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NewsAmbulance response fastest ever as demand wanes
Ambulance response times were some of the best ever seen last month – as the extra demand imposed by covid-19 had started to diminish and patients called the service less than last year.
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NewsRevealed: Major consultancy firm limits covid discount to £20m, citing ‘financial health’
A Big Four accountancy firm responded to an NHS request for pro bono support by saying it would offer its management consultants’ time at a 20 per cent discount, but only up to the value of £20m.
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NewsReview launched into major hospital build
A review has been launched into the delivery of one of the NHS’ biggest building projects, amid concerns it faces significant delays.
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NewsCare home residents paid ‘huge price’ for emptying of acute beds, says STP chair
The chair of a sustainability and transformation partnership and former health secretary says there was a ‘huge price paid’ by care home residents from the ‘emptying’ of acute beds in March.
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NewsTrust pledges to act amid investigations into harassment and threats
An ambulance trust is to overhaul how it supports workers with mental health problems after an investigation into the death of three of its staff in the space of two weeks, and is also dealing with allegations over sexual harassment and threats to kill.
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NewsHospitals blocked from ordering critical care equipment directly
Hospitals have been blocked from ordering crucial critical care equipment via normal channels because of an ‘exceptional increase in national demand’.
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NewsChair appointed to lead second London trust
Two mental health trusts in London are set to share a chair.
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NewsConsider redeploying staff vulnerable to covid-19, employers told
NHS staff who are deemed vulnerable to covid-19 may need to be redeployed, a new risk reduction framework backed by NHS England tells employers.
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NewsNHS England seeks advice amid ‘shielded’ patient concerns
NHS England has set up an advisory group to look at how physical and mental health services can be delivered to patients that are most vulnerable to covid-19 and have been asked to shield themselves from the pandemic.
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NewsExclusive: Test data from commercial labs going into ‘black hole’
Data on the outcome of tens of thousands of tests carried out outside the NHS is ‘disappearing into a data black hole’, making it harder for local organisations to respond to the spread of coronavirus in their area.
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NewsExclusive: Virus persisting at higher rate in north of England
Coronavirus spread appears to be persisting at a higher rate in parts of the north of England – prompting warnings that the mortality gap between those more and less deprived will get bigger.
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NewsTrust chief joins covid-19 ‘test and trace’ top team
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust chief executive Sarah-Jane Marsh will lead the government’s ‘test and trace’ programme along with a council boss, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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NewsHancock challenged over covid testing numbers by stats watchdog
The UK Statistics Authority has raised fundamental concerns about the government’s reporting of covid-19 test numbers and called for greater transparency on how they present the data.
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NewsMinisters to set up ‘dedicated team’ to aid NHS recovery
The government said it will set up ‘dedicated team’ to look for innovative ways for the NHS to continue treating people for coronavirus, while also providing care for non-covid health issues.
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NewsCapital to keep ‘total triage’ and ‘hot hubs’ for GPs
Health system leaders in London are working to ensure major changes to primary and community health care in the capital persist beyond the crisis, including patients being triaged remotely before all GP appointments.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Fundamental’ changes to London’s NHS in wake of covid-19
The NHS in London is planning to “fundamentally shift the way we deliver health and care” in the wake of coronavirus, according to documents obtained by HSJ.
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NewsPandemic spurs NHS to ‘urgently’ speed up elimination of pagers
NHS technology chiefs want to accelerate the elimination of pagers in the NHS due to the impact of covid-19, it has emerged.
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NewsCovid sparks boom in digital hospital outpatient appointments
Tens of thousands of outpatient video consultations have been carried out by NHS trusts following the national rollout of a digital platform to support the coronavirus response.
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NewsFour new ICSs announced
Four new integrated care systems have been confirmed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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NewsShake-up among PPE leaders
A top Department of Health and Social Care official has been appointed joint senior responsible officer for the government’s personal protective equipment response.