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NewsBAME staff should be ‘risk-assessed’ over covid concerns, says NHSE
Healthcare leaders should “risk-assess” staff who may be at a greater risk of covid-19, including those from black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and make “appropriate arrangements”, NHS England has said.
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NewsNHSE issues plan to restart urgent non-covid care
NHS England has set out a six-week action plan and priority areas for the health service as it seeks to restart a raft of non-coronavirus services.
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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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NewsAll hospital emergency patients to be tested for coronavirus
A new coronavirus testing regime for patients being admitted to hospital has been outlined by NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHancock grants GCHQ powers over NHS IT systems
The NHS must hand over information from its IT systems to the UK’s intelligence and security authority during the covid-19 pandemic after the agency was granted extra powers by Matt Hancock, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsA&E overcrowding ‘unconscionable’ as services restart
Major transformation is required to stop the return of “unacceptable and unconscionable” corridor waits and overcrowding in emergency departments as the NHS gears up to re-open services, a senior figure has warned.
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NewsVisas for further 3,000 overseas workers extended
More than 3,000 overseas health and social care workers have had their visas extended by an extra 12 months to help fight the covid-19 outbreak.
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NewsNHS 111 gets new queuing system to handle coronavirus surge
An overflow system has been added to NHS 111 to help deal with the “huge increase” in calls during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsPhysios make visa plea as NHS faces ‘tidal-wave’ of rehab
Ministers are being urged to expand the automatic visa extension scheme to include physiotherapists with the NHS facing a “tidal wave” of rehabilitation work because of the covid-19 crisis, MPs and unions have warned.
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NewsNHSX exploring coronavirus immunity passports
NHSX is exploring the potential for creating “immunity passports” for members of the public who are thought to be immune to coronavirus, despite their use being a long way off, the organisation has said.
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NewsNHS managers must pass ‘situational test’ to qualify for covid death assurance plan
The families of many NHS managers and other administrative staff will not be eligible to claim the government’s new £60,000 payout for workers who die from coronavirus, HSJ has established.
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NHS told to slash invoice payments to a week
NHS organisations have been told to pay for goods and services within seven days of receiving them, as regulators attempt to reassure suppliers and bolster their cash flows.
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NewsCovid vulnerable patient list balloons by 500,000
The number of patients asked to “shield” themselves from coronavirus is expected to reach two million by the end of the month, with GPs being “overwhelmed with requests”.
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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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News‘Restoration’ of non-covid NHS services gets under way
The government has announced that the “restoration of other NHS services” will start tomorrow on a “hospital-by-hospital” basis.
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NewsHancock ‘very worried’ at signs of rare covid-linked condition in children
Matt Hancock is “very worried” about signs that a new coronavirus-linked syndrome may be emerging in children, which are being investigated “as a matter of urgency”, he has said.
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NewsManufacturers not liable for faults in rush produced ventilators
NHS patients are being treated for covid-19 with ventilators for which the government has accepted legal liability from manufacturers over personal injury claims.
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NewsTrust treating all BAME staff as ‘vulnerable and at risk’
A hospital trust is treating all its black, Asian and minority ethnic staff as “vulnerable and at risk” of coronavirus and is prioritising them for fitting of masks.
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NewsExclusive: National alert as ‘coronavirus-related condition may be emerging in children’
A serious coronavirus-related syndrome may be emerging in the UK, according to an “urgent alert” issued to doctors, following a rise in cases in the last two to three weeks, HSJ has learned.
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Insurance scheme to cover NHS staff who die from coronavirus
The families of frontline NHS and social care workers who have died from coronavirus could get a pay out of £60,000, the government has announced.