Numbers of Northamptonshire's Covid-19 victims finally starting to slow down

Numbers of Northamptonshire's Covid-19 victims finally starting to slow down Numbers of Covid-19 victims in Northamptonshire are finally slowing down, but with 640 lives already lost. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• People have been lied to over number of Covid-19 cases in Northamptonshire, claims GP surgeries boss Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Third of recorded Northants Covid-19 cases have been in Northampton Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Northampton lab completes 4,500 Covid-19 lockdown tests as Government plans to cut funding Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Lakeside Healthcare boss hits out at unreliable Covid-19 data Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Mobile Covid-19 testing unit returning to Wellingborough this week Northamptonshire Telegraph

Learning from lockdown: How can we build a healthier future post-COVID-19?

Learning from lockdown: How can we build a healthier future post-COVID-19? During the period of lockdown unprecedented steps have been taken across the UK – not just to protect people from coronavirus (COVID-19) but from the consequences of the economic impact. These interventions have touched on all aspects of our lives and illuminated many long-standing inequalities. It raises the question: If such support is important now, then why not in the future? The Health Foundation

A hopeful moment? Addressing race inequalities in the NHS workforce

A hopeful moment? Addressing race inequalities in the NHS workforce It's not by design that we’re launching two pieces of work about workforce race inequalities and inclusion in the NHS at a time of heightened focus on racism in society. Our research about the lived experiences of ethnic minority staff and how inequalities are being addressed by three NHS trusts took place before the Covid-19 pandemic and the recharged Black Lives Matter movement. The King's Fund

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• 'A long way to go': ethnic minority NHS staff share their stories The King's Fund

General practice in the post Covid world: challenges and opportunities for general practice

General practice in the post Covid world: challenges and opportunities for general practice This report calls on the four governments of the UK to each produce a comprehensive plan to support GPs in managing the longer-term effects of Covid-19 in the community. The RCGP says the plans should contain: costed proposals for additional funding for general practice; solutions for how the current GP workforce capacity can manage new and pre-existing pressures; commitments to continue the reduction in regulatory burdens and ‘red tape’ which has enabled GPs to spend more time on frontline patient care during the pandemic; a systematic approach for identifying those patients who are likely to require primary care support; and proposals for how health inequalities will be minimised to ensure all patients have access to the necessary post-Covid-19 care. Royal College of General Practitioners

SAS doctor survey report

SAS doctor survey report Read the results and key findings from an NHS Employers' survey about the recruitment and retention of specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors.

Coronavirus: Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out, WHO says

Coronavirus: Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out, WHO says The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.

The airborne transmission could not be ruled out in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated settings, an official said.

If the evidence is confirmed, it may affect guidelines for indoor spaces. BBC News

See also:

• Robust plan for PPE 'must be in place for winter' BBC News
• Expertise concern over new Covid monitoring centre BBC News
• Coronavirus: Trump moves to pull US out of World Health Organization BBC News
• Coronavirus: Fear over rise in animal-to-human diseases BBC News
• British officials WILL consider telling people to wear face coverings in public, Matt Hancock says The Daily Mail
• NHS must not use coronavirus crisis as excuse to avoid tackling failings, MPs say The Daily Telegraph
• US reaches grim milestone of 3 million Covid-19 cases The Daily Telegraph
• UK has no clear PPE strategy for second wave of coronavirus, MPs warn The Guardian
• Who might the government seek to blame for the UK's Covid-19 failings? The Guardian
• Frontline workers in UK set to pay extra tax for Covid-19 tests The Guardian

Black Nurses documentary recalls horrific experiences of racism

Black Nurses documentary recalls horrific experiences of racism Black Nurses: The women who saved the NHS aired on BBC Four on Tuesday night and left viewers moved, as nurses recalled their horrific experiences of racism.

The documentary tells the story of the thousands of Caribbean and African women who came over to the UK around 70 years ago to help save the then ailing health service. Metro

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• Black nurses: The women who saved the NHS BBC iPlayer (available until 6/8/20)

Denial of women's concerns contributed to medical scandals, says inquiry

Denial of women's concerns contributed to medical scandals, says inquiry Review into vaginal mesh and other products reveals much patient harm was ‘avoidable’

An arrogant culture in which serious medical complications were dismissed as “women’s problems” contributed to a string of healthcare scandals over several decades, an inquiry ordered by the government has found. The Guardian

See also:

• First do no harm: the report of the IMMDSReview The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review
• Lives ruined as damage viewed as 'women's problems' BBC News
• Mesh, Primidos and valproate failings highlighted by review BBC News
• Cumberlege review: The patients who fought for answers BBC News

Free hospital parking to end for NHS staff in England, government says

Free hospital parking to end for NHS staff in England, government says Only ‘key patient groups and staff in certain circumstances’ will be exempt from fees as pandemic eases.

Free hospital parking for NHS staff in England will end in all but “certain circumstances” once the coronavirus pandemic begins to ease, the government has said. The Guardian