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Consider redeploying staff vulnerable to covid-19, employers told
NHS staff who are deemed vulnerable to covid-19 may need to be redeployed, a new risk reduction framework backed by NHS England tells employers.
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Trust pledges to act amid investigations into harassment and threats
An ambulance trust is to overhaul how it supports workers with mental health problems after an investigation into the death of three of its staff in the space of two weeks, and is also dealing with allegations over sexual harassment and threats to kill.
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Comment
Helping NHS staff survive the covid storm
A new paper discusses how organisations should enhance the mental health resilience of the NHS workforce to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic, writes Andrew Coley
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HSJ Interactive
Why we should reimagine rather than reopen
As the coronavirus pandemic has unravelled, there has been a shift in the way the NHS works. We should work to preserve the best of this new system while finding new ways to draw on the innovation that can emerge from collaboration, says Erin Birch
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HSJ Partners
Elsevier launches online covid-19 resource for healthcare workers
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, has launched a new resource to aid healthcare workers on the front lines of managing the novel coronavirus health crisis. Written by The covid-19 Healthcare Hub provides free access to toolkits, expert insights, research resources ...
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Keeping count
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Contact me in confidence.
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Hospitals blocked from ordering critical care equipment directly
Hospitals have been blocked from ordering crucial critical care equipment via normal channels because of an ‘exceptional increase in national demand’.
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NHS England seeks advice amid ‘shielded’ patient concerns
NHS England has set up an advisory group to look at how physical and mental health services can be delivered to patients that are most vulnerable to covid-19 and have been asked to shield themselves from the pandemic.
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Chair appointed to lead second London trust
Two mental health trusts in London are set to share a chair.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: R is for regional
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Trust chief joins covid-19 ‘test and trace’ top team
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust chief executive Sarah-Jane Marsh will lead the government’s ‘test and trace’ programme along with a council boss, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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Exclusive: Test data from commercial labs going into ‘black hole’
Data on the outcome of tens of thousands of tests carried out outside the NHS is ‘disappearing into a data black hole’, making it harder for local organisations to respond to the spread of coronavirus in their area.
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Comment
Health inequalities and covid-19 - our greatest challenge
How the NHS, local government and others in West Yorkshire are trying to mitigate the greater threat from covid-19 to more deprived and excluded groups.
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Exclusive: Virus persisting at higher rate in north of England
Coronavirus spread appears to be persisting at a higher rate in parts of the north of England – prompting warnings that the mortality gap between those more and less deprived will get bigger.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Sir David’s journey
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ Awards
Award winning support for veterans and reservists
Jennifer Trueland explores the steps Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust took to put people with forces experience at the heart of the organisation’s wider decision-making process
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Hancock challenged over covid testing numbers by stats watchdog
The UK Statistics Authority has raised fundamental concerns about the government’s reporting of covid-19 test numbers and called for greater transparency on how they present the data.
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Ministers to set up ‘dedicated team’ to aid NHS recovery
The government said it will set up ‘dedicated team’ to look for innovative ways for the NHS to continue treating people for coronavirus, while also providing care for non-covid health issues.
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Shake-up among PPE leaders
A top Department of Health and Social Care official has been appointed joint senior responsible officer for the government’s personal protective equipment response.
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Social care workers at ‘significantly higher risk’ than NHS staff
New data from the Office of National Statistics suggests social care workers are at significantly higher risk of death from coronavirus than NHS staff.