Monday 25 January 2021

Duty Calls: Frontline Northampton nurse shares how her patients, her team and sheer grit get her through each day

Duty Calls: Frontline Northampton nurse shares how her patients, her team and sheer grit get her through each day In a new series of interviews, the Chronicle & Echo will be talking to the front line staff of Northampton General Hospital who are fighting the pandemic amid the worst rate of infections and recorded deaths yet so far. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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Student nursing numbers: good news at last?

Student nursing numbers: good news at last? There have been a number of changes to how student nursing courses are funded over the past 10 years, which have impacted on the NHS in different ways. The two main changes were a reduction in the number of places funded by the government in 2011 (this was intended to prevent an oversupply of nurses, but ironically contributed to the shortages we now see), followed by the removal of the nursing bursary in 2017 (a move intended to remove the cap on the total number of nursing placements). The King's Fund
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General practice and the Covid-19 vaccine

General practice and the Covid-19 vaccine Rolling out such a vast vaccination programme is a quite remarkable achievement. While there are three routes of Covid-19 vaccine delivery at the moment – in hospitals; local vaccination delivery through GP-led sites and most recently mass vaccination hubs. The King's Fund
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RCN calls for higher level precautionary PPE and tells government to ‘stop dragging its feet’

RCN calls for higher level precautionary PPE and tells government to ‘stop dragging its feet’ Amid concerns from members that standard personal protective equipment (PPE) may not provide adequate protection against highly infectious strains of COVID-19, the RCN is demanding NHS staff be given the higher grade of PPE (FFP2/3) as a precaution. Royal College of Nursing

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Community Champions to give COVID-19 vaccine advice and boost take up

Community Champions to give COVID-19 vaccine advice and boost take up Over £23 million funding allocated to 60 councils and voluntary groups across England to expand work to support those most at risk from COVID-19 and boost vaccine take up. Department of Health and Social Care

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South Africa coronavirus variant: 77 cases found in UK

South Africa coronavirus variant: 77 cases found in UK The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said.

Cases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added.

He told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under "very close" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way. BBC News

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The fight for recovery from a lifelong eating disorder

The fight for recovery from a lifelong eating disorder The Guardian’s Jenny Stevens struggled with an eating disorder throughout her 20s. When she was able to finally access the treatment she needed, she began a slow recovery – which she is still coming to terms with.
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Carers kept a mother's disabled son locked up for a year to avoid Covid

Carers kept a mother's disabled son locked up for a year to avoid Covid For almost a year now, Anne Shepherd has been barred from seeing her son Sam, who lives in a care home. It has been agony for both of them – a scenario familiar to thousands of families who've suffered in similar ways throughout the pandemic.

Sam, 42, who has severe learning disabilities, is confined to a handful of rooms, where he has taken to biting his hand, shouting and banging doors and furniture, unable to otherwise express his despair. The Daily Mail

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