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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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Leaked government review plans new law to push data sharing
An official review carried out for the health secretary, leaked to HSJ, reveals plans to bolster the law to require greater sharing of patient data, saying it would help improve safety for those wrongly prescribed drugs.
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Hospitals across system cancel planned ops
Three acute trusts across the Black Country and West Birmingham have been forced to cancel some planned procedures as covid-19 pressures mount, HSJ can confirm.
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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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Region least hit by covid has biggest problem with year-plus waiters
The English region least hit by the covid-19 outbreak so far has the biggest share of its waiting list who have been there a year or longer, HSJ analysis reveals.
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Exclusive: Thousands still being denied PPE for procedures with ‘high covid risk’
Thousands of frontline workers delivering treatments where the risk of transmitting coronavirus is heightened are still being denied personal protective equipment, according to multiple unions and professional bodies.
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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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Cluster of never events has sparked ‘great deal of soul searching’ says trust CEO
An acute trust’s record of eight never events in the last six months has raised concerns that quality standards have slipped since it was taken out of special measures.
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DHSC review ‘compounded mother’s suffering’, concludes watchdog
The Department of Health and Social Care has been criticised by the national health ombudsman for the ‘maladministration’ of a 2018 review into the death of a teenage girl under the care of one of England’s top specialist hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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Hospital trust tightens covid measures and sounds alarm over growing pressure
A hospital trust has warned it is facing ‘huge pressure’ as it must convert more wards to covid-only, and has more than 100 ‘medically fit’ patients who have not been discharged.
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Safety review chair vows to fight ‘woeful’ Gov response
A Tory peer has attacked the Department of Health and Social Care’s ‘woeful’ response to the patient safety review she authored and has revealed she intends to create a cross-party group to force action.
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Exclusive: Trusts offering controversial trauma ‘treatment’ to new mums
Several NHS trusts are offering a ‘treatment’ for birth trauma which uses a technique which lies outside national guidelines and which is criticised by specialists as potentially causing ‘more harm than good’.
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Nurse charged with murders in connection with baby deaths
A nurse has been charged with eight counts of murder, and 10 counts of attempted murder, following an investigation into a number of baby deaths at a hospital in the north west of England.
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Ambulances waiting up to five hours as SE trust feels covid pressure
A trust in the south east is coming under increasing pressure from a growing number of covid patients, leading to long delays in ambulance handovers.
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Royal College review warned trust of ‘very significant risk for patient care’
A community trust was told to urgently review prescribing of stimulant medications for children after concern that some were posted to families but never arrived.
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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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Confusion and tensions over PCNs despite their ‘early operational success’
Major system challenges have been uncovered during primary care networks’ first year of operation, according to a study for the National Institute for Health Research.
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NHS England set to accelerate ‘radical’ changes to payment tariffs
NHS England is proposing to accelerate ‘radical’ changes to the way funding is distributed to providers, in a move that would hasten the demise of activity-based payments.
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Patient Safety Awards winners unveiled
The winners of the 2020 HSJ Patient Safety Awards have been revealed at an online ceremony.
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£150m extra for new list of covid asks from GP practices
NHS England has announced £150m additional primary care funding, earmarked for a range of covid-related service improvements.