All Coronavirus articles – Page 12
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News
New pandemic record for hospital-acquired covid rates
A record proportion of covid cases recorded in English NHS hospitals in the latest week were most likely caught by patients who were being treated for other illnesses, new figures reveal.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Why the two-year waiters target could be already doomed
Is it time to rethink how the NHS manages its elective waiting list? On this week’s episode we talk about the worryingly high number of people waiting over two years for their planned care – and the alarming number which do not even have a decision to admit.
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News
Covid absences rise 20pc in 10 days
The number of NHS hospital staff off work for covid-related reasons rose by a fifth in 10 days, according to the latest figures out this morning.
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Comment
Ending the short termism in health inequality policy
Toby Lewis on what it will take to tackle the waste and harm caused by health inequalities
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News
Javid ‘unconcerned’ as covid admissions rise 46 pc in a fortnight
Admissions of covid positive patients to English hospitals are once again rising steadily across England.
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News
Covid admissions in the south surpass January peak
The number of people being admitted to hospitals who test positive for covid in the south of England is now higher than it was in January.
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Covid inquiry will examine NHS ‘capacity and resilience’
The NHS’ ‘preparedness, initial capacity and the ability to increase capacity, and resilience’ will be among the areas examined by the UK covid-19 public inquiry, the government announced today.
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Comment
What Javid’s speech was really about
Built as a big reform speech, Sajid Javid’s recent speech widely left health policy commentators, who follow such reform talk closely, frustrated, bemused, underwhelmed or all three, writes Richard Sloggett
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News
Omicron hit cancer performance harder than first covid wave
The omicron variant had a bigger effect on cancer performance than the first wave of coronavirus in 2020, official data suggests.
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News
Government’s £750m bill for storing PPE revealed
Ministers spent £755.8m storing personal protective equipment over the first year and a half of the pandemic, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Partners
Drawing together local and global experience through the Safety and Innovation Hub
Sometimes a change of scenery can help produce new solutions to old problems. And healthcare leaders are finding that getting out of the hospital can sometimes focus minds and lead to a breakthrough. At BD we have created a Safety and Innovation Hub at our site near Reading, drawing together ...
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News
Gap between best and worst cancer performers widens
The gap between the best and worst-performing health systems for cancer has widened during the pandemic, HSJ analysis shows.
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News
Covid hospital admissions start to rise again
The number of covid positive patients admitted to English hospitals has started to rise again after falling for nearly two months.
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HSJ Partners
Can the NHS COVID App’s scale and impact be a model for NHS digital transformation?
Developed during the pandemic, the NHS COVID App illustrates how major policy changes can be embedded into patient-focused digital technology in a short time frame.
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News
Private provider’s NHS revenue up 10pc since before pandemic
NHS spend with a private hospital group was last year up 10 per cent on pre-pandemic levels, but down on 2020, financial results reveal.
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Comment
Inexperienced managers need as much support as junior doctors
Policy makers should review the way management training and support is planned and delivered for both new and experienced NHS managers, write Bryan Jones and Joe Home
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Great expectations for virtual wards
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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HSJ Partners
New report to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on inequalities in cancer care
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and treatment across the globe has been significant. According to Cancer Research UK, almost three in 10 cancer patients had their treatment disrupted when the ...
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News
Hold down NHS pay to ‘catch up on lost efficiency’, says government
The government has said pay for NHS very senior managers should be held down in 2022-23, and indicated it cannot fund more than a 3 per cent cash terms rise for Agenda for Change staff.
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News
NHS staff must not come to work if they test positive for covid
NHS staff who test positive for covid must continue to stay away from work for at least five days, despite restrictions being lifted for the general public, NHS England has said this morning.