All Acute care articles – Page 39
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NewsRevealed: Most Nightingales in £500m programme to close
England’s Nightingale hospitals will be “stood down” from providing beds for covid-19 patients by next month, with some of the facilities set to be used for other purposes.
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NewsRegion with the lowest vax take up seeing slowest drop in covid hospital patients
The regional variation in vaccination rates now appears to be significantly impacting the number of covid positive hospital patients in England.
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NewsBig cities and staff lag on vaccine uptake
Major urban areas are trailing in the vaccine rollout, with health systems covering London, Birmingham and Manchester reporting lower uptake than the rest of England, new NHS data reveals.
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NewsSupply of ultrasound gels suspended after bacteria outbreaks in multiple hospitals
NHS Supply Chain has suspended supplies of some ultrasound gels over concerns they might be connected with outbreaks of bacterial infections in multiple hospitals.
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HSJ LocalControversial service closures to be reversed
Trusts in north central London will begin unpicking the temporary reorganisation of their paediatric inpatient and emergency services from April, provided the pressure of the covid pandemic has eased sufficiently.
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NewsNHS starts digital transformation of high-volume specialty
The NHS has taken its first step towards redesigning ophthalmology care pathways, which includes better connecting primary and secondary care, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFive trusts still have a fifth of beds filled by covid patients
Five hospital trusts still have at least a fifth of their general and acute beds occupied by covid patients, HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsAdmissions and numbers of covid inpatients falling at record rate
Covid admissions to English hospitals, and the number of covid patients being cared for in them, is falling at the fastest rate yet since the mid-January peak, suggesting the vaccination programme is beginning to have an impact.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Hancock’s grubby intervention over A&E closure
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NewsStill a third more patients in critical care than last winter
The number of critical care patients in England is still significantly more than was seen last year, despite occupancy coming down across the country, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsUpdated: CEO’s email ‘contributed to low morale’ at covid-hit A&E
Staff at a hard-pressed accident and emergency department were left feeling demoralised and unsupported by the actions of the senior leadership team, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Reviews of hospital-acquired covid deaths as ‘basic’ breaches found
Senior doctors are leading a programme of work to review deaths caused by hospital-acquired covid in the North West, which has had disproportionately high rates of nosocomial infections over the last three months.
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NewsExclusive: New call for NHS to take public health budgets back from councils
The NHS should be handed back the commissioning of clinical public health services currently dealt with by local authorities, it has been argued today.
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News‘Rapid’ assessment launched to help NHS organisations pick new tech
NHSX has launched a ‘simpler and faster’’ technology assessment process to help healthcare providers pick digital tools that meet NHS standards.
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NewsExclusive: Covid admissions falling faster among older people, likely due to vaccine
The coronavirus vaccine appears to be having a significant impact on hospitalisations among the elderly, nearly three months into the vaccination campaign, according to analysis of NHS data.
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NewsCovid hospital patients, but not new admissions, falling much faster than last spring
The number of covid positive hospital patients in England is falling much faster than in the spring, but not due to a quicker drop in new admissions, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsExclusive: Sharp drop in patient goodwill towards NHS since autumn
Patient positivity about NHS hospital services suffered a sharp drop during the autumn, and satisfaction with access is now well below pre-pandemic levels, according to analysis exclusively shared with HSJ.
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NewsTributes paid to ‘exceptional’ national A&E leader ‘who will be remembered forever’
NHS leaders and former colleagues have paid emotional tributes to Clifford Mann, the national clinical adviser for accident and emergency care, who passed away on Saturday.
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NewsTen ICUs where ‘super surge’ occupancy remains stubbornly high
Critical care occupancy remains stubbornly high at 10 trusts which still have around double the number of patients they had capacity for last winter, HSJ can reveal.
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Flu vaccine uptake lags last year at 43 trusts
More than 40 provider trusts have seen lower flu vaccine uptake so far in 2020-21 than in 2019-20, often citing covid and covid vaccination as a reason, despite a national push.