All articles by Jack Serle – Page 13
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Covid admissions rise again in London and North West
Covid hospital admissions are rising again in the North West and London, following encouraging falls in recent weeks.
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Exclusive: New areas see rapidly rising covid pressure on hospitals
Covid demand on hospitals is now rising rapidly in parts of England so far spared the worst of wave two, analysis of new figures reveals.
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Covid admissions decline in London
The weekly covid total admissions in London fell for three consecutive days this week and is down by nearly 8 per cent on the same time last week, with the region now on a par with admissions in the South East region, NHS data shows.
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Primary care networks at centre of ‘mammoth logistical operation’ for covid vaccines
Vaccine stocks held centrally will be distributed to mass covid-19 vaccination sites operated by GPs through their primary care networks, NHS England has confirmed today.
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NHS staff to get twice-weekly home covid tests with immediate effect
The NHS will rollout twice-weekly asymptomatic testing for all patient-facing staff by the end of next week, according to a letter from NHS medical director Stephen Powis.
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Southern hospitals see covid rise fastest as North West and London go flat
The impact of the second wave of covid is spreading south as admissions and occupancy increase fastest in the South West NHS region.
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Trust bosses ‘disgusted’ at MPs who claim covid impact exaggerated
Local NHS leaders have publicly hit out at politicians for questioning the need for a second national lockdown, with one chief executive inviting MPs to either visit her hospital to see the pressures themselves, or to ‘sod off’.
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Director of beleaguered Test and Trace replaced by trust CEO
A director of the beleaguered coronavirus test and trace programme has been replaced by a trust chief executive, HSJ has learned.
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Trust becomes first to see a third of beds filled by covid patients during second wave
Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust has more than a third of its general and acute beds occupied by covid patients, according to HSJ’s analysis of NHS data.
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North East and Yorkshire becomes first region to exceed first wave covid bed occupancy
There are more people with covid in the hospital beds of the North East and Yorkshire NHS region than there were in the first wave of the pandemic.
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Revealed: 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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UPDATED: 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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Liverpool 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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Region will have just five CCGs by April
The capital is set to have just five clinical commissioning groups by April, after hold-out GPs in one north west London CCG belatedly sanctioned the merger on their patch.
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GPs vote overwhelmingly to form England’s largest CCG
The seven clinical commissioning groups in north east London will merge by April 2021 after GPs in the health system voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move last week.
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Shared chair steps down from troubled trust role
The chair of a struggling east London acute has stepped down after three years in post, but will remain chair of the neighbouring mental health trust.
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Trust in NHS ‘poor and diminishing’ among communities hit hardest by covid
There is growing distrust for the NHS and government in communities that are of fundamental importance to the national effort to counter covid, according to research by NHSX.
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NHS spend on tech, estates and workforce to be overseen by national procurement 'councils'
A major consolidation of NHS procurement has been outlined by NHS regulators which will include steps to address “gaps in our collective abilities” such as how to negotiate effectively with suppliers.
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Exclusive: Hospital covid mortality falls sharply during second wave
The proportion of covid positive patients who die after being admitted to hospitals has fallen dramatically between the first and second waves of the pandemic, exclusive HSJ analysis has discovered.
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Revealed: Thirty-five areas go backwards on key cancer target
Dozens of local commissioning areas have gone backwards on a key cancer metric over the last five years, an analysis of national data reveals.