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NewsHard-hit region has more than twice as many critical care patients as last winter
One NHS region now has double the number of critical care patients it did last winter — and all areas are more full than last year — HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHS forced into 'daily export' of critically-ill patients from covid-saturated trusts
Dozens of patients are being transferred between intensive care units every week as covid pressure mounts on hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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NewsAll acutes across swathe of south east set to see at least 33pc covid occupancy
At least a third of beds are set to be filled with covid patients by new year’s eve, at all the acute trusts across three connected health systems.
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NewsHospices and community hospitals can ease covid discharge pressure, says NHSE
NHS England has told local NHS leaders to “strengthen leadership and oversight” of hospital discharge, and to make full use of funded capacity in hospices and NHS community hospitals for covid patients.
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NewsCovid hotspot trusts to get first vaccine deliveries
Several NHS trusts in covid hotspot areas will start receiving batches of the vaccine for the first time, according to NHS England.
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NewsEvery NHS region sees April levels of covid inpatients as deaths start to rise again
All seven NHS England regions are now struggling under covid inpatient demand not seen since the peak of the pandemic in April.
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NewsChief executive apologises after sharing ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff
The chief executive of a mental health trust has apologised after sharing a colleague’s ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff.
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NewsCovid hospital admissions begin to rise again in the North as South explodes
Covid hospital admissions are now rising again in both the north west and north east and Yorkshire regions.
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News36 trusts see covid admissions rise by 20pc plus in a week
Thirty-six hospital trusts saw covid-19 admissions grow by more than a fifth last week, of which more than half have at least 10 per cent of beds occupied by covid patients.
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NewsThree trusts in high risk areas no longer getting covid vaccine this week
Several trusts serving areas with high rates of covid will not be getting any vaccine this week, having been removed from a national list of “hub” sites where the first doses are to be given.
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NewsTrust becomes first to see half its beds occupied by covid patients during second wave
More than half of the beds at a trust serving an area with some of the UK’s highest covid rates are now occupied by patients with the disease.
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NewsWomen in psychiatric unit ‘feared for sexual safety’
Women in a newly opened psychiatric intensive care unit had concerns for their sexual safety, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.
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NewsConsultants push back against potential three-way merger
Consultants at one of England’s smallest trusts are hoping to stymie a possible merger with its two larger neighbours.
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NewsEleven patients suffered harm after ambulance handover delays
Eleven patients have suffered harm after being kept waiting in ambulances outside accident and emergency departments, a review has found.
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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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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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NewsCCG finds multiple concerns with problematic procurement
A clinical commissioning group has admitted there were problems with the handling of a dermatology contract which needed to be suspended because of patient safety concerns after little more than a year.
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NewsCovid admissions falling in all regions except London and the South East
Covid admissions are continuing to rise in London and the South East as they fall away in the rest of the country, NHS England’s hospital data shows.
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NewsCovid deaths rise in the Humber while admissions surge in Lincolnshire
Covid deaths in hospitals are rising quickly in the Humber, Coast and Vale health system and the neighbouring Lincolnshire system, NHS data shows.
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NewsNHS going into winter with 5,500 fewer beds than last year
The NHS is going into this winter with 5,500 fewer general acute beds than last year, NHS England data has revealed.