All Coronavirus articles – Page 57
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NewsExclusive: Covid-positive care home plan failing to relieve pressure on crowded hospitals
Trusts in more than half English local authorities still do not have an agreed safe place to discharge recovering covid patients to, despite the government asking councils to identify at least one such ‘designated setting’ by the end of October.
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CommentThe 'invisible victims' of covid need help now
Rehabilitation appointments are down 20,000 from last year – a repeat of disruption this winter risks thousands of people with neurological conditions deteriorating further, warns Nick Moberly
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NewsNHS England reinstates central control powers as covid risk rating is increased
The NHS has been returned to the highest level of risk on its emergency preparedness framework, a move which allows national leaders tighter control over local resources and decision making.
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NewsSenior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op care
Senior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op careospitals are being urged to set up enhanced post-operative care services to free up critical care beds and protect electives in the face of a covid winter surge.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Very low’ uptake of covid death payments by families of health and care staff
The families of fewer than half of the 547 NHS and social care staff who have died from covid are on course to benefit from the government’s £60,000 compensation package, HSJ has discovered.
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Expert BriefingKeeping theatres going in lockdown two
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals 70pc more full than April
There are 70 per cent more people in hospital now as when England was approaching its spring covid-19 peak, and twice as many non-covid patients, according to official figures leaked to HSJ.
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CommentStrengthening ICSs must not undermine local collaboration
As the NHS and its partners push forward with change, especially structural change, it’s important to not lose sight of the purpose of integration, writes Richard Murray.
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NewsExclusive: Watchdog investigating national rise in stillbirths during covid first wave
A national review has been launched by safety investigators because of an increased number of stillbirths during the first wave of covid, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Just like déjà vu all over again
Andy Cowper on the announcement of national lockdown measures, the PM’s ‘protect the NHS’ narrative and shortcomings of the test and trace.
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NewsRevealed: Eight hospital trusts with more covid patients than in the spring
Eight hospital trusts have surpassed the level of covid-19 patients in general acute beds which they recorded in the spring peak, according to HSJ’s analysis of NHS England data.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Trusts defy Hancock’s tech vision
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent, Nick Carding.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Doctors accuse trust of caving to political pressure to reopen ‘unsafe’ A&E
Senior clinicians say their trust board has caved into political pressure by making an ‘unsafe’ decision to re-open a small emergency department — having previously suggested this would not happen if there was a second wave of coronavirus.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Hospitals are still neglecting mental health
Acute hospitals are still not taking mental health patients seriously enough, argues HSJ’s Rebecca Thomas in this week’s Health Check podcast. We also get an update on covid pressures on the health system.
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NewsUPDATED: Trusts with the highest proportion of covid patients
Charts showing covid-19 occupancy of hospital beds, by trust and by STP.
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NewsNHS doubles covid test ‘capacity’ in three days as T&T looks set to hit 500k target
Test and Trace looks likely to hit its 500,000 daily covid testing target, after declaring huge leaps in NHS labs capacity over three days.
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HSJ LocalTeaching hospital closed fifth of its beds after covid-19 outbreak on wards
A large teaching hospital in the south west temporarily closed a fifth of its beds this week after outbreaks of covid-19 on several wards, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Fall in training set to have major impact on future workforce
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsLiverpool admissions flatten as covid accelerates in Manchester, Yorkshire and Notts
Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire are now seeing the highest numbers of new coronavirus cases in hospital, while Liverpool Cheshire and Merseyside – hit early in the second wave — has seen a drop in new cases in recent days.
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HSJ LocalTwo trusts in Greater Manchester suspend some electives
Two hospital trusts in Greater Manchester have suspended some non-urgent elective care, with one also taking steps to move some cancer procedures to alternative sites, HSJ understands.