Thursday 3 December 2020

Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine may not go to care home residents

Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine may not go to care home residents A director of public heath said care home residents may not get the newly-approved Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

Care home residents and staff are top of the government's provisional priority list for any vaccine.

But Northamptonshire's health chief, Lucy Wightman, said the Pfizer vaccine's storage and transportation requirements made that a "challenge". BBC Northampton

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Anorexic woman Jade Richards 'failed by lack of staff' says father

Anorexic woman Jade Richards 'failed by lack of staff' says father The father of woman who died from anorexia said she was failed by a "lack of staff" and funding for eating disorder units.

Jade Richards, 28, from Raunds, Northamptonshire, died on 23 August after 14 years of treatment.

Her dad Ken Richards said: "The government have got a lot more to do with the way they fight this illness." BBC Northampton 
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One size does not fit all: moving towards delivering culturally competent services

One size does not fit all: moving towards delivering culturally competent services This report looks at the impact of Coronavirus on local Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities across Enfield. A key lesson from this report is that specific community groups used different services in different ways and as a result had different views about the support they need. Over half the people surveyed from BAME groups in Enfield said that they have not received the help and support they needed during the coronavirus pandemic. The report makes six recommendations to ensure that individuals from BAME communities in Enfield are able to access the care and support they need in the future. Healthwatch Enfield 
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    CQC finds that combination of increasing pressures and rapidly developing guidance may have contributed to inappropriate advance care decisions

    CQC finds that combination of increasing pressures and rapidly developing guidance may have contributed to inappropriate advance care decisions The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes an interim report from its review into the application of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Early findings are that at the beginning of the pandemic, a combination of unprecedented pressure on care providers and other issues may have led to decisions concerning DNACPR being incorrectly conflated with other clinical assessments around critical care. 

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    More than one million cases reached by NHS Test and Trace

    More than one million cases reached by NHS Test and Trace Contact tracers have now successfully reached more than one million people who have tested positive. Department of Health and Social Care 

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    Covid-19 vaccine: First jabs 'could cut 99% of deaths' - Jonathan Van-Tam

    Covid-19 vaccine: First jabs 'could cut 99% of deaths' - Jonathan Van-Tam Up to 99% of Covid-19 hospitalisations and deaths could be avoided with the first wave of vaccinations, England's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam has said.  

    Speaking to BBC News, he said that would be possible if everyone on the first priority list took the vaccine and it was highly effective.

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    Lives of mothers and babies left in danger at Nottingham University hospitals trust – report

    Lives of mothers and babies left in danger at Nottingham University hospitals trust – report The lives of mothers and babies were left in danger at one of England’s largest hospital trusts according to the care watchdog, the Care Quality Commission.

    Maternity services at Nottingham University hospitals trust, which delivered 8,200 babies in 2019, have been downgraded to inadequate and enforcement action taken by the regulator. The Guardian

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