All Winter pressures articles – Page 22
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HSJ Local
SE ambulance service reports New Year calls up 20pc
PERFORMANCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust handled in excess of four calls a minute on a busier than ever New Year’s Eve.
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News
Hospital closes wards to visitors
A hospital has closed all its wards to visitors in a bid to stem a “significant outbreak” of the winter vomiting bug.
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News
SHAs told to share winter cash boost with councils
The NHS is to get £330m to spend on alleviating winter pressures and is being strongly encouraged to share it with local authorities, medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has announced.
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HSJ Local
Southampton consultant wins prize for flu vaccine research
RESEARCH: A consultant at Southampton General Hospital has been honoured following the publication of a paper on a universal vaccine for influenza.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus precautions kick in at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has introduced “extra precautions” in order to try and prevent the spread of norovirus.
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley issues norovirus warning
PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust has issued a warning to visitors to stay at home if they have symptoms of norovirus after a number of outbreaks in the West Midlands and early cases in the Herefordshire community.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus outbreak at Mid Staffordshire
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has closed one ward and its acute stroke unit to admissions, transfers and discharges to nursing homes after an outbreak of norovirus.
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HSJ Local
Diarrhoea and vomiting at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been hit by norovirus this month.
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HSJ Local
Vomiting bug blamed as Royal Berkshire misses stroke target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has blamed a downturn in stroke performance this year on an outbreak of norovirus.
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HSJ Local
Pressure on council budgets leads to overspend at Torbay
FINANCE: Integrated health and social care provider Torbay Care Trust is reporting an overspend in social care due to financial pressure on local authorities.
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HSJ Local
Chesterfield Royal closes wards due to Norovirus
PERFORMANCE: The trust has had to close adult inpatient wards due to Norovirus.
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HSJ Local
Colds and flu drive up Sussex Partnership sickness absence
WORKFORCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust had a sickness absence rate for December 2011 of 4.26 per cent, up from 4.14 per cent in November.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus knock on effect at West Suffolk
PERFORMANCE: Norovirus has affected a number of wards at West Suffolk Foundation Trust in January and February, creating a knock on effect on A&E waiting times.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to choose the right treatment for community-acquired pneumonia
Clinical commissioners and providers alike need to ensure they are aware of the challenges of community-acquired pneumonia, says Professor Mark Wilcox.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus warning at Royal Surrey County Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has asked outpatients to stay away if they have had diarrhoea or vomiting in the last 48 hours.
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HSJ Knowledge
How productivity and efficiency benefit from focusing on utilisation
Dr Angus MacDougall, director, Zircadian
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HSJ Local
North Tyneside GP practice hails flu vaccine uptake
PERFORMANCE: North Tyneside PCT has highlighted the success of a GP practice which has increased uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among the eligible population by around 20 percentage points, to achieve the highest figure in the region.
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Comment
Media Watch: it's beginning to look a lot like winter
Freezing temperatures kept most of the press preoccupied this week. By the time you read this, Britain will probably have entered a mini ice age with Siberian blasts immobilising the country - or at least the readers of the Express.
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News
DH warns over severe weather
The Department of Health has warned people to keep an eye on local weather reports as forecasters warn that scattered snow showers and freezing temperatures are on their way to the UK.
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Comment
'Can Public Health England improve the way we respond to pandemics?'
The Department of Health’s intention for Public Health England to strengthen the national response to public health crises alongside local bodies may not work in practice unless experiences of previous pandemics are learned from, write Drs Jacky Chambers and Andrew Rouse.