All articles by Dave West – Page 18
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NewsTrusts told: prepare for ‘top quartile productivity’ as covid inpatients rise ‘almost everywhere’
New planning guidance asks local NHS organisations to prepare for a major waiting-list catch-up by seeking “top quartile performance in productivity”, but also to “safely mobilise all… available surge capacity over the coming weeks” as the service battles rising covid levels ”in almost all parts of the country”.
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NewsNamed: the trusts set to have at least a third of beds filled by covid patients on 31 Dec
There are 14 hospital trusts on course to have at least a third of their beds filled by covid patients on New Year’s Eve.
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NewsFour in five health systems see rise in hospitalised covid patients
The number of covid-positive patients in hospital has risen in 80 per cent of England’s health systems — showing the virus’ impact on the NHS is growing in nearly all areas.
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News36 trusts see covid admissions rise by 20pc plus in a week
Thirty-six hospital trusts saw covid-19 admissions grow by more than a fifth last week, of which more than half have at least 10 per cent of beds occupied by covid patients.
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NewsExclusive: Covid pressure still rising at dozens of hospitals
Are NHS hospitals at risk of being overwhelmed by covid? As government and MPs decide their plan after lockdown, HSJ analysis reveals a large minority of hospitals are still seeing growth in coronavirus admissions, and in the number of beds taken by covid-19 patients.
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NewsExclusive: NHS setting up dozens of mass covid vaccination centres and seeking 40,000 staff
The health service is setting up more than 40 mass vaccination centres, and working on recruiting tens of thousands of staff for the huge covid-19 vaccination effort, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals 70pc more full than April
There are 70 per cent more people in hospital now as when England was approaching its spring covid-19 peak, and twice as many non-covid patients, according to official figures leaked to HSJ.
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NewsUPDATED: Trusts with the highest proportion of covid patients
Charts showing covid-19 occupancy of hospital beds, by trust and by STP.
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NewsNHS doubles covid test ‘capacity’ in three days as T&T looks set to hit 500k target
Test and Trace looks likely to hit its 500,000 daily covid testing target, after declaring huge leaps in NHS labs capacity over three days.
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NewsRevealed: Full picture of how covid is hitting hospitals in the north
The most comprehensive picture so far of how covid’s second wave has hit the NHS in the north of England is revealed in new figures obtained by HSJ.
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NewsCovid cases caught in hospital more than double in a week
The number of covid-19 cases likely to have been caught by patients already in hospital for other conditions has more than doubled in a week — rising more quickly than coronavirus admissions from the community.
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News‘Don’t recreate SHAs’, government told ahead of NHS bill
NHS Providers will this week warn against ‘re-establishing an all-powerful quasi-strategic health authority tier’, as government prepares to legislate for integrated care systems.
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NewsStevens: 2021 legislation must give integrated care systems ‘a legal form’
NHS England is expecting new legislation ‘in the first half of 2021’ which will create a ‘legal form’ for integrated care systems, Sir Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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NewsStevens: NHS is preparing second-wave ‘escalation plans’ but will enact them ‘as late as possible’
NHS leaders are preparing escalation plans for a potential “second wave” of coronavirus, but will continue seeking to restore non-covid care until “as late as possible”, Sir Simon Stevens told an HSJ event today.
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NewsExclusive: Top leadership team at NHS Test and Trace includes just one clinician
The top leadership of NHS Test and Trace includes several senior figures brought in from retail, commerce and industry, but only one public health expert, a leaked structure document reveals.
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NewsExclusive: Commercial covid labs seek NHS support
The private sector component of England’s national covid testing regime is running short on capacity and has asked the NHS for help, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsTroubled trust to share chair with neighbour
A small trust with severe quality and financial problems is to share a chair with its larger neighbour, it has announced.
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NewsDeaths at home up 40pc, as fewer die in hospital
The number of people dying at home compared to those ending their lives in hospitals or care homes has increased significantly in the wake of the covid pandemic’s peak in April and May.
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NewsLocal chief takes on national Test and Trace role
The joint chief executive of a council and clinical commissioning group has taken on a senior position in the national NHS Test and Trace programme.
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LeaderWill the public sector take back control of Test and Trace?
There is still an opportunity for the public sector to take back NHS Test and Trace.