All Mortality rates articles – Page 4
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Trust with 10pc of all covid deaths has ‘relatively low’ fatalities, according to CCG
A trust that is recording one in 10 covid hospital deaths in England has been described as having a ‘relatively low’ number of fatalities from the virus by its lead commissioner.
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Comment
Improving end-of-life care outcomes in North East Essex
Dr Karen Chumbley, Mark Jarman-Howe, Dr Tim Wilson and Erica Isonpart describe their journey of implementing a population-health approach to end-of-life care in North East Essex
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‘Insufficient’ national response to deaths review programme, report finds
The latest annual report into the deaths of people with learning disabilities has criticised the “insufficient” national response to past recommendations and called for “urgent” policy changes.
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Government lukewarm on NHS plan to cut covid death risk
Health leaders have called for the routine recording of ethnicity and faith during the registration of deaths to help fight covid-19 – but the government appears to have rejected the idea.
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‘Urgent’ reviews launched by NHSE as death rates double
NHS England and NHS Improvement have ordered urgent reviews into the deaths of people with a learning disability and autism during the pandemic, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Enough empty words: four actions the NHS must take to tackle racism
Professor Partha Kar urges the NHS to make fundamental changes to their approach towards promoting racial equality within care systems.
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Police launch investigation into maternity scandal trust
Police have launched a criminal investigation into maternity services at a scandal-hit trust in the West Midlands.
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HSJ Interactive
Improving the pathway for people with severe heart valve disease
With growing numbers of people experiencing aortic stenosis, it’s argued value and quality of care could be improved by smoothing the current pathway
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Hospital deaths falling at fastest rate yet
Deaths from covid-19 in England’s hospitals are declining at the fastest rate yet, as the whole South West region sees one death in seven days.
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'Covid hot’ care homes must be commissioned immediately
A whole systems approach, including the commissioning of a new type of care home, is required to alter the course of the pandemic and reduce its impact. By Dr Anna Down, Dr Arjun Dhillon and Dr Graham Stretch
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Undiagnosed covid suspected of causing 'staggering' increase in dementia deaths
The number of deaths from dementia and Alzheimer’s increased by more than 50 per cent during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, new stats have shown.
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Residents deserve more than a blame game
People who live in care homes are more vulnerable to covid-19 which increases the need to support them against any possible future waves of infection, writes Sally Warren.
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Updated: US data mining firm looks to expand NHS role
A US data mining firm has offered NHS England two covid-19 tracking programmes in conjunction with local commissioners, HSJ has learned.
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At least 23 nationalities among NHS staff killed by covid
A unique analysis of data on 203 publicly reported deaths of health and social care workers from covid-19, shows a significant over-representation of BAME individuals. This is the third article in a series produced by Lesa Kearney, Simon Lennane, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Tim Cook
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NHS England agrees to publish data on learning disability and autism deaths
NHS England and Improvement have agreed to publish data they receive on the coronavirus deaths of people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health illness.
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Ministers act after claims covid deaths of disabled and autistic people being 'ignored'
Deaths of those with learning disabilities and autism from covid-19 are to be analysed by Public Health England, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Younger female NHS workers may face greater risk of death from coronavirus
In a follow up to their initial analysis of NHS staff deaths from coronavirus, Tim Cook, Lesa Kearney, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Simon Lennane have looked into the age and sex of those who have died.
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HSJ Interactive
Will covid-19 close the integrated care gap or widen it?
It is time to rapidly shift our focus onto the primary, community and social care frontline to make our vision for integrated care a reality, writes Conor Burke
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Exclusive: deaths of NHS staff from covid-19 analysed
The deaths of 119 NHS staff have been analysed by three leading clinicians. We present their findings here.