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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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HSJ InteractiveHow the NHS can get back on track after covid?
Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell was joined by two leading commentators to look at how the NHS can recover after covid in an HSJ webinar. Nigel Edwards, chief executive of the Nuffield Trust, and Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, examined the mountain the NHS has to climb ...
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NewsNHS may ‘never catch up’ with surgery backlog caused by covid
Delays due to the covid-19 crisis have created tens of thousands of year-long waiters for ophthalmology treatment, and a surgery backlog which experts say may never be recovered.
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NewsCalls for GPs to ‘get back to being GPs’ as other vaccine centres ‘empty’
Senior figures running the covid vaccine programme locally are calling for more flexibility, and for a big shift away from GP-run sites in the next phase.
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NewsStaff covid vaccine uptake much lower in London
A much lower share of ‘frontline’ NHS trust staff in London have had a first dose of the covid vaccine than in other regions, according to new NHS England estimates.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Punishing staff for gaming the vaccine system
Reasonable or ‘unnecessarily hostile”? This week’s HSJ Health Check debates whether it’s right for a trust to threaten its staff with disciplinary or regulatory action if they seek to have their second covid jab early.
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CommentEvaluation of service transformation needs more money, staff and focus
There is a need to change how rapid service evaluation is funded, co-ordinated and delivered, not just during but beyond the pandemic to enable more effective scale-up of health and care innovations, writes Prof Mike Roberts
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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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PodcastHSJ podcast special: The ‘secretive’ firm at the heart of the covid response
In this one-off HSJ podcast we talk to the UK head of the controversial firm Palantir, whose development and operation of an NHS covid-19 data store has been one of the pandemic’s apparent success stories.
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NewsAll people on learning disability register to be prioritised for covid vaccine
All people on the learning disability register will be prioritised for a covid-19 vaccination, following advice from the joint committee of vaccination and immunisation.
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HSJ InteractiveHow ICSs could offer fresh hope on public health, inequalities and prevention
An HSJ and Sanofi webinar looked at how integrated care systems can play an important role in early intervention in public health, with a broader aim of reducing health inequalities
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The story of the covid-19 data store
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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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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NewsExclusive: Key NHS long-term plan target to be missed ‘due to covid’
The NHS is set to miss a major national target to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements within mental health by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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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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NewsHousebound people being missed for vaccination, NHS warned
People who need to receive their covid vaccinations at home are missing out because their eligibility is not being recognised by GPs, experts have warned.
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NewsStaff seeking second vaccination early threatened with ‘regulatory action’
Staff at one of England’s largest hospital trusts have been threatened with disciplinary and regulatory action if they attempt to get their second covid-19 vaccine dose early, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHigh covid vaccine uptake in nearly all CCGs
There has been very high uptake of the covid vaccine among those aged 70 and over in nearly all parts of England, new figures from NHS England suggest.