All Coronavirus articles – Page 8
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NewsNHS ‘shouting into the void’ with covid concerns
NHS leaders have sometimes been “shouting into the void” about their fears of the health service being overwhelmed by covid because of the absence of a single national command centre for the pandemic response, a new report argues.
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NewsExclusive: Department of Health pays £2.2m for covid inquiry legal advice
The Department of Health and Social Care has brought in external legal support to help it prepare for the independent public inquiry into the covid pandemic.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: ‘Extremely worrying’ trend on ‘do not resuscitate’ orders
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsTest and Trace spent £450m on consultants
England’s Test and Trace system spent more than £450m on management consultants during the pandemic, UK Health Security Agency CEO Dame Jenny Harries has revealed.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Why the North West waits
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentGovernment must fully fund the imminent pay award for NHS staff
Miriam Deakin emphasises the need for the government to fund the imminent pay award for NHS staff so that trusts can continue to deliver quality care and tackle workforce shortages
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News24 hour ambulance handover on ‘worst night ever’
All ambulance services are now understood to be on the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ caused by the hot weather and covid absences among staff.
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NewsThree regions see covid hospital patients double in a fortnight
The number of patients in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid has increased by 86 per cent during the last two weeks.
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NewsCancer and primary care investment face cuts due to pay bill, NHSE warns
NHS England has warned of ‘cuts’ to services and investment in cancer and primary care if it is not given extra funding for staff pay-rises above 3 per cent.
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News6,000-plus jobs to be cut at ‘new NHS England’
Thousands of jobs – amounting to around 30-40 per cent of posts across NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital – will be cut over the next year as the organisations are merged, it was announced today.
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HSJ PartnersHow Clinical Decision Support can help the NHS drive workforce transformation
With workforce planning and digital transformation at the forefront of pandemic recovery, digital tools like CDS can play a valuable role in facilitating new, more efficient and safer ways of working
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NewsExclusive: High covid rates spark blood supply ‘crisis’
The organisation which supplies blood to hospitals is in ‘crisis mode’ due to its stock falling to severely low levels, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderThe stubbornness of covid leaves the NHS with brutal choices to make
In the last six months of 2021, just over 5,000 people who tested positive for covid were admitted to English hospitals each week on average.
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NewsExclusive: Drive to reduce hospital waiting lists endangered as trusts struggle to raise activity
Elective activity levels are still significantly below those achieved before the pandemic, despite the high profile and government-led drive to recover services.
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NewsCovid-positive hospital patients rise a quarter in one week
The number of patients in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid has increased 28 per cent in a week, the steepest rise since mid-March
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NewsTrust was sent ‘unfit’ ventilators at height of pandemic
A trust was supplied with ventilators that were not ‘fit for NHS purposes’ by two suppliers at the height of the first covid wave, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS systems ‘making it harder for patients to go private’, say independent providers
The amount of NHS elective procedures carried out by the private sector in early 2022 was lower in eight of the 10 largest specialties than in a comparable period before the pandemic, an HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsThird 2022 covid wave will cause less hospitalisation, predicts Powis
NHS England medical director Sir Steve Powis has told HSJ he expects fewer admissions during the new covid wave than the two previous 2022 surges.
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CommentElective waiting times worsen in April
The number of 104 week waiters improved, but overall things are getting worse with elective waits.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: 12 great expectations
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.