- Covid-19: Nursing Covid patients 'a harrowing experience' BBC Northampton
- Children's ward at Northamptonshire hospital to be used as Covid-19 ward from next week Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- Only a matter of time before Northamptonshire community pharmacists are giving out coronavirus vaccines Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- Police dish out 400 Covid fines during first nine days of lockdown in Northamptonshire Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- KGH chief promises children's ward relocation will be internal - but cannot rule out NGH move if cases rise Northamptonshire Telegraph
- These care home residents in Northamptonshire have received the Covid-19 vaccine in the comfort of their own home Northamptonshire Telegraph
- Anti-mask, anti-lockdown, anti-common sense: Kettering protest planners warned by police Northamptonshire Telegraph
- Police to start spot checks on car-sharing workers on Northamptonshire industrial estates Northamptonshire Telegraph
This blog covers the latest UK health care news, publications, policy announcements, events and information focused on the NHS, as well as the latest media stories and local news coverage of the NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire.
Monday, 18 January 2021
Northamptonshire reaching "breaking point" as NHS confirms 15 more coronavirus deaths
Five traps to avoid in a new round of NHS legislation
Five traps to avoid in a new round of NHS legislation Long read: With proposals having been made for a significant legislative overhaul of the English health service, in this long read we look at both history and current trends to highlight the traps that need to be avoided if any reforms are to be successful. Nuffield Trust
Measuring mortality during Covid-19: a Q&A
Measuring mortality during Covid-19: a Q&A With another lockdown underway for most of the UK, Sarah Scobie answers some key questions on how mortality figures are collected and measured during the pandemic. This explainer was originally published last May, was updated again in October, and has now been updated further to reflect the latest data. Nuffield Trust
Support for staff following patient safety incidents
Communications toolkit for local maternity teams to improve communications with Black, Asian and minority ethnic women
New Every Mind Matters campaign
Stepping up: the response of stop smoking services in England to the Covid-19 pandemic
Delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond: Government response to the Committee’s second report of session 2019–21
COVID-19 vaccines rolled out to people aged 70 years and over from today
- AI at the forefront of efforts to treat coronavirus patients Department of Health and Social Care
- British public urged to play their part in historic vaccine roll out Department of Health and Social Care
- Research and analysis: Liverpool COVID-19 community testing pilot: interim evaluation report summary Department of Health and Social Care
- Transparency data: Coronavirus cases by local authority: epidemiological data, 14 January 2021 Department of Health and Social CareNHS Test and Trace reaches one million people over new year, as record numbers test positive
- Transparency data: NHS Test and Trace (England) statistics: 31 December 2020 to 6 January 2021 Department of Health and Social Care
- Social care sector to receive £269 million to boost staffing levels and testing Department of Health and Social Care
- A&E visits 50 per cent higher in December than April COVID peak NHS England
- Docs and cops warn on COVID-19 cons NHS England
- Confirmed cases of COVID-19 variant from South Africa identified in UK Public Health England
- Official Statistics: National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports Public Health England
- More than a third of over 80s vaccinated against COVID-19 Public Health England
Covid-19: England delivering 140 jabs a minute, says NHS chief executive
- Covid-19 vaccinations done 'four times faster' than people catching virus BBC News
- Covid-19: Vaccination rollout begins for over-70s in England BBC News
- Covid: Intensive care patients transferred from London to Newcastle BBC News
- Covid-19: Early signs of lockdown restrictions working BBC News
- Covid-19: Can you catch the virus outside? BBC News
- Covid: 'Convalescent plasma no benefit to hospital patients' BBC News
- Coronavirus doctor's diary: Karen caught Covid from the hospital - and took it home BBC News
- Covid UK: One-in-eight 'recovered' Covid patients DIE within 140 days The Daily Mail
- Covid: Brazilian 'super strain' already in the UK, scientist reveals The Daily Mail
- Care home Covid cases TRIPLE in a month: MOST outbreaks are among elderly residents The Daily Mail
- Thousands of doses of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine 'could be wasted' The Daily Mail
- UK faces delays in delivery of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine The Daily Telegraph
- Inside an NHS hospital at the peak of the coronavirus crisis The Guardian
- Doctors in UK and Ireland face 'ongoing distress' from Covid first wave The Guardian
- NHS in most precarious position in its history, says chief executive The Guardian
- NHS crisis in charts: how Covid has increased strain on health service The Guardian
- Public confidence NHS can cope with Covid at lowest ever level – poll The Guardian
- UK 'nowhere near' looking at lifting Covid lockdown restrictions The Guardian
- Hospitals told to free up beds ahead of influx of patients as ‘toughest part’ of pandemic looms The Independent
- NHS doctors 'told to throw out leftover Covid vaccines' Metro
'Being sectioned felt like a punishment'
Migrant healthcare workers on Covid frontline angry about deportation risk
The healthcare workers said they were holding out hope that the second reading of the private members’ bill – which had been scheduled for 15 January and is now cancelled – could give them immigration security if passed. The Guardian