All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 194
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NewsICUs advised how to improve staffing ratios as covid pressure eases
Intensive care units will be advised how to improve their staffing-to-patient ratios shortly as the number of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 falls across the country.
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NewsOnly 2pc of community providers can use government PPE website
The great majority of primary, community and social care organisations are still unable to order personal protective equipment from central stocks through a new web portal expected to launch early last month.
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NewsMinisters act after claims covid deaths of disabled and autistic people being 'ignored'
Deaths of those with learning disabilities and autism from covid-19 are to be analysed by Public Health England, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment‘Think yourself into a new way of acting’
Will Warburton calls for innovative approaches to understand, assess, learn from and sustain the effective changes that have rapidly been put in place by the NHS.
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NewsRevealed: the NHS’ plan to protect BAME staff from covid-19
The NHS faces a new set of wide-ranging requirements as part of a comprehensive plan to mitigate the impact of covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentWithout colleges, the People Plan will have a hollow core
Michael Wood reflects on the opportunity that covid-19 may have created for the future of colleges and their role in retraining, reskilling and restoring workforce.
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News100,000 people incorrectly told they needed to self-isolate because of coronavirus
Over 100,000 people have been incorrectly informed that they were “extremely vulnerable” to coronavirus and needed to self-isolate until 30 June, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentYounger female NHS workers may face greater risk of death from coronavirus
In a follow up to their initial analysis of NHS staff deaths from coronavirus, Tim Cook, Lesa Kearney, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Simon Lennane have looked into the age and sex of those who have died.
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NewsMask guidance downgraded amid reports of failing stock
Public Health England has made new changes to its guidance on the use of face masks as “a pragmatic approach for times of severe shortage”.
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NewsGPs and community services given two weeks to provide consistent support to care homes
Commissioners, GPs and community health providers have a fortnight to start delivering a clinical support service to every care home in England, according to a letter from NHS England.
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Comment‘Let’s not get back to normal’
Phil Hope argues that healthcare devolution may carry the answers to four burning questions about how to battle the covid-19 crisis.
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NewsGovernment bans trusts from major PPE deals to stop them competing for scarce equipment
Trusts have been told to stop procuring their own personal protective equipment, ventilators, and a range of other products in high demand due to covid-19.
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HSJ LocalBirmingham trust to open “covid-free” hospital
A large West Midlands trust has announced it will open “a covid-free” elective hospital as the NHS begins to reintroduce care back into its hospitals.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The NHS shuffles its workforce pack for covid phase 2
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A possible covid-linked syndrome in children
On this week’s HSJ Health Check podcast we discuss warnings over a possible covid-linked condition in children, and Sir Simon Steven’s new guidance on the next phase of the response for the NHS.
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News‘Restarting services more complicated than stopping them,’ say hospital bosses
A drive to restart elective procedures will be hampered by a lack of rapid testing and tracking of covid-19 positive patients, senior hospital leaders have warned.
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Doctors union ‘dismayed’ GPs asked to bring forward care home support
The British Medical Association has pushed back on NHS plans to start a contentious care home service five months early, with the chair of its general practice committee saying it was “incredibly disappointed” by the centre’s decision.
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LeaderThe NHS’ recovery from covid will be complex, uncertain and controversial
Restarting “routine” care will be no simple task, as our analysis of yesterday’s letter from NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens shows.
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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.