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NewsHospital deaths drop below normal levels, despite covid toll continuing
Fewer people died in hospital in the first week of May than normal, despite 2,000 patients succumbing to covid-19, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics.
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NewsCommit to testing target in exchange for key equipment, systems told
Local systems will have to sign up to targets for coronavirus testing in exchange for a national commitment to deliver the necessary equipment, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCovid proves that commissioning and regulation add little value
The development of strategy over a local health economy will be much more coherent if provider led, says Peter Carter
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NewsUp to 10,000 people could be waiting more than a year for operations
Up to 10,000 patients may be waiting more than a year for elective treatment as a result of covid-19, official data suggests.
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NewsAmbulance response fastest ever as demand wanes
Ambulance response times were some of the best ever seen last month – as the extra demand imposed by covid-19 had started to diminish and patients called the service less than last year.
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NewsICUs advised how to improve staffing ratios as covid pressure eases
Intensive care units will be advised how to improve their staffing-to-patient ratios shortly as the number of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 falls across the country.
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NewsCQC ‘breaking law’ by suspending inspections
The Care Quality Commission is breaking human rights and equalities laws by deciding not to carry out routine inspections of care homes and hospitals, older people’s and disabled groups have argued.
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Comment‘Think yourself into a new way of acting’
Will Warburton calls for innovative approaches to understand, assess, learn from and sustain the effective changes that have rapidly been put in place by the NHS.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The People’s Chat Show Host
Andy Cowper on government’s attempts to rebut media stories and a blatant attempt at numerical chicanery.
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NewsCQC to call providers to decide whether inspections needed
The Care Quality Commission will call healthcare providers to decide whether they need to be inspected during the covid-19 epidemic.
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NewsGovernment counts mailouts to hit 100,000 testing target
The government changed the way it counts the number of covid-19 tests in order to hit its target of 100,000 tests per day by the end of April, HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Restarting services more complicated than stopping them,’ say hospital bosses
A drive to restart elective procedures will be hampered by a lack of rapid testing and tracking of covid-19 positive patients, senior hospital leaders have warned.
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NewsA&E overcrowding ‘unconscionable’ as services restart
Major transformation is required to stop the return of “unacceptable and unconscionable” corridor waits and overcrowding in emergency departments as the NHS gears up to re-open services, a senior figure has warned.
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NewsNHS England gearing up to restart routine care
NHS England will next week set out a plan for “releasing and redeploying some of the treatment capacity” created to deal with coronavirus, now the healthcare impact of the peak of the virus has passed.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital chiefs keen to restart operations as covid peak passes
Several acute trust chief executives have told HSJ they are keen to resume more planned operations, as the peak of new coronavirus cases has passed and many hospital beds remain empty.
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HSJ InteractiveCreating a freedom to speak up culture with real heart
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber FT, the winner of the Freedom to Speak up Organisation of the Year at the 2019 HSJ Awards, has ensured a FTSU culture has spread throughout the organisation and the region, says Jennifer Trueland
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NewsMajor drop off in referrals to children’s mental health services
Children’s mental health services accross England have seen a huge drop off in referrals amid the coronavirus crisis, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCovid-19 hospital admissions ‘flattening’
Growth in the number of hospitalised coronavirus patients is “definitely getting slower” the government’s deputy chief scientific adviser has said.
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NewsScandal-hit trust rated ‘inadequate’ again
A scandal-hit hospital trust has been rated “inadequate” for the second time in a row, after inspectors found serious patient safety concerns at its two emergency departments.