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Gov warned IT problems will make ‘dog’s breakfast’ of covid vaccine delivery
There is a risk of IT problems making a “dog’s breakfast” out of the covid-19 vaccine programme, amid uncertainty over the balance between national and local booking systems, prominent GPs have warned.
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NewsHospitals pass peak of second wave
The second wave has peaked in England’s hospitals, with the number of beds occupied by covid patients falling for five consecutive days across the country.
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HSJ LocalRegulator sorry for manager’s ‘five years of hell’
Regulators have apologised to a health manager who went through “five years of hell” while being investigated for misconduct, before being told there was no case to answer.
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NewsNearly half of trusts report no BAME staff in top management tier, HSJ investigation reveals
Nearly 100 trusts have no ‘very senior managers’ who are declared to be from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsMajor concerns over funding and staffing of new ‘long covid’ clinics
There are serious concerns over the funding and staffing numbers available for new ‘long-covid’ clinics, while patient groups ‘remain in the dark’ over their locations.
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NewsNHS England reveals community pharmacies’ role in covid vax effort
Selected community pharmacies will provide up to 1,000 coronavirus vaccines each week, in addition to those provided by general practice and mass centres, according to an NHS England letter.
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NewsCQC finds ‘no evidence’ GP changes are driving A&E attendances
The Care Quality Commission says it can find no evidence changes to GP access during the covid pandemic are leading to more emergency department attendances, after examining the issue.
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News‘Difficult to maintain emergency care’ as region’s ICUs at full stretch
Several intensive care units in the Midlands are working at full stretch, and options for hospitals to help their neighbours by transferring patients are “drying up”, amid high covid pressure, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCovid occupancy rates grow at outlier trusts while trend flattens nationally
The rate that England’s acute hospital beds are filling with covid patients has slowed down nationally — but a handful of trusts are still reporting growing occupancy rates despite four weeks of national lockdown.
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NewsNew trust’s ‘inexperienced’ leadership criticised as CQC serves warning
The Care Quality Commission has criticised a new trust’s leadership after issuing it with a warning notice to improve care in its two emergency departments.
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NewsShouting, screaming and microaggressions uncovered at NHS organisation
A review of a clinical commissioning group has discovered “microaggressions and insensitivities” towards Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, and the use of derogatory slurs about other groups.
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NewsKirkup: ‘Significant reluctance’ in health system to review ‘historic’ cases
One of England’s top authorities on patient safety has warned there is ‘significant reluctance’ in the health service to investigate cases considered ‘historic’, after he published a report today detailing a ‘20-year cover-up’ over the death of a baby girl.
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NewsNHSE recommends law to abolish CCGs by 2022
NHS England is backing legislation to abolish clinical commissioning groups by April 2022, strip back competition rules, and require trusts to be part of care alliances, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE makes ‘employment promise’ for CCG staff — but not senior leaders
NHS England has made a ‘continued employment promise’ to those working in clinical commissioning groups, as it proposes legislation to scrap CCGs and have their functions ‘subsumed’ by integrated care systems.
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NewsBaroness Harding: I don’t owe the NHS an apology
Dido Harding has declined to apologise for any reputational damage NHS Test and Trace may have done to the wider health service.
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NewsExclusive: Covid pressure still rising at dozens of hospitals
Are NHS hospitals at risk of being overwhelmed by covid? As government and MPs decide their plan after lockdown, HSJ analysis reveals a large minority of hospitals are still seeing growth in coronavirus admissions, and in the number of beds taken by covid-19 patients.
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NewsTrust CEO asks for ‘scientific evidence’ on covid vaccine safety to reassure staff
NHS trust chief executives have told HSJ they need more clarity the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine is safe to reassure their worried staff.
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NewsSteep capital spending rise still falls £1bn short of NHS ask
The health service’s capital budget is to increase by almost a third on its pre-covid level, although still lags behind previous calls to put healthcare spending in line with that of other advanced nations.
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NewsCovid deaths surge at ‘special measures’ trust which ‘escaped’ first wave
Covid deaths at a small Midlands hospital trust have quadrupled in less than two weeks, putting it higher than nearly all its peers.
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NewsExclusive: 111 First to go live imminently amid ‘vehement’ opposition in some EDs
Emergency care leaders are warning it will take up to six more months to determine whether pilots of a radical change to accident and emergency are working, even though it is due to go live nationally next week, HSJ has learned.