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NewsStaff flu vaccine uptake down on last year, despite winter fears
Early uptake of the flu vaccine by frontline NHS staff slumped this year, with only two in five having received it by the end of October, official figures show.
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HSJ Local
CQC threatens to suspend licence of ‘large scale’ GP provider
A major GP group in Plymouth covering tens of thousands of patients could have its licence removed after failing to make ‘substantial improvements’ ordered by the Care Quality Commission.
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Children’s intensive care at near full national occupancy amid rising RSV
A senior doctor has warned that paediatric intensive care units are ‘as pressured as I can ever recall’ – despite the absence of cold weather, which typically leads to higher demand levels.
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Comment
Tackling health inequalities must be a fundamental priority for the NHS
A new report on health inequalities sets out how a supportive policy framework will help the NHS address longstanding injustice, says Saffron Cordery
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Social distancing and covid testing relaxed to ‘help hospitals treat patients more quickly’
Covid infection control rules for health services have been relaxed in what national officials say will help the service ‘treat more patients more quickly’.
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NICE chief executive to retire after 18 months
The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is to retire.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2021: Public and Preventative Health Service Redesign Initiative
WINNER: West Green & Hornsey Wood Green Surgeries: Sending Bespoke Automated eCalendar Invites and Reminders for Cervical Screening. The innovation was implemented across two surgeries in Haringey: West Green & Hornsey Wood Green. Haringey CCG is the sixth most deprived borough in London and the combined patient list covers over ...
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News
New covid agency’s £2bn procurement budget revealed
The government is looking for two commercial directors for its new health protection agency, with one expected to be responsible for £2bn-a-year expenditure.
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Hospitals allowing staff to avoid self-isolation instructions from app
Trusts in the North East region have told staff identified as close contacts of positive covid-19 cases they can continue working if they take daily tests.
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DHSC hiring three £110,000 policy directors
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for three policy directors for its new Office for Health Promotion, to be paid £110,000 or more.
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Distancing measures now ‘impossible’ in overcrowded EDs
NHS England officials are examining a recent spike in emergency department attendances, with multiple reports that crowded units can no longer meet distancing guidelines.
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GPs told to see all under 5s with respiratory illness amid fears lockdown has increased virus resurgence risk
GPs have been advised to see young children with respiratory illness face-to-face amid concerns they could become seriously ill with a virus suppressed by strict lockdown measures.
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Comment
Commissioning of addiction services by councils has failed
Our analysis of data shows that commissioning of addictions services by cash starved local authorities has failed experiment, argue Daniel Poulter, Jonathon Foster and Emily Finch.
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Dozens of hospitals hit dangerous bed occupancy levels
Dozens of acute trusts have operated at very high levels of bed occupancy in the past month, as they deal with a surge in non-covid patients with thousands fewer beds than normal.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Severed but not broken
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News
Exclusive: Government alert over surge in respiratory virus affecting babies and toddlers
The chief medical officers of the four UK nations are set to warn about a surge in admissions of severely ill, very young children later this year, due to the resurgence of a respiratory virus which has been suppressed by anti-covid measures, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Exit Sir Simon Stevens
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News
Government drops plans for 24/7 covid vaccination service
Ministers have dropped plans to launch a 24-hour coronavirus vaccination service after two hospital trusts piloted the scheme earlier this year.
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Exclusive: Windrush scandal made ethnic minority people ‘fearful’ of using cancer services
Fears that their data would be shared with the Home Office following the Windrush scandal left some people from ethnic minorities afraid to access cancer services during the pandemic, an NHS England document has revealed.
