All Coronavirus articles – Page 100
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NewsRapid review of PPE guidance ordered by the centre
The government’s chief scientific and medical advisers have ordered a “rapid” independent review of guidance for personal protective equipment, amid confusion and concern about what healthcare workers need for the coronavirus outbreak.
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Expert BriefingRevealed: The challenges and dilemmas as NHS Nightingale prepares to open
The NHS and Army’s project to convert London’s ExCel into a 4,000-bed field hospital — a plan of unprecedented scale for this country — is grappling with major clinical and cultural tensions, as well as the huge logistical challenge, ahead of its official opening next week.
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CommentPrimary care has transformed into a ‘dial-in’ or ‘click first’ service
Responding to the new norm of social distancing has led primary care to adopt digital triaging as its primary way of working in just three weeks. Explains Clare Gerada.
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NewsDigital ‘passport’ will let staff rapidly deploy to covid-stretched trusts
The NHS is set to roll out a temporary digital staff “passport” to enable staff to move around and between organisations more easily during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsSome hospitals left 'quiet' as covid-19 sparks huge fall in attendances
Attendances at NHS emergency departments have fallen sharply as the coronavirus outbreak has gathered pace in the UK, new data has revealed.
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NewsUrgent covid-19 treatment guidance to be published imminently
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is to publish rapid guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of covid-19.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Calm before the storm
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsDuncan Selbie isolates with coronavirus symptoms
Public Health England’s chief executive is self-isolating with symptoms of coronavirus.
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Expert BriefingCoronavirus is a true test of integration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsAmazon and eBay to remove NHS lanyards after fraud concerns
Amazon and eBay have said they will remove NHS staff lanyards and pass holders from sale after HSJ raised concerns to the online shopping giants they could be used for fraudulent purposes.
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NewsTrust chiefs fear ventilator delays ahead of crucial week
Senior NHS leaders across hospital trusts are growing increasingly concerned about the shortage of ventilators — and a lack of information about supply — ahead of a “key week” for the health service, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust in talks with private sector for cancer care
A major East Midlands acute trust could move cancer operations to the private sector as it prepares for a surge in coronavirus cases.
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NewsGive staff free parking government tells trusts
NHS staff should be able to park at work for free after the government reacted to growing calls for trusts to cease charging.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Coronavirus grips the NHS
The health service is beginning to feel the grip of coronavirus covid-19 in earnest — particularly in London and, to a lesser extent, the West Midlands. This week’s HSJ Health Check podcast debates the response to this unfolding crisis.
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NewsDentists told to stop routine treatment during covid-19 crisis
Dental practices have been told to suspend all routine treatment in a bid to reduce the spread of covid-19.
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NewsExclusive: NHS staff asked to move to giant conference centre hospital
NHS staff are being asked to move quickly to work in the new field hospital being constructed at a conference centre in London which will act as a “first major wave of surge capacity”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHospitals warned of increased fire risk on covid-19 wards
Health chiefs have warned hospitals of increased risks of “combustion” on wards caused by more ventilators being used to treat covid-19 patients.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The capital’s toughest week yet?
fEssential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsNHS England calls staff back from redundancy
NHS England has called on staff it issued redundancy notices to earlier this year to “delay their planned exit” and work in temporary roles to help the coronavirus effort.
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NewsUpdated: Officials’ confusion over rapid home testing kits
Members of the public may soon be able to order covid-19 home testing kits, but health officials said they are not yet sure that they work.