more months to determine whether pilots of a radical change to accident and emergency are working, even though it is due to go live nationally next week, HSJ has learned.