All Health Service Journal articles in April 2020 – Page 8
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: French figures, digital dilemmas and an almost empty hospital
Your essential update on health for the week — this week focused on the coronavirus outbreak.
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HSJ Interactive
Embedding staff engagement with co-production and communication
A pragmatic and practical programme with tangible benefits, Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust’s “Let’s Talk” initiative won the 2019 HSJ award for staff engagement, writes Alison Moore
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HSJ Partners
How can cloud connectivity help healthcare organisations to navigate covid-19 and beyond?
Justin Day explores how, during these unprecedented times, the health sector can embrace the benefits that cloud technology can bring
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News
NHS hospitals have four times more empty beds than normal
Tens of thousands of NHS hospital beds remain unoccupied amid the coronavirus crisis — about four times the normal number — due to huge ongoing efforts to free up space, and a slowdown in admissions from other causes.
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News
One in 10 hospital nurses absent due to coronavirus
One in 10 nurses working in acute hospitals are off work due to coronavirus, according to internal NHS figures seen by HSJ.
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News
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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News
Three day window for expanded staff coronavirus tests
Coronavirus testing is to be rolled out to a wider group of NHS staff and their households, as long as the onset of covid-19 symptoms took place within the previous three days.
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News
Angry trust chiefs rail against ‘reprehensible’ TV provider
Three NHS trust chief executives have heavily criticised communications provider Hospedia for continuing to charge for patient access to television during the coronavirus pandemic.
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News
Gown shortages force use of disposable coveralls
Trusts will receive coveralls in their personal protective equipment deliveries, amid a national shortage of surgical gowns, NHS England has said.
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News
App launched to track NHS staff’s covid-19 absences
A new app has been launched by NHS England to track staff absences related to coronavirus amid increasing pressure on the NHS workforce.
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News
Community nursing will 'blow’ as discharge threshold is reduced
Families, social care workers and volunteers may be forced to step in to help provide nursing care, as community nursing capacity threatens to “blow” due to coronavirus.
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News
Trusts told not to ban all hospital visits
The NHS has told trusts it should allow some hospital visits in response to concerns that too many were opposing ‘unfair’ outright bans.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Schrodinger’s Virus
Andy Cowper on how real problems persist with the availability of PPE supply
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Comment
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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News
Two new Nightingale hospitals confirmed
Two further temporary Nightingale hospitals will be opened in the effort to tackle covid-19.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Wanted — PPE, GPs, ambulances and vets
Your essential update on health for the week — this week focused on the coronavirus outbreak.
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News
Major 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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News
Updated: Hancock setting a bad example on social distancing, say NHS leaders
Senior NHS leaders have expressed alarm that Matt Hancock is providing a bad example by holding regular video calls in his office surrounded by many colleagues.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: A paws for thought
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Charts: The areas seeing fast growth in deaths
New HSJ analysis highlights the areas outside the main coronavirus hotspots — London, Birmingham and the Black Country — which have seen rapid growth in deaths in recent days.