All Winter pressures articles – Page 6
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HSJ PartnersBridging the primary care capacity gap: digital healthcare in the age of covid
Digital health solutions can help deliver additional capacity and resilience for primary care during the vaccination programme and the covid-19 expansion fund would benefit from its specific provision, writes Juliet Bauer.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The long and slow decline
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NewsNHS going into winter with 5,500 fewer beds than last year
The NHS is going into this winter with 5,500 fewer general acute beds than last year, NHS England data has revealed.
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CommentElective recovery fails to halt soaring waiting times
September was the NHS’ best chance to arrest the rapid deterioration in elective waiting times. But the challenge was too great, writes Rob Findlay.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Hardest-hit region may have passed peak of second wave
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CommentThe targets the NHS will have to hit this winter
Many trusts and some entire systems have met the phase three activity targets set by NHS England in July, but there is recognition at the centre that holding the service to them slavishly over the winter would be pointless and counter-productive.
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CommentJoined-up data can help allay winter pressures
Dr Jonty Heaversedge explains how London’s shared care record can support winter planning and resilience
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CommentThe 'invisible victims' of covid need help now
Rehabilitation appointments are down 20,000 from last year – a repeat of disruption this winter risks thousands of people with neurological conditions deteriorating further, warns Nick Moberly
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NewsNHS England reinstates central control powers as covid risk rating is increased
The NHS has been returned to the highest level of risk on its emergency preparedness framework, a move which allows national leaders tighter control over local resources and decision making.
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NewsAmbulance chiefs tell hospitals it's 'not acceptable to delay transfers' due to covid
Ambulance bosses say patients are being put in ‘dangerous’ situations, as tighter infection control measures and busy emergency departments have left them waiting up to three-and-a-half hours to be transferred.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Military levels of discipline
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NewsExclusive: NHS faces winter with ‘2,000 less’ beds than last year
The NHS has ‘significantly less’ beds now than last winter and parts of the system ‘don’t have enough’, a NHS England and Improvement director has admitted.
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HSJ PartnersNot ‘just another winter’: how leaders will build back better
Danny Silk, consulting manager at Carnall Farrar, explains how health and care leaders are shifting their approach to balance winter pressures, covid-19 waves and elective activity.
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NewsNHS seeks £10bn covid deal with private hospitals
Private providers have been asked to apply to a new procurement framework worth up to £10bn, from which NHS organisations will purchase additional capacity for up to four years.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Covid critical’ Liverpool abandons its restoration
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Comment10 pc of elective patients treated in August had waited 10 months or more
More and more waiting lists are disappearing into the 52-week-plus category, notes Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Liberating local leaders for wave two
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsDischarge rates slowing as providers face ‘perfect storm’
Providers are beginning to see a slowing in the rate of patient discharges, in what would be another element of the ‘perfect storm’ they face this winter, leaders have warned.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Rally the troops
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CommentA sticking plaster for adult social care as winter approaches
To help social care services cope with covid-19 over winter, it needs more than just a plan, by Hugh Alderwick and Lucinda Allen