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NewsDecline in covid patients beginning to slow
The decline in covid positive patients being treated in English hospitals has slowed.
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HSJ PartnersWhat can covid testing regimes teach us about how to best approach diagnostics?
Covid has made it necessary to introduce large-scale testing regimes to identify cases of the virus and manage its further spread. So what has the health system learnt or developed that can be used in broader contexts in the years to come?
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Scepticism over private hospital’s new rating
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsSocial distancing and covid testing relaxed to ‘help hospitals treat patients more quickly’
Covid infection control rules for health services have been relaxed in what national officials say will help the service ‘treat more patients more quickly’.
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HSJ PartnersProviding trusted and flexible digital healthcare
Digital transformation and innovation will be key for facilitating a flexible healthcare model, but it is crucial that we go about adopting new technologies carefully and compliantly. By Hugo Stephenson
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why NHS services are collapsing
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the knock-on impact covid has had on staffing and services, after medical consultants at a major acute trust warned its leadership that specialist staff shortages are causing services to become unsafe.
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CommentSpending review 2021: The case for capital funding
The upcoming comprehensive spending review should address the need for a multi-year system of capital funding for the NHS, which is essential to keep staff and patients safe and provide the best quality of care, writes Saffron Cordery
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NewsClosed walk-in centres to be reviewed in plan to relieve A&E pressures
NHS England has issued a ‘10-point’ action plan aimed at relieving the immediate pressure on urgent and emergency services — including a review of walk-in centres and minor injury units that have closed during the pandemic.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Capitation in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsFive new national directors appointed
Leading doctors from across the country have been appointed to five new clinical director roles to help advise the NHS medical director on post-covid challenges.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Pivot to video
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by digital services correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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CommentNHS staff ambivalent about restarting 'valuable' hospital visits
More research is needed on the impact of the absence and presence of patients’ visitors on staff, patients, and relatives and friends, write Annie Laverty, Helen Lackenby and Don Redding
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NewsLeaked national survey reveals steep fall in support for staff wellbeing
Leaked results from a national survey of NHS staff has revealed a sharp drop in those who believe their health and wellbeing is being supported by their employer.
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NewsCovid hospital occupancy sees biggest drop since April
The NHS in England has seen the biggest weekly fall in covid bed occupancy for more than five months.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Maternity and Midwifery Initiative of the Year
WINNER University Hospitals Birmingham FT: Covid Maternity Surveillance Service; Keeping Mothers and Babies Safe During a Pandemic
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Primary Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER Tees Valley CCG, Hartlepool & Stockton Health, ELM Alliance, Primary Health Care Darlington, South Tees Hospital FT, North Tees and Hartlepool FT, County Durham and Darlington FT, AHSN, North East and North Cumbria Respiratory Network: Tees Valley Covid Oximetry@Home
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021:Improving Safety in Medicines Management Award
Partnered by WINNER: Royal Surrey FT: St Luke’s Cancer Centre and Pharmacy Team Delivery of Safe Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Covid-19 Infection Prevention and Control Award
WINNER Northern Care Alliance Group: Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Testing Using LFDs in Emergency Departments to Aid Infection Prevention & Control – Northern Care Alliance at the Vanguard
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Patient Safety Team of the Year
Partnered by WINNER Royal Surrey FT: St Luke’s Cancer Centre and Pharmacy Team Delivery of Safe Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The legacy of Shipman
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.