Jasmine Rapson
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NewsOverwhelmed GPs switching off online services at the weekend
Overwhelmed GP practices are turning off their online consultation services at weekends after the recent boom in digital appointments uncovered an ‘unmet demand’, HSJ has learned.
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Trusts team up for weekend surgery drive to cut paediatric waiting times
Three acute trusts have teamed up to carry out surgical procedures on hundreds of children over several weekends as part of plans to tackle waiting lists in the region.
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Exclusive: Top hospital trust abandons plan for mandatory covid vaccination
A leading hospital trust has said it does not plan to mandate covid vaccination for its staff, shortly after sharing a letter stating that it would do.
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Trust with major staff shortages ‘fortunate’ not to be hit harder by covid
Major staff shortages could have compromised patient safety on the Isle of Wight if the island had experienced more cases of covid-19, according to junior doctors.
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Revealed: Areas with highest second dose uptake
Fifteen health systems have given at least one in 10 of their fifty-plus population two covid-19 vaccine doses, according to the latest figures from NHS England.
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Uptake leaps among final vaccine ‘priority’ cohorts
Around a quarter of 50-54-year-olds were given a first dose of the covid vaccine in the space of a week, according to new figures from Public Health England.
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The Download: Not trained in tech
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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London boroughs struggle with care home staff vaccine uptake
London boroughs dominate the list of areas with the lowest covid-19 vaccine uptake among care home staff, HSJ analysis of new NHS figures shows.
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Vaccine centres must suspend new appointments amid ‘significant reduction in supply’
Mass covid vaccination centres and pharmacies must stop booking new first doses for April due to a ‘significant reduction’ in supplies, NHS England has announced.
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Trust CEO leaves for national role
The chief executive of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been appointed the national lead for the implementation of the NHS long-term plan.
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Staff who decline covid vaccine could be redeployed, says NHS England
NHS England has advised trusts to consider redeploying staff who decline the coronavirus vaccine — an approach criticised as a ‘threat’ and ‘sledgehammer approach’ by one union.
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Doctors could qualify without doing traditional degree course under HEE ‘apprenticeship’ plan
Health Education England is in the early stages of developing an apprenticeship programme for doctors as part of plans to improve access to medical training, HSJ has discovered.
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GPs can ‘opt out’ of vaccine effort or move into shopping centres
GP practices providing covid vaccinations have been asked to decide by next week if they want to drop out as the programme moves on to adults under 50, and urged to ‘carefully consider’ whether they can do the vaccinations as ‘business as usual’ begins to ramp up.
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NHSE hard line fails to speed up staff vaccine uptake
There has been only a slight increase in covid-19 vaccination uptake among ‘frontline’ NHS workers, despite NHS England’s hard line, the latest data shows.
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NHSE targets ‘geographical variation’ in vaccine uptake
Supply of the covid-19 vaccine is expected to leap to double the current rate in a week’s time, NHS England has said, requesting local systems to be ready.
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Concerns raised over link between CQC ratings and ethnicity
The Royal College of GPs has called for an independent review of the link between poor Care Quality Commission inspection ratings and the ethnicity of GP partners.
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Calls for GPs to ‘get back to being GPs’ as other vaccine centres ‘empty’
Senior figures running the covid vaccine programme locally are calling for more flexibility, and for a big shift away from GP-run sites in the next phase.
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Staff covid vaccine uptake much lower in London
A much lower share of ‘frontline’ NHS trust staff in London have had a first dose of the covid vaccine than in other regions, according to new NHS England estimates.
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All people on learning disability register to be prioritised for covid vaccine
All people on the learning disability register will be prioritised for a covid-19 vaccination, following advice from the joint committee of vaccination and immunisation.
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‘Rapid’ assessment launched to help NHS organisations pick new tech
NHSX has launched a ‘simpler and faster’’ technology assessment process to help healthcare providers pick digital tools that meet NHS standards.
