All Health Service Journal articles in January 2021 – Page 4
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NewsMapped: A&E, cancer and RTT waiting time
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England in last two months of 2020, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. RTT and cancer data is for November and A&E data is for December.
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CommentThe good news (among the bad) on NHS waiting lists
Elective waits had their best covid month so far, thanks to the recovery in outpatient services, but pent-up demand continues to build in the community, writes Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Treasury’s ‘reluctance’ is worsening NHS crisis
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsCQC ‘monitoring’ patient safety after trust rations oxygen
The Care Quality Commission is “closely monitoring” a covid-challenged trust over fears for patient safety sparked by oxygen rationing.
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NewsExclusive: Half of London’s hospital patients have covid-19
There are now more patients who have confirmed covid-19 in London’s acute hospitals as those who do not, after the need to treat people with the virus displaced thousands of other patients.
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NewsNational investigation launched after oxygen problems leave trust struggling to care for covid patients
A national investigation has been launched into the robustness of hospital oxygen supply systems after the need to care for a rapildy increasing number of covid-19 cases caused problems which saw one trust struggling to treat critically ill patients.
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News‘It was horrendous’ - the reality of covid critical care in a smaller hospital
The following is a note from an intensive care consultant about a visit they made this week to a district general hospital in the home counties to transfer a patient to a larger hospital with more capacity further away from London.
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NewsCovid infections caught in hospital up by half in a week
Covid-19 infections likely to have been caught in hospital have increased by almost half in a week, with several trusts seeing significant rises, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The big suck
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsHancock to speak at HSJ’s digital ‘summit’ in February
Health secretary Matt Hancock will take part in a Q&A on the second day of HSJ’s Digital Transformation Virtual Series next month.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Glimpsing the peak and surveying the wreckage
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Give urgent cancer surgery the same priority as covid patients, NHS England tells service
NHS England has told regional chiefs they must ensure that urgent cancer care is given the same priority as combating the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsTreasury agrees ‘limited’ funding to ease discharge blocks
The Treasury has agreed to fund “time-limited” insurance cover to encourage care providers to accept covid patients from hospitals — although some have questioned whether the measure goes far enough to help ease the NHS capacity crisis.
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News200 Army medics and personnel drafted into Midlands hospitals
Around 200 army medics and other personnel have been sent to work in hospitals in the Midlands, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrusts told to treat more covid-19 patients at home
Hospitals should ramp up their treatment of covid-19 patients at home to free up more beds during the peak of the pandemic, under plans announced by NHS England/Improvement.
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NewsExclusive: First two trusts lined up to deliver 24/7 covid jabs
Two hospital trusts in the Midlands are being lined up to pilot a 24-hour covid vaccine service, HSJ has learned.
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CommentHow we cut waits for a bed by sharing covid test data
Efficient access to patient testing data upon admission is making a big difference, says Richard Ewins
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HSJ PartnersEnsuring continuity of EPR service provision
Matt Donnelly discusses the procurement of EPR systems and the importance of a framework that is targeted to the digital needs of the NHS
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NewsCity’s NHS tells councillors it will vaccinate whole population by July
A city which has seen high levels of covid-19 infection and mortality through much of the pandemic has declared it plans to vaccinate its entire adult population by July — a target months ahead of national ambitions.
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NewsTheft of vaccine packaging is ‘significant security risk’, NHS warns
Covid vaccination teams have been warned theft of the packaging used to store the doses poses a “significant security risk” so it must be destroyed appropriately after use.