12 patients currently in Northamptonshire hospitals with Covid-19 There are a dozen patients with Covid-19 in Northamptonshire’s two hospitals.
Chief executive of the county’s clinical commissioning group, Toby Sanders, gave an update on the number of covid positive patients at Kettering and Northampton general hospitals this morning saying currently there were ‘very low numbers’ in the two acute hospitals but that the increase in community transmissions would inevitably lead to more admissions. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Thursday 1 October 2020
12 patients currently in Northamptonshire hospitals with Covid-19
Delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond
Delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond The catalogues the impact and unprecedented challenge caused by Covid-19 to the provision of essential services.
The Health and Social Care Committee is calling for urgent action to assess and tackle a backlog of appointments and an unknown patient demand for all health services, specifically across cancer treatments, mental health services, dentistry services, GP services and elective surgery in a new report. MPs say a compelling case has been made for the nationwide routine testing of all NHS staff and they are yet to understand why it cannot be introduced.
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The Health and Social Care Committee is calling for urgent action to assess and tackle a backlog of appointments and an unknown patient demand for all health services, specifically across cancer treatments, mental health services, dentistry services, GP services and elective surgery in a new report. MPs say a compelling case has been made for the nationwide routine testing of all NHS staff and they are yet to understand why it cannot be introduced.
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- Vital lessons need to be learnt: The King’s Fund response to the Health and Social Care Committee report on core NHS services during the Covid-19 pandemic The King's Fund
- Patients left 'in limbo' by NHS virus response BBC News
- MPs demand urgent action on NHS backlog and routine COVID-19 tests for staff GPonline
Creating the workforce of the future: a new collaborative approach for the NHS and colleges in England
Creating the workforce of the future: a new collaborative approach for the NHS and colleges in England This report follows a November 2019 roundtable held by the NHS Confederation and the Independent Commission on the College of the Future. It focused on the relationship between colleges and the NHS through the lens of integrated care systems. The report argues that by better embedding colleges into core NHS workforce development, and better using local recruitment and training power, a sustainable, agile and innovative future health and care workforce can be assured. NHS Employers
Interim results from largest COVID-19 study published
Interim results from largest COVID-19 study published Over 80,000 volunteers tested in England between 18th and 26th September as part of the country’s largest study into COVID-19. Department of Health and Social Care
Covid-19: Growth in cases may be slowing in England
Covid-19: Growth in cases may be slowing in England The growth in cases of coronavirus may be slowing down, the largest study of the infection in England suggests.
A team at Imperial College London analysed samples from 84,000 people chosen at random from across the country.
They said the R number, the virus's reproduction number, appears to have fallen since measures including the "rule of six" were introduced.
However, they warn cases are high, with one in every 200 people infected. BBC News
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A team at Imperial College London analysed samples from 84,000 people chosen at random from across the country.
They said the R number, the virus's reproduction number, appears to have fallen since measures including the "rule of six" were introduced.
However, they warn cases are high, with one in every 200 people infected. BBC News
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- Coronavirus: Delirium 'key symptom' in frail older people BBC News
- UK's 10pm curfew won't work unless drinkers are told to leave pubs at staggered times The Daily Mail
- Care homes are waiting up to THREE WEEKS weeks to get their coronavirus test results The Daily Mail
- Eight patients die at south Wales hospital hit by Covid outbreak The Guardian
- UK doing more than most to help poor get Covid vaccine, study finds The Guardian
- Pubs, bars and restaurants report Covid curfew sales dive The Guardian
- Britons drank more but smoked less in lockdown, study says The Independent
- NHS staff on a Covid second wave: 'We are mentally prepared' ITV News
- Coronavirus: Some users of NHS tracing app incorrectly given COVID-19 exposure alerts Sky News
Egg freezing 10-year limit should be scrapped, says ethics body
Egg freezing 10-year limit should be scrapped, says ethics body The 10-year limit for storing eggs frozen for social reasons could be scrapped to give people concerned about declining fertility more time and options, says a UK ethics body.
Nuffield Council on Bioethics says consumers also need more data on costs and success rates to inform choices. BBC News
Nuffield Council on Bioethics says consumers also need more data on costs and success rates to inform choices. BBC News
Calls grow for official inquiry into surgeon ‘who hoarded thousands of patient body parts’
Calls grow for official inquiry into surgeon ‘who hoarded thousands of patient body parts’ Calls are growing for an official inquiry into the findings of a leaked report revealed by The Independent which claimed that Derek McMinn, a world-renowned hip surgeon, hoarded body parts from thousands of patients over a 25-year period.
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