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Updated: College advises many children can come off shielded patient list
Many children on the shielded patient list can be told they no longer need to be isolated, according to new guidance for clinicians issued by the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health.
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Revealed: Government spent more than £200m on Nightingale hospitals
The government has spent more than £200m on setting up and running England’s Nightingale temporary hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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Large GP network at risk of collapsing over ‘private conversation’ row
A primary care network with 80,000 patients is at risk of collapsing following a dispute over resources.
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Stevens and local NHS chiefs join Black Lives Matter calls
NHS England chief Sir Simon Stevens has said the Black Lives Matter movement and covid-19 have brought ‘stark and urgent’ focus to the problems black, Asian and minority ethnic people face.
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NHS seeks another huge increase in testing capacity
The NHS has been told to increase its covid-19 swab testing capacity again by at least double, HSJ has learned, including via efforts to expand rapid-turnaround tests.
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Hospital to be covid-free with A&E cases redirected
An acute trust is set to further downgrade an accident and emergency department as part of plans to create a covid-free hospital.
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NHS’ workforce race equality lead to retire this year
NHS England’s workforce race equality director is to lead plans to support black, Asian and minority ethnic staff across London during the covid-19 pandemic, before retiring later this year.
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Exclusive: Senior doctors warned of service failings before 12 deaths
Senior doctors repeatedly raised concerns over safety and staffing problems at a mental health trust before a cluster of 12 deaths, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NHS must rethink its reliance on overseas recruitment, says regulator
The NHS must think “long and carefully” about its reliance on overseas recruitment, as it will be “difficult” following the covid-19 pandemic, the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned.
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Trusts handed new rules to ‘minimise’ contacts between staff
NHS organisations have been told to ‘minimise’ close contacts between staff – including restricting the number of staff on ward rounds – to lessen covid-19 infections in healthcare settings.
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Details revealed of NHS covid contracts with major tech firms
The government has released details of NHS covid-19 data sharing deals with major tech giants — including Amazon and Google — revealing “unprecedented transfer of personal health information”.
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Trust chief: I have been ‘culpable’ and ‘complicit’ on BAME issues
A trust chief has told staff she has been “culpable” and “complicit” when it comes to understanding the inequality and discrimination faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic people.
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Revealed: online covid tests refused to those not on credit check database
Disadvantaged groups may be excluded from the government’s online coronavirus test and trace system because it requires a credit reference database check to decide whether to deliver a home test, HSJ can reveal.
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Government calls in ICS chair to plot next steps for social care
The chair of an integrated care system and former local authority director has been appointed as the lead of a new government covid-19 social care taskforce.
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Neighbour trusts set to extend ‘closer working’ scheme indefinitely
Two hospital trusts are set to extend their shared leadership indefinitely amid the expiry of a two-year collaboration contract.
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Webinar: Can consistent levels of digitisation and cybersecurity now be achieved across the NHS?
The chief information officer of University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, one of the global digital exemplars, spoke at an HSJ webinar on how consistent levels of digitisation can now be achieved across the NHS.
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The NHS in the time of covid: what happens next
What will the next six months bring for the NHS? HSJ has spoken to the service’s most senior figures and makes the following predictions.
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‘Much higher’ risk of staff-to-staff covid infection behind decision to insist on masks in non-clinical areas
Hospital staff will be required to wear surgical masks at all times to prevent them infecting colleagues with covid-19, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
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Respiratory patients still avoiding A&E
Emergency attendances for several conditions are still well below their normal levels, despite a steady increase in overall activity since the peak of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Harding: Tracing app is just ‘the cherry on the cake’
The launch of a second version of the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app is set to be announced imminently, HSJ understands.