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CQC investigates its own response to concerns over troubled service
The Care Quality Commission has launched a review into its own regulatory response to a troubled autism service, HSJ has learned.
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‘Independent review of NHS’ ahead of second wave
There should be independent reviews of the NHS’ readiness for a potential second major outbreak of coronavirus in the UK, senior doctors are arguing.
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A&E leader: All departments should be ‘call before you walk’
A ‘call before you walk’ system to prevent overcrowding and the spread of covid-19 in emergency departments should be implemented alongside a ‘beefed up’ NHS 111 service, a senior figure has said.
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Trusts handed new rules to ‘minimise’ contacts between staff
NHS organisations have been told to ‘minimise’ close contacts between staff – including restricting the number of staff on ward rounds – to lessen covid-19 infections in healthcare settings.
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Hospital rated ‘inadequate’ following allegations of abuse by staff
Patients in an independent mental health hospital were not being protected from abuse, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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Asymptomatic people will have to self-isolate after contact with covid-19 cases
People will be asked to self-isolate for two weeks even if they are asymptomatic after coming into ‘high-risk’ contact with a person who has tested positive for covid-19 – a testing chief has told NHS executives.
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Revealed: Antibody study finds ‘unexpected’ highest covid-19 infection rate in young adults
Young adults aged between 17 and 29 were the most common age group of people infected with covid-19 in what public health officials describe as an ‘unexpected’ finding of a major new population study, HSJ can reveal.
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‘No arbitrary thresholds’ if ICUs get overwhelmed
Intensive care clinicians would be asked to prioritise patients for ICU care on an individual basis and not face “arbitrary clinical thresholds” in the “very unlikely” event that units are severely overwhelmed at a regional or national level, according to new guidance.
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Spread of covid-19 in hospitals causing national ‘concern’
The leader of the NHS’ pandemic testing programme has highlighted concerns about the rate of covid-19 transmissions in hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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ICUs advised how to improve staffing ratios as covid pressure eases
Intensive care units will be advised how to improve their staffing-to-patient ratios shortly as the number of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 falls across the country.
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Mask guidance downgraded amid reports of failing stock
Public Health England has made new changes to its guidance on the use of face masks as “a pragmatic approach for times of severe shortage”.
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‘Yet another failure’ on flagship programme for learning disabilities
New data has revealed “yet another failure” to adequately reduce the number of people with learning disabilities living in “modern day asylums”.
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‘Prejudiced’ hospital admissions guidance for the elderly dropped by NHSE
National guidance which said some care home and community hospital residents “should not ordinarily be conveyed to hospital” has been dropped by NHS England.
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Some maternity inspections suspended to ‘minimise impact on trusts’
Routine investigations into maternity incidents involving babies treated for oxygen deprivation at birth, but with no apparent brain injuries, have been suspended.
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Exclusive: Trust warned of ‘worst case’ 13-fold rise in critical care patients
Devon’s largest acute provider has been told to prepare for a 13-fold rise in critical care patients in the next three months under a worst case scenario, HSJ has learned.
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Patient deaths linked to long-standing failings at trust’s maternity unit
A previously unpublished report has laid bare multiple failings in a remote trust’s maternity department.
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National chiefs: Ventilators will follow ‘most immediate need’
National and regional NHS chiefs will seek to share out scarce ventilators to ”areas with the most immediate need, on a fair share basis relative to patient ventilation need, they have told hospital chiefs, who are increasingly concerned about what they will receive and when.
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Trust 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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Hospitals 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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Cancer treatment delayed as patient priority lists drawn up
Delays have begun to cancer treatments, as patients are reprioritised ahead of capacity becoming overwhelmed by the coronavirus crisis.