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Exclusive: Retail logistics firm put in charge of crisis-hit PPE deliveries
The firm Clipper Logistics will manage a new supply channel to deliver personal protective equipment to NHS trusts and community healthcare partners, HSJ can reveal.
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Demand for NHS tech services rockets amid covid-19 crisis
Demand for core NHS information and access services has “exploded” amid the coronavirus pandemic, new figures shared exclusively with HSJ reveal.
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Two trust chief execs self-isolate with coronavirus symptoms
Two trust chief executives are self-isolating after showing symptoms of covid-19.
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Revealed: The remote and rural hospitals at threat from coronavirus
Covid-19 has surged first in London — but hospitals away from the capital are concerned they could be left in the cold, and those in rural or remote areas may be the most vulnerable.
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Covid-19 admissions predicted to rise by 1,000-a-day
Coronavirus hospital admissions are expected to remain at around roughly 1,000-a-day for the next two to three weeks before “stabilising”, according to the government’s chief scientific adviser.
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Nightingale top leadership revealed
The first members of the leadership team at the NHS’ flagship covid-19 treatment centre have been revealed.
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New drive-through testing centre opens at Ikea
A covid-19 test centre for NHS workers has opened at Ikea’s Wembley store.
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‘I’m losing the will to live, god help us all’: despair of NHS procurement chief
Gowns for front-line staff were not included in the national pandemic stockpile of personal protective equipment, procurement chiefs have been told.
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Public health directors’ plea for 111 data to track coronavirus
Public health directors are urgently calling on NHS England to share detailed local coronavirus data collected by NHS 111 with councils.
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Trusts will still be monitored on A&E targets during covid-19 crisis
Trusts’ performance against waiting time targets will continue to be monitored, NHS England and Improvement has confirmed.
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Trusts told to test staff who are in quarantine
Acute trusts have been told to set aside 15 per cent of their daily coronavirus tests for NHS key workers who are quarantining at home with others.
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Covid-19 deaths by area: East of England fatalities growing faster than Italy
The growth of coronavirus deaths in the East of England continues to outstrip that seen in Italy, according to an exclusive HSJ analysis of NHS England data conducted today.
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Trusts advise widespread use of PPE as staff ‘refuse to see patients’
Several major hospital trusts are telling staff to use personal protective equipment in a wider set of areas than recommended by current national guidance, amid staff concern and reports of doctors refusing work without it.
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Coronavirus sparks ‘black swan moment’ for digital healthcare
Digital healthcare appointments have surged during the coronavirus outbreak, prompting the health tech industry to predict a “black swan moment” for the adoption of digital across the NHS.
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Stevens: NHS will introduce staff testing for coronavirus next week
Coronavirus testing for NHS frontline staff will be rolled out from this weekend and expanded next week, the government and Sir Simon Stevens announced.
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Workforce chief ‘shocked’ by reports of agencies hiking rates
NHS workforce chiefs have expressed concern over reports of recruitment agencies increasing their rates for staff since the coronavirus outbreak, in what appears to be profiteering.
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Tech suppliers selected for pandemic digital appointments
A group of digital health suppliers have been selected by NHS England to provide digital primary care consultations as part of the health sector’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘Immense concern’ over PPE continues despite assurances
NHS procurement chiefs have again called for urgent action to address continuing problems around the supply of personal protective equipment despite assurances from system leaders the issues were being resolved.
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National chiefs: Ventilators will follow ‘most immediate need’
National and regional NHS chiefs will seek to share out scarce ventilators to ”areas with the most immediate need, on a fair share basis relative to patient ventilation need, they have told hospital chiefs, who are increasingly concerned about what they will receive and when.
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Updated: Whitty self-isolating while Hancock tests positive for covid-19
England’s chief medical officer has revealed he is self-isolating with coronavirus symptoms, while the health secretary has tested positive for the illness.