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HSJ LocalExclusive: Medical leaders seek to ‘shame’ private hospitals and their staff into supporting NHS
NHS England and senior clinical leaders in London are ‘profoundly uncomfortable’ that some routine elective care is continuing in private hospitals, while the NHS faces ‘unthinkable’ pressures from coronavirus.
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HSJ LocalLondon’s largest trust reconfigures to give covid-swamped hospitals ‘breathing space’
Barts Health Trust has declared the sickest covid-19 patients along with emergency care and trauma admissions will be seen at the Royal London Hospital to give other hospitals in the group ‘breathing space’.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: An NHS overwhelmed by covid
The HSJ team dissect what has been happening in a week of ever-climbing covid cases in hospital.
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NewsRevealed: the nine hospital trusts where covid patients fill at least half the beds
Nine English NHS trusts now have at least half their adult acute beds occupied by covid-positive patients, with admissions still growing in every case.
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NewsNHS forced into 'daily export' of critically-ill patients from covid-saturated trusts
Dozens of patients are being transferred between intensive care units every week as covid pressure mounts on hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS plea for private help as covid forces cancer surgery cancellations
NHS leaders are holding fresh talks with private healthcare groups to try to secure surgery for urgent cancer patients in London, as the covid-19 second wave causes hospitals in the capital to make widespread cancellations, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: Leaks reveal record waits for emergency care due to covid pressures
Very long waits for emergency hospital care have surged in London since mid December, due to a rapid rise in covid-19 admissions combined with limited capacity, according to figures leaked to HSJ.
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NewsAll acutes across swathe of south east set to see at least 33pc covid occupancy
At least a third of beds are set to be filled with covid patients by new year’s eve, at all the acute trusts across three connected health systems.
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NewsLondon critical care patients could be sent to Yorkshire as capital’s ICUs top 100pc occupancy
Requests have been made to transfer patients in need of intensive care from London to hospitals in Yorkshire, HSJ has learned, as leaked figures reveal that critical care is running at 100 per cent-plus capacity across the south east and east of England.
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NewsCovid hotspot trusts to get first vaccine deliveries
Several NHS trusts in covid hotspot areas will start receiving batches of the vaccine for the first time, according to NHS England.
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HSJ PartnersUnderstanding estate-enabled integrated care
Nicola Theron and Philippa Robinson discuss the community integration programme taking place in North Central London, the challenges faced and how CHP is helping to address them
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NewsCCG accused of ‘colluding’ to evict charity at centre of PFI dispute
A clinical commissioning group has been accused of ‘colluding’ with an NHS facilities company to evict a children’s centre.
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NewsExclusive: Cancer care under threat as NHS loses covid private sector back-up
Cancer surgery in London is under threat as rising covid admissions put pressure on services that no longer have back-up capacity from the independent sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEvery NHS region sees April levels of covid inpatients as deaths start to rise again
All seven NHS England regions are now struggling under covid inpatient demand not seen since the peak of the pandemic in April.
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NewsCovid infections caught in hospital rise by a third in one week
The number of people likely to have caught covid-19 in NHS hospitals in England has risen by more than a third in the last week.
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NewsTeaching trust’s staff ‘utterly rinsed and completely wiped out’ by elective targets
A major London trust’s critical care staff have urged leaders to review elective work targets amid serious concerns over workload, safe staffing and burnout, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWhy has the government gone quiet on prevention when we need it most?
The government has gone quiet on prevention, but it could save the NHS, boost the economy and level up the country, writes Chris Thomas
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HSJ LocalMajor trust diverts ambulances and cancels electives after covid surge
One of England’s largest hospital trusts has been forced to divert ambulances and cancel operations, after seeing a very steep increase in covid-19 admissions over the past week.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The end of the year
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: CQC to ramp up inspections of trusts’ infection control
Trusts’ infection control measures will be put under greater scrutiny by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has been told.