All Coronavirus articles – Page 8
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Why the North West waits
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Comment
Government must fully fund the imminent pay award for NHS staff
Miriam Deakin emphasises the need for the government to fund the imminent pay award for NHS staff so that trusts can continue to deliver quality care and tackle workforce shortages
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News
24 hour ambulance handover on ‘worst night ever’
All ambulance services are now understood to be on the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ caused by the hot weather and covid absences among staff.
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News
Three regions see covid hospital patients double in a fortnight
The number of patients in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid has increased by 86 per cent during the last two weeks.
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News
Cancer and primary care investment face cuts due to pay bill, NHSE warns
NHS England has warned of ‘cuts’ to services and investment in cancer and primary care if it is not given extra funding for staff pay-rises above 3 per cent.
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News
6,000-plus jobs to be cut at ‘new NHS England’
Thousands of jobs – amounting to around 30-40 per cent of posts across NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital – will be cut over the next year as the organisations are merged, it was announced today.
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HSJ Partners
How Clinical Decision Support can help the NHS drive workforce transformation
With workforce planning and digital transformation at the forefront of pandemic recovery, digital tools like CDS can play a valuable role in facilitating new, more efficient and safer ways of working
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News
Exclusive: High covid rates spark blood supply ‘crisis’
The organisation which supplies blood to hospitals is in ‘crisis mode’ due to its stock falling to severely low levels, HSJ has learned.
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Leader
The stubbornness of covid leaves the NHS with brutal choices to make
In the last six months of 2021, just over 5,000 people who tested positive for covid were admitted to English hospitals each week on average.
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News
Exclusive: Drive to reduce hospital waiting lists endangered as trusts struggle to raise activity
Elective activity levels are still significantly below those achieved before the pandemic, despite the high profile and government-led drive to recover services.
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HSJ Partners
Childhood vaccination rates, a casualty of the pandemic: a new report helping to change the tide
This article was commissioned by Pfizer Ltd and contains non-promotional content intended for UK Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) and Other Relevant Decision Makers (ORDMs). Please do not share this article with anyone who is not an HCP or ORDM. By Helen Donovan, Michelle Falconer, Catherine Heffernan, Satvinder Lall, Mike ...
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News
Covid-positive hospital patients rise a quarter in one week
The number of patients in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid has increased 28 per cent in a week, the steepest rise since mid-March
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News
Trust was sent ‘unfit’ ventilators at height of pandemic
A trust was supplied with ventilators that were not ‘fit for NHS purposes’ by two suppliers at the height of the first covid wave, HSJ can reveal.
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News
NHS systems ‘making it harder for patients to go private’, say independent providers
The amount of NHS elective procedures carried out by the private sector in early 2022 was lower in eight of the 10 largest specialties than in a comparable period before the pandemic, an HSJ analysis reveals.
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News
Third 2022 covid wave will cause less hospitalisation, predicts Powis
NHS England medical director Sir Steve Powis has told HSJ he expects fewer admissions during the new covid wave than the two previous 2022 surges.
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Comment
Elective waiting times worsen in April
The number of 104 week waiters improved, but overall things are getting worse with elective waits.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: 12 great expectations
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News
NHS England reviewing bed capacity
The NHS has a low bed base, and NHS England is reviewing ‘how we right-size our capacity’ across hospital, community and ‘virtual’ services, Amanda Pritchard has said.
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HSJ Local
Trust branded ‘inadequate’ for leadership and maternity
One of the trusts worst affected by coronavirus has been issued with two warning notices and rated ‘inadequate’ for leadership, following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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News
Exclusive: Cost of treating mental illness soars during covid
Dramatic increases in prescribing spend for the treatment of mental health conditions have been recorded following the onset of the pandemic, a new report concludes.