All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 14
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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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NewsTrust CEO asks for ‘scientific evidence’ on covid vaccine safety to reassure staff
NHS trust chief executives have told HSJ they need more clarity the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine is safe to reassure their worried staff.
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HSJ Partners‘There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about’
James Dunmore on the transformative power of community
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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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NewsExclusive: New areas see rapidly rising covid pressure on hospitals
Covid demand on hospitals is now rising rapidly in parts of England so far spared the worst of wave two, analysis of new figures reveals.
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NewsCovid admissions decline in London
The weekly covid total admissions in London fell for three consecutive days this week and is down by nearly 8 per cent on the same time last week, with the region now on a par with admissions in the South East region, NHS data shows.
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NewsSouthern hospitals see covid rise fastest as North West and London go flat
The impact of the second wave of covid is spreading south as admissions and occupancy increase fastest in the South West NHS region.
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NewsTrust becomes first to see a third of beds filled by covid patients during second wave
Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust has more than a third of its general and acute beds occupied by covid patients, according to HSJ’s analysis of NHS data.
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NewsNorth East and Yorkshire becomes first region to exceed first wave covid bed occupancy
There are more people with covid in the hospital beds of the North East and Yorkshire NHS region than there were in the first wave of the pandemic.
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NewsTrust ‘could have avoided four never events’ if it had acted on alert
A trust which had four ‘never events’ where patients were connected to air rather than an oxygen supply could have avoided them if it had been more proactive when a national patient safety alert was sent out several years earlier, a report has found.
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NewsRevealed: Eight hospital trusts with more covid patients than in the spring
Eight hospital trusts have surpassed the level of covid-19 patients in general acute beds which they recorded in the spring peak, according to HSJ’s analysis of NHS England data.
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NewsExclusive: Major hospital trust cancels electives as covid soars
One of the biggest hospital trusts in England will imminently cancel some elective operations, as covid-19 admissions rise steeply in Yorkshire.
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NewsUPDATED: Another Yorkshire trust suspends electives
Another Yorkshire trust has suspended non-urgent elective care following a large rise in covid admissions.
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NewsRevealed: South East sees ‘striking’ levels of excess deaths at home
Parts of the South East saw ‘striking’ levels of excess deaths occurring in people’s homes between July and October.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England at loggerheads with Test and Trace over staff testing
The introduction of weekly covid tests for NHS staff in ‘high risk areas’ will mean other groups missing out or waiting longer, well-placed sources have told HSJ.
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NewsHospital covid deaths triple since start of September
The running seven-day total of patients who have died with diagnosed or suspected covid-19 in English hospitals has risen from 41 on 3 September to 117 just over two weeks later.
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NewsExclusive: NHSX to loosen grip over care record boundaries
Health systems will be given more control over developing shared patient records in their area, after an official review highlighted major barriers to progress, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrusts end Lorenzo use after failed national IT programme
An acute trust in Yorkshire has become the first of its cohort to fully replace its electronic patient record installed under the much-criticised National Programme for IT, with another trust set to follow suit.
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News£1.4bn procurement launched for community and discharge services
NHS trusts in Yorkshire and the Midlands have signalled a need for external help for discharge and community services through a new £1.4bn procurement framework, amid the health service’s response to covid-19.