NHS reveals seven Covid-19 deaths in one day at Northampton General Hospital

NHS reveals seven Covid-19 deaths in one day at Northampton General Hospital - Northampton NHS officials have revealed seven people died of Covid-19 in one day at Northampton General Hospital.

Four more deaths at the hospital were confirmed yesterday, taking the total to 45 countywide as at 5pm on Monday evening. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Hospital deaths of patients with coronavirus in the Anglia region rise to 687 ITV News
• Two more coronavirus deaths confirmed at KGH Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Building supplier donates 13800 protective masks to Northampton General Hospital Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Here's how to get in touch with Northampton General is you want to make a donation in fight against Covid-19 Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Birthday bop for Wellingborough community hospital healthcare workers on NHS frontline Northamptonshire Telegraph

Leading through and beyond Covid-19: what challenges are leaders facing?

Leading through and beyond Covid-19: what challenges are leaders facing? The health and care system in the UK is facing a challenge the like of which has not been seen in living memory. It is a crisis that has rewritten the rules: who cannot be amazed, whether it’s by the sight of our empty cities or the NHS and the army turning the ExCeL centre into a giant critical care unit. The pace has been dramatic and unrelenting. The King's Fund

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• How has general practice responded to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak? The King's Fund

NHS launches mental health hotline for staff tackling COVID-19

NHS launches mental health hotline for staff tackling COVID-19 The NHS has launched a mental health hotline as part of a package of measures to support the NHS’ 1.4 million staff as they help people deal with the coronavirus.

NHS staff will be able to call or text a free number staffed by thousands of specially trained volunteers, to receive support and advice for the pressures they face every day during the global health emergency.

The volunteers will listen to NHS staff and give psychological support to those in need. NHS England

See also:

• Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): hospital discharge service requirements 
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): providing unpaid care Department of Health and Social Care
• Coronavirus: health and social care key issues and sources House of Commons Library
• Coronavirus: access to adult social care in England House of Commons Library
• Age-friendly health systems design to address Covid-19 Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Coronavirus (Covid-19): health, care and volunteer workers parking pass and concessions Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Deploying nursing students to support COVID-19 response NHS Employers
• Guidance: COVID-19: background information Public Health England

Coronavirus: Will summer make a difference?

Coronavirus: Will summer make a difference?  The idea warmer weather might stop the coronavirus seems to have faded as the virus has spread around the globe. But could new research contain a glimmer of hope?

It's too early to know for sure whether the new coronavirus is seasonal. To really know that, we'd have to watch how cases change in one place across the year.

But we can look at its spread in different climates across the world for clues. BBC News

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• Are minorities being hit hardest by coronavirus? BBC News
• Coronavirus: WHO chief urges end to 'politicisation' of virus BBC News
• Coronavirus pressures 'put organ transplants at risk' BBC News
• Coronavirus: What is the risk to men over 50? BBC News
• Coronavirus: Oxford junior doctors keep video diaries BBC News
• Coronavirus: Covid-19 detecting apps run into privacy issues BBC News
• Dentists warn patients are being left in agony amid coronavirus pandemic The Daily Mail
• CDC pulls confusing dosing guidance for malaria drug that Trump praised for treating coronavirus The Daily Mail
• Exclusive: Three nurses forced to wear bin bags because of PPE shortage test positive for coronavirus The Daily Telegraph
• GP workforce hit hard by COVID-19 self-isolation, BMA poll reveals GPonline
• How coronavirus changed the world in three months – video The Guardian
• UK Covid-19 antibody tests not ready until May at earliest The Guardian
• UK's coronavirus death toll: how does it compare with Spain and Italy? The Guardian
• 'Do not resuscitate' orders have caused panic in the UK. Here is the truth | Rachel Clarke The Guardian
• UK must learn from German response to Covid-19, says Whitty The Guardian
• The truth about do not resuscitate orders The Independent
• Coronavirus: UK death toll in hospitals alone rises by 938 in one day The Independent
• NHS Heroes: Teamwork helping NHS workers through Covid-19 crisis amid heartbreak ITV News