Wednesday 10 June 2020

Northamptonshire's Covid-19 death toll now stands at 571 lives lost in just 81 days

Northamptonshire's Covid-19 death toll now stands at 571 lives lost in just 81 days Covid-19 is now known to have claimed the lives of at least 571 people in Northamptonshire.

Official figures released yesterday put the total at 447 in the county's two main hospitals, plus another 124 among care home residents. Northamptonshire Telegraph

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Personal message from Sir Simon Stevens on Black Lives Matter and health inequalities

Personal message from Sir Simon Stevens on Black Lives Matter and health inequalities The following is a personal message from NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens, shared internally yesterday with all NHS England and NHS Improvement staff. NHS England

Learning from staff experiences of Covid-19: let the light come streaming in

Learning from staff experiences of Covid-19: let the light come streaming in  month before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the United Kingdom, the 2019 NHS Staff Survey results were released. The results made for grim reading including the highest levels of stress ever recorded among NHS staff. There is a workforce crisis in the NHS in the United Kingdom with more than 100,000 vacancies, more than a third of GPs intending to quit, nurses’ and midwives’ stress levels leading to sickness absence levels at a new high, and nurses feeling desperate with chronic excessive workload and staff shortages. We were already in a very dark crisis. And then the tidal wave that is the pandemic broke upon the health and care system. The King's Fund

Getting the NHS back on track: planning for the next phase of Covid-19

Getting the NHS back on track: planning for the next phase of Covid-19 This report outlines the key challenges that local organisations will face over the coming months. It also suggests some changes in policy and practice that will be required as the NHS prepares to restart a wide range of services either paused or stopped when the pandemic struck. The key challenges identified are: funding; capacity; rehabilitation; health inequalities; regulation and inspections; system working; and managing public expectations. NHS Confederation

Face masks and coverings to be worn by all NHS hospital staff and visitors

Face masks and coverings to be worn by all NHS hospital staff and visitors All staff in hospitals in England will be provided with surgical masks which they will be expected to wear from 15 June. All visitors and outpatients must wear face coverings at all times. Department of Health and Social Care
 
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Coronavirus: NHS waiting list 'could hit 10 million this year'

Coronavirus: NHS waiting list 'could hit 10 million this year' Health bosses fear the Covid-19 crisis could see the number of people waiting for NHS treatment double to 10 million by the end of the year.

The NHS Confederation said challenges include a backlog of cases, maintaining social distancing, and staffing.

The body, which represents health and care leaders, said emergency funding and longer-term spending were needed.

The Department of Health has said it will continue to provide the resources, funding and support the NHS needs. BBC News

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NHS blood unit systematically racist, internal report finds

NHS blood unit systematically racist, internal report finds Large London site ‘toxic’ and ‘dysfunctional’ with promotion ‘based on race and class’

A large unit within the NHS’s blood and organ transplant division has been found to be “systematically racist” and “psychologically unsafe”, according to an internal investigation into working conditions that was leaked to the Guardian.

The report will raise renewed concern about discriminatory practices across the NHS, following allegations last week from the Royal College of Nursing that nurses routinely faced “structural racism”. The Guardian

Babylon Health admits GP app suffered a data breach

Babylon Health admits GP app suffered a data breach Babylon Health has acknowledged that its GP video appointment app has suffered a data breach.

The firm was alerted to the problem after one of its users discovered he had been given access to dozens of video recordings of other patients' consultations.

A follow-up check by Babylon revealed a small number of further UK users could also see others' sessions. BBC News