All Social care articles – Page 16
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CommentLearning disabilities should never be a reason for a Do Not Resuscitate order
People with learning disabilities or autism have the same rights as anyone else to be fully involved in decisions about their own lives, including in matters of life and death. By Julie Bass
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News‘Unprecedented’ number of DNR orders for learning disabilities patients
A learning disability care provider said it has received an “unprecedented” number of do not resuscitate forms from doctors that it believes to be illegal.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: SHAs would have helped with coronavirus
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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CommentExclusive: 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.
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NewsThousands of extra deaths outside hospital not attributed to covid-19
There were 7,500 more deaths than usual in care homes and in people’s own homes over the two weeks to 10 April – only 1,500 of which have covid-19 recorded as a cause – new figures show.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Overwhelming angst’ over delay to Ebay-built PPE website
Community, primary and social care providers are still unable to access an online portal set up to respond to urgent requests for personal protection equipment.
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News‘Yet another failure’ on flagship programme for learning disabilities
New data has revealed “yet another failure” to adequately reduce the number of people with learning disabilities living in “modern day asylums”.
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NewsCare home deaths substantially underestimated as Hancock moves to speed reporting
Deaths due to covid-19 in care homes have been substantially underestimated by official government figures, new analysis by HSJ has shown.
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NewsGovernment challenged over covid-19 death stats
A Parliamentary committee has challenged the government over its daily presentation of covid-19 deaths, after HSJ revealed the public had been misled.
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NHS to receive £6.6bn covid-19 funding
The NHS will receive £6.6bn from the Government’s coronavirus emergency fund, the Treasury has said.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Schrodinger’s Virus
Andy Cowper on how real problems persist with the availability of PPE supply
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A virtual hospital model can help tackle the covid-19 pandemic
West Hertforshire Hospitals Trust has been running a fully integrated, virtual consultant delivered triaging service that can be a vital part of the armoury against covid-19, say Rama Vancheeswaran, Matthew Knight, David Evans, Michael Van der Watt, Alex Newland Smith, Charlie Oliver, Philip Kelso, Chantoy Spencer and Andrew Barlow
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HSJ PartnersBond Solon launches an online course on the new coronavirus law
The new course by Bond Solon is designed to help health and social care professionals understand the Coronavirus Act 2020
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CommentAmazed, guilty, excited, incompetent and frustrated — how NHS leaders feel amid the crisis
Niall Dickson discusses the various issues that are confronting NHS leaders during the coronavirus pandemic and testing their performance and levels of resilience
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The two NHS cultures
The scientist and novelist C P Snow’s famous 1959 lecture and book describes The Two Cultures of the sciences and the humanities as having become polarised.
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute services to receive 30 million PPE products
Adult social care services are to receive millions of personal protective equipment products following a national audit of PPE, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts 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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Expert BriefingCoronavirus is a true test of integration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsGive staff free parking government tells trusts
NHS staff should be able to park at work for free after the government reacted to growing calls for trusts to cease charging.
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NewsGovernment buys 3.5m tests and promises staff checks ‘online soon’
The government has bought 3.5 million coronavirus antibody tests — with more widespread testing of NHS workers coming “online soon”, the health secretary has said.