All Coronavirus articles – Page 48
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HSJ LocalLondon’s largest trust reconfigures to give covid-swamped hospitals ‘breathing space’
Barts Health Trust has declared the sickest covid-19 patients along with emergency care and trauma admissions will be seen at the Royal London Hospital to give other hospitals in the group ‘breathing space’.
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HSJ LocalTrust boss warns region faces ‘absolute crisis’ with trusts ‘hanging on by their fingernails’
Hospital chiefs in the South West have warned the region will not avoid the extreme pressures felt by other parts of the NHS, amid rapidly rising numbers of covid-19 inpatients.
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HSJ InteractiveEmpowering patients with digital solutions to ease capacity pressures
In a recent HSJ roundtable the panel explored the advances that have been made in caring for people remotely with the help of technology, whether these changes are embedded and the challenges still remaining
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NewsStevens condemns videoing of ‘empty’ hospitals
NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has launched a blistering attack on people who post videos of ‘empty’ hospitals online claiming they show the NHS is not under pressure from covid.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Leaders must stand up for staff and denounce covid deniers
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. ...
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NewsUpdated: Hospital declared it may ‘refuse critical care’ as ‘overwhelmed’ by covid
A hospital in the South East today declared a level of critical care alert meaning that it may be forced into ‘refusal or withdrawal of critical care due to resource limitation’ because it has been ‘overwhelmed’ — but later claimed it was an ”administrative error”.
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NewsExclusive: Region could run out of critical care beds in two weeks
Hospitals in the Midlands could exceed their maximum number of critical care beds in just two weeks, data leaked to HSJ indicates.
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NewsAll trusts to start vaccinating staff from Monday
All English trusts will be established as vaccine ‘hospital hubs’ by next Monday and will be responsible for vaccinating frontline health and social care staff against coronavirus.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury ‘the barrier’ as full hospitals desperate to discharge patients to social care
The government is being pressed to urgently pay care homes to take on thousands of patients from hospitals, many of which are on course to be overwhelmed by covid-19 patients.
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NewsCovid crisis forces suspension of maternity services
Some trusts in London and the South East are closing standalone birth centres and warning they cannot support home births because of high levels of demand for ambulance services from covid patients.
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NewsExclusive: London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing
London’s hospitals are less than two weeks from being overwhelmed by covid even under the ‘best’ case scenario, according to an official briefing given to the capital’s most senior doctors this afternoon.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: An NHS overwhelmed by covid
The HSJ team dissect what has been happening in a week of ever-climbing covid cases in hospital.
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NewsRevealed: the nine hospital trusts where covid patients fill at least half the beds
Nine English NHS trusts now have at least half their adult acute beds occupied by covid-positive patients, with admissions still growing in every case.
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NewsNHS forced into 'daily export' of critically-ill patients from covid-saturated trusts
Dozens of patients are being transferred between intensive care units every week as covid pressure mounts on hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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NewsRegulator waives clinical exam so overseas nurses can bolster covid push
Overseas-trained nurses have been told they can join the temporary coronavirus register without undertaking a formal ‘clinical assessment’ in an attempt to bolster the NHS workforce as the third covid wave surges.
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NewsPM sets target for NHS to vaccinate up to 11m in six weeks
The prime minister has said the NHS will offer a first dose of covid-19 vaccine to top priority groups covering just over 12 million people in England by mid-February.
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NewsNHS plea for private help as covid forces cancer surgery cancellations
NHS leaders are holding fresh talks with private healthcare groups to try to secure surgery for urgent cancer patients in London, as the covid-19 second wave causes hospitals in the capital to make widespread cancellations, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: New surge could see covid bed occupancy at 60pc
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Leaks reveal record waits for emergency care due to covid pressures
Very long waits for emergency hospital care have surged in London since mid December, due to a rapid rise in covid-19 admissions combined with limited capacity, according to figures leaked to HSJ.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A government consistently ahead of the Dunning-Kruger curve
Andy Cowper on the real state of affairs with regards to the coronavirus pandemic