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HSJ LocalAmbulance service facing ‘terrifying’ levels of risk, says trust chief
The chief executive of a small acute trust has described the “terrifying situation” faced by ambulance crews and hospital staff in trying to provide adequate emergency care as coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the local NHS services.
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NewsRevealed: huge local variation in covid vaccination rates
Just a third of people aged 80 and over have received the covid vaccine in one part of England, compared to four out of five in the area with the highest rate, new NHS England figures have revealed.
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NewsGPs receive 'urgent' call to volunteer for work in crisis-hit ITU
GPs in Birmingham have been sent an “urgent” plea to assist in their acute trust’s crisis hit critical care services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRegion’s critical care occupancy up by a fifth in one week
The number of patients in critical care in the Midlands has grown by a fifth in a week, and is now 70 per cent more than in winter last year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsHospital offered covid jabs ‘on demand’ for several weeks
A leading hospital trust has been giving covid-19 vaccinations ‘on demand’ to people outside the top priority groups but who phoned for appointments without an invite, for several weeks, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Leading region’s vaccine supply to be halved so others can catch up
The North East and Yorkshire region has been told its covid-19 vaccine supply via primary care will be halved next week, largely because it is ahead of other areas in vaccinating its eligible population, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS commandeers private hospitals in attempt to recover cancer surgery
‘Surge’ clauses allowing the NHS to again take over private hospitals — as it did in the spring — have been triggered in some areas, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDoctors at covid crisis trust accused of dodging ICU work
A medical leader at England’s largest acute trust has warned fellow doctors that its ‘priority is now [intensive care] at [the] expense of dropping all activities’, and suggested that some are avoiding critical care work.
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Students call for end of reassignment to ‘menial’ ICU shifts
Students at a London medical school have demanded an immediate end to their “compulsory” reassignment covering nurse and healthcare assistant shifts in the intensive care units at their connected trust.
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NewsRevealed: Nightingale hospitals to cost half a billion pounds in total
England’s Nightingale hospitals have been forecast to cost more than half a billion, according to the latest government projections.
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NewsChallenged trust’s chief executive quits after ill health
The chief executive of an ambulance trust which was criticised for its leadership and its handling of sexual assault and harassment allegations has stepped down.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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HSJ LocalCity ‘under the cosh’ from covid forced to admit adults to children’s critical care unit
Liverpool has been forced to re-open a paediatric intensive care unit to adults as the NHS chief executive warned the city was “right back under the cosh” from the third wave of the pandemic.