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NewsAmbulance waiting times soared in March as calls hit record high
The response time for the commonest ambulance call out rose 45 per cent in March nationally and almost trebled in London, the centre of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsHospitals recruit vets to staff covid-19 wards
Hospitals are turning to the veterinary workforce to fill staffing gaps on intensive care wards ahead of an expected peak of covid-19 patients, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: The hospitals facing most pressure to meet coronavirus demand
New analysis from Edge Health shows that district general hospitals around the centre of London have been the hardest hit by the covid-19 surge, says George Batchelor
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NewsCovid-19 hospital admissions ‘flattening’
Growth in the number of hospitalised coronavirus patients is “definitely getting slower” the government’s deputy chief scientific adviser has said.
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NewsAmbulance trust seeks 1,000 staff to cope with coronavirus
An ambulance trust is seeking 1,000 extra workers and volunteers to help it through the coming weeks, as it copes with the peak of the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsScandal-hit trust rated ‘inadequate’ again
A scandal-hit hospital trust has been rated “inadequate” for the second time in a row, after inspectors found serious patient safety concerns at its two emergency departments.
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NewsRegulator: Circle merger would reduce competition in two areas
The competition regulator has said it will allow the merger of two private hospital groups if its concerns about reduced competition in two regions are resolved.
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NewsTrusts running out of body bags amid covid-19 crisis
Several trusts are experiencing serious shortages of body bags as the death toll from covid-19 grows, procurement leads have told HSJ.
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NewsSupport staff ‘cast aside’ unexpectedly after transfer to new NHS provider
Twelve support staff including some senior managers with up to 20 years NHS experience say they have been “cast aside” unexpectedly after a new provider took over the contract for their service.
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News‘Recurrent and unaddressed safety risks’ found at trust’s maternity service
A hospital trust’s reaction to fundamental concerns about its maternity services was “inappropriately slow”, according to a report released yesterday.
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NewsTrusts move to daily pay to support vulnerable staff
Trusts are rapidly introducing technology which allows staff to draw down a proportion of their pay on a daily basis to support those whose households have become financially vulnerable because of the pandemic.
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HSJ LocalNightingale NW chief: We will ‘not destabilise existing trusts’
Having more time to prepare for the surge in coronavirus cases helped the North West region formulate “considered” plans, the chief executive of its new temporary ‘Nightingale’ hospital has told HSJ.
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NewsSome maternity inspections suspended to ‘minimise impact on trusts’
Routine investigations into maternity incidents involving babies treated for oxygen deprivation at birth, but with no apparent brain injuries, have been suspended.
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NewsSouth East trusts told: send patients and staff to covid-surge hospital
Around a quarter of the 3,600 beds at the London Nightingale Hospital could be used for patients from Kent and Sussex, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOxygen supply problems ‘the new PPE’, warn hospital bosses
Oxygen shortages and difficulties in expanding storage quickly are now a major problem for hospital bosses dealing with covid-19 patients, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalFifth of trust’s medical workforce absent amid covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 related absence rates for medics at a community and mental health trust have risen to nearly 20 per cent in the last three weeks, new figures have revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute services to receive 30 million PPE products
Adult social care services are to receive millions of personal protective equipment products following a national audit of PPE, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England urgently appeals to GPs to staff triage service
A key element in the new covid-19 response service run by NHS 111 urgently needs more doctors, NHS England has said.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust warned of ‘worst case’ 13-fold rise in critical care patients
Devon’s largest acute provider has been told to prepare for a 13-fold rise in critical care patients in the next three months under a worst case scenario, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS rushes to increase oxygen supply as virus cases surge
Several NHS trusts in London will get engineering support to increase their oxygen supplies, amid concerns that hospitals are running short of medical gases.