Covid: Northampton hospital staff and patients in plea to follow rules

Covid: Northampton hospital staff and patients in plea to follow rules An intensive care sister has urged people to understand how serious Covid-19 is and to stick to lockdown rules.

Northampton General Hospital has had to turn some operating theatres into an overflow critical care area to cope with a rise in demand. BBC News

 

See also:

• Ten Northamptonshire neighbourhoods where Covid cases are still going UP Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• AstraZeneca is ‘2 months behind’ on vaccine production - what it means for the UK Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Travis Perkins warehouse in Northampton hit by suspected Covid outbreak - leaving a reported 47 people in isolation Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Four people from different households slapped with Covid fines after car-sharing in Daventry Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Boris Johnson offers ‘deepest condolences’ as Covid death rate passes 100,000 people - his apology in full Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Northamptonshire's hospitals warn of no early end to lockdown after 500-plus Covid admissions in a fortnight Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Claims the Oxford vaccine doesn’t work for over-65s are false - here’s where the rumour started  Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Kettering supermarket confirms Covid cases  Northamptonshire Telegraph

'You are not alone' with free Wellingborough-based suicide prevention service

'You are not alone' with free Wellingborough-based suicide prevention service A Wellingborough-based charity, set up in memory of a much-loved daughter who took her own life, has launched a live text chat service for people in mental health crisis. Northamptonshire Telegraph 

ONS data provides further evidence of the unequal impact that COVID-19 is continuing to wreak

ONS data provides further evidence of the unequal impact that COVID-19 is continuing to wreak 'Data published today provides further evidence of the unequal impact that COVID-19 is continuing to wreak, particularly on people in lower paid occupations, and very noticeably in men. The pandemic is having a severe impact on people working in social care, in leisure services, and other manual workers. The Health Foundation 

See also:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths by occupation, England and Wales: deaths registered between 9 March and 28 December 2020 Office for National Statistics
• Health state life expectancies, UK: 2017 to 2019 Office for National Statistics
• Nuffield Trust response to weekly ONS registered deaths statistics Nuffield Trust

Ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 mortality: a consequence of persistent racism

Ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 mortality: a consequence of persistent racism This briefing (published in collaboration with the Centre of Dynamics of Ethnicity) discusses the reasons for ethnic minority people experiencing a much higher risk of Covid-19-related death. Ethnic inequalities in relation to Covid-19 mirror longstanding ethnic inequalities in health. A large body of evidence has shown that these inequalities are driven by social and economic inequalities, many of which are the result of racial discrimination. Runnymede Trust 

AI and healthcare

AI and healthcare This briefing gives an overview of AI (artificial intelligence) in the healthcare system and its potential impacts on the cost and quality of healthcare, and on the workforce. It summarises the challenges to wider adoption of AI in healthcare, including those relating to safety, privacy, data-sharing, trust, accountability and health inequalities. It also outlines some of the regulations relevant to AI and how these may change. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Nursing Student Support guidance

Nursing Student Support guidance New guidance providing information for nursing students on how they can help the NHS during the pandemic and how their health and wellbeing and education will be supported has been published by Health Education England.

Nutrition and older adults living

Nutrition and older adults living This position statement by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) provides an overview of the currently available evidence on nutrition in older adults and its impact on healthy ageing. Public Health England 

Independent report: Prioritising the first COVID-19 vaccine dose: JCVI statement

Independent report: Prioritising the first COVID-19 vaccine dose: JCVI statement Updated statement from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) about increasing the short-term impact of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. Department of Health and Social Care 

See also:

• UK to support rest of the world to find COVID-19 virus variants Department of Health and Social Care
• Research and analysis: COVID-19 variants: genomically confirmed case numbers Public Health England

UK Covid deaths: Why the 100,000 toll is so bad

UK Covid deaths: Why the 100,000 toll is so bad More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls? BBC News

See also:

• Covid-19: UK deaths likely to come down slowly, Whitty warns BBC News
• Covid deaths: Four stories in 100,000 BBC News
• Covid deaths: 'Hard to compute sorrow' of 100,000 milestone - PM BBC News
• 'We're coping - but it's precarious' BBC News
• Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak BBC News
• Beware fake Covid vaccination invites, NHS warns BBC News
• Pfizer CEO says it's making booster shots for coronavirus variants The Daily Mail
• More than 100 MILLION people worldwide have had COVID-19 The Daily Mail
• NHS to publish data on ethnicity to help combat vaccine hesitancy The Daily Telegraph
• Covid in the UK: how first cases exposed flaws in response The Guardian
• Why has Britain suffered more than 100,000 Covid deaths? The Guardian
• 'This was absolutely avoidable': How the UK lost 100000 lives to Covid-19 The Independent
• Covid: Sage scientist warns of 50,000 more UK deaths before pandemic is over The Independent
• Coronavirus: Official data on England’s vaccine rollout is ‘not good enough’, experts warn The Independent
• OVID-19 could become 'much more treatable' in next six to 18 months, NHS boss tells MPs Sky News

Covid: Being alone in pregnancy due to hospital rules

Covid: Being alone in pregnancy due to hospital rules Pregnancy can be hard enough without a pandemic to complicate things. But when Covid rules meant some expectant mothers faced appointments, scans or delivery alone, the experience could be traumatic. What follows are the accounts of two women, including one who was on her own when she was given the worst news. BBC News

Government to offer reprieve after Brexit halts medical drug supply for epileptic children

Government to offer reprieve after Brexit halts medical drug supply for epileptic children The government is to offer a six-month reprieve from Brexit rules that will stop the importation of life-saving medical cannabis supplies for more than 40 British children with severe epilepsy. The Independent

See also:

• Alfie Dingley: Six-month reprieve for EU cannabis medicine import BBC News