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PodcastHSJ podcast: Delivering the vaccine - the NHS’ greatest challenge
The UK is the first country in the western world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine and now the baton has been passed to the NHS to successfully deliver it.
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NewsExclusive: New guidance means few NHS staff now likely to get covid vaccine before Xmas
NHS staff are no longer the top priority for receiving the first covid-19 vaccine, and most are now unlikely to get the jab before Christmas, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: which NHS staff will get covid vaccine first
The first to be vaccinated after this morning’s approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine are likely to be NHS staff who are at risk of greater harm from covid-19, have greater exposure to it, or are likely to infect vulnerable people.
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HSJ InteractiveEnabling patient-centred care by maximising digital and AI tools – what works and what could be improved
An HSJ roundtable explored what collaboration and progress on digital has meant for the ability to deliver patient-centred care. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveWhat should the future of outpatient care look like?
A recent HSJ webinar supported by Vantage Health heard that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to creating a new model of outpatient care
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NewsIncorrect covid tests spark harm review for staff and patients
Trusts are carrying out harm reviews after a ‘contamination issue’ affecting hundreds of samples resulted in some staff and patients being wrongly told they had coronavirus, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tech leadership review pleases nobody
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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NewsLeaks reveal two-thirds of private hospital capacity went unused by NHS
Two-thirds of the private sector capacity that was block-purchased by the NHS — costing hundreds of millions of pounds — went unused by the service over the summer, despite rocketing long waits for operations, according to internal documents leaked to HSJ.
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HSJ InteractiveHow the NHS might reduce the isolation of inpatients during this time of pandemic
The debate explored how the NHS might reduce the isolation of inpatients during this time of pandemic, thereby improving patient experience and potentially longer term outcomes
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CommentHow hospitals could step in to help manage GP practices
One way to help struggling GP practices could be ‘vertical integration’ which occurs when healthcare organisations operating at different stages along the patient pathway combine, by Jon Sussex and Dr Manbinder Sidhu.
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Gov warned IT problems will make ‘dog’s breakfast’ of covid vaccine delivery
There is a risk of IT problems making a “dog’s breakfast” out of the covid-19 vaccine programme, amid uncertainty over the balance between national and local booking systems, prominent GPs have warned.
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CommentThe government's grasp of the NHS's recovery challenge is questionable
The spending review raises real concerns about whether the government fully grasps the scale of the recovery challenge, writes Anita Charlesworth
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CommentCowper’s Cut: For the birds
Andy Cowper on the impact of covid on economy, the £350m lie and blame game in the national political narrative.
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HSJ PartnersPopulation health is for life, not just for a pandemic
The pressures of the pandemic have highlighted and changed so many things across health and social care, among them how aggregated data from across all health and social care settings is now at the forefront of local, regional, and national activities.
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NewsMajor concerns over funding and staffing of new ‘long covid’ clinics
There are serious concerns over the funding and staffing numbers available for new ‘long-covid’ clinics, while patient groups ‘remain in the dark’ over their locations.
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NewsNHS England reveals community pharmacies’ role in covid vax effort
Selected community pharmacies will provide up to 1,000 coronavirus vaccines each week, in addition to those provided by general practice and mass centres, according to an NHS England letter.
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NewsCQC finds ‘no evidence’ GP changes are driving A&E attendances
The Care Quality Commission says it can find no evidence changes to GP access during the covid pandemic are leading to more emergency department attendances, after examining the issue.
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News‘Difficult to maintain emergency care’ as region’s ICUs at full stretch
Several intensive care units in the Midlands are working at full stretch, and options for hospitals to help their neighbours by transferring patients are “drying up”, amid high covid pressure, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentWhy we created a ‘financial hardship fund’ as part of our covid response
Consistently delivering the physiological needs are what most of our colleagues require this winter and beyond, writes Richard Mitchell
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NewsCovid occupancy rates grow at outlier trusts while trend flattens nationally
The rate that England’s acute hospital beds are filling with covid patients has slowed down nationally — but a handful of trusts are still reporting growing occupancy rates despite four weeks of national lockdown.