All articles by Jack Serle – Page 20
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NewsGPs and community services given two weeks to provide consistent support to care homes
Commissioners, GPs and community health providers have a fortnight to start delivering a clinical support service to every care home in England, according to a letter from NHS England.
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NewsOfficial data demonstrates rapid rise of remote GP consultations
GPs moved swiftly to change their practice model in the face of covid-19 as part of the grand NHS reorganisation for covid-19, according to NHS Digital’s appointments data.
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Doctors union ‘dismayed’ GPs asked to bring forward care home support
The British Medical Association has pushed back on NHS plans to start a contentious care home service five months early, with the chair of its general practice committee saying it was “incredibly disappointed” by the centre’s decision.
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NewsContentious NHS scheme to bolster care homes brought forward
National leaders have set out plans for GPs and NHS community providers to give increased levels of support to care homes, in the second phase of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsIntensive care capacity must be permanently doubled, says Nightingale chief
Intensive care capacity in London will be doubled on a permanent basis following the coronavirus pandemic, according to the chief executive of the city’s temporary Nightingale hospital.
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NewsWidespread service suspensions will have ‘lasting impact’
The NHS has been warned of the “lasting impact” and worse outcomes likely to result from delaying cancer screening programmes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Overwhelming angst’ over delay to Ebay-built PPE website
Community, primary and social care providers are still unable to access an online portal set up to respond to urgent requests for personal protection equipment.
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NewsThousands more deaths linked to covid-19
Six thousand more deaths were registered in the week ending 3 April than usual, but only 3,475 of these mentioned covid-19, according to new Office for National Statistics data.
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NewsGPs given new deadline to identify ‘at risk’ patients
GPs have until Tuesday to ensure the NHS’s central list of patients at high risk and in need of shielding from coronavirus is correct, NHS England has said.
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NewsGown shortages force use of disposable coveralls
Trusts will receive coveralls in their personal protective equipment deliveries, amid a national shortage of surgical gowns, NHS England has said.
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NewsTrusts told not to ban all hospital visits
The NHS has told trusts it should allow some hospital visits in response to concerns that too many were opposing ‘unfair’ outright bans.
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NewsCharts: The areas seeing fast growth in deaths
New HSJ analysis highlights the areas outside the main coronavirus hotspots — London, Birmingham and the Black Country — which have seen rapid growth in deaths in recent days.
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News‘Failed promise’ to support vulnerable patients is a ‘disgrace’, says MP
Thousands of vulnerable patients who local commissioners and GPs believe need to be “shielded” from coronavirus are being denied access to central support.
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NewsNHS England urgently appeals to GPs to staff triage service
A key element in the new covid-19 response service run by NHS 111 urgently needs more doctors, NHS England has said.
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Covid-19 community hubs could become ‘lightning rods for contagion’, warns expert
New hubs for GPs to treat patients with covid-19 symptoms could become “lightning rods” for contagion, a primary care researcher has warned.
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NewsCovid-19 deaths by area: East of England fatalities growing faster than Italy
The growth of coronavirus deaths in the East of England continues to outstrip that seen in Italy, according to an exclusive HSJ analysis of NHS England data conducted today.
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NewsExclusive: NHS staff asked to move to giant conference centre hospital
NHS staff are being asked to move quickly to work in the new field hospital being constructed at a conference centre in London which will act as a “first major wave of surge capacity”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSingle trust reports 21 new coronavirus deaths
There have been 83 deaths reported from covid-19 in England over the past 24 hours with nearly a quarter of them in a single London trust.
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NewsGP contract work slashed to focus on covid-19
NHS England has announced a raft of measures to cut back GP workload while maintaining funding streams to free up practice capacity “to prepare for and manage the covid-19 outbreak”.
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HSJ LocalLondon teaching trust says non-clinical staff must go to work as normal
One of the largest teaching trusts in England has told its non-clinical staff to go into work as normal, as it continues to plan its response to the coronavirus outbreak.