Tuesday 20 April 2021
NHS activity tracker: April 2021
NHS activity tracker: April 2021 This report analyses the latest NHS activity figures across a range of services and sets out the trends in each clinical area. It highlights the scale of the backlogs caused by the ongoing pandemic and argues that multi-year financial support is required to help support the NHS to recover the backlogs. NHS Providers
Reconditioning the benefits system for a stronger COVID-19 recovery
Reconditioning the benefits system for a stronger COVID-19 recovery How can the benefits system support the nation’s health? The Health Foundation
Developing place-based partnerships: The foundation of effective integrated care systems
Developing place-based partnerships: The foundation of effective integrated care systems Integrated care systems (ICSs) now cover all areas of the country and will soon be established as statutory bodies with major responsibilities for NHS planning and funding. But most of the heavy lifting involved in integrating care and improving population health will happen more locally in the places where people live, work and access services, meaning place-based partnerships within ICSs will play a key role in driving forward change. The King's Fund
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- Supporting place-based partnerships The King's Fund
Primary care networks and place-based working: addressing health inequalities in a Covid-19 world
Primary care networks and place-based working: addressing health inequalities in a Covid-19 world This report provides insights from those working to address health inequalities outside the NHS about how primary care, enabled by primary care networks, might access the breadth of potential solutions that are possible when they work in partnership with their communities and local partners. The Health Creation Alliance
Learning from the community response to Covid-19: how the NHS can support communities to keep people well
Learning from the community response to Covid-19: how the NHS can support communities to keep people well This report considers what all community-facing NHS organisations can learn from the community response to Covid-19. The report outlines practical guidance and recommendations to help build a future where people are at the heart of keeping communities well. The Health Creation Alliance
9 in 10 pharmacies now offering free, rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) tests
9 in 10 pharmacies now offering free, rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) tests Over 90% of community pharmacies in England now offering free, rapid tests for home use. Department of Health and Social Care
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- 10 million people receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine Department of Health and Social Care
- Statement to Parliament: Statement on vaccination progress and new variants Department of Health and Social Care
- Independent report: Vivaldi 2: coronavirus (COVID-19) care homes study report Department of Health and Social Care
- Corporate report: Coronavirus Act one-year report: March 2021 Department of Health and Social Care
Covid: More than 10m people fully vaccinated in UK
Covid: More than 10m people fully vaccinated in UK More than 10 million people in the UK have received a second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the latest government figures.
It means more than 19% of UK adults are now fully vaccinated, while nearly 33 million people have had their first dose. BBC News
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- Young people to be reinfected with Covid for study BBC News
- Covid-19 vaccines: What's happening to unused jabs? BBC News
- Covid contracts: PPE fixer who was Tory donor named in admin error BBC News
- India added to coronavirus ‘red list’ BBC News
- Covid in Uttar Pradesh: Coronavirus overwhelms India's most populous state BBC News
- Boris Johnson CANCELS trip to India amid surging coronavirus cases and alarm about new variant The Daily Mail
- Indian Covid variant 'poses a threat' to UK's lockdown-easing plans, expert warns The Daily Mail
- Covid UK: Daily cases fall 20% in a week to 2,596 as deaths fall 43% to 34 The Daily Mail
- Covid-19 variants in the UK: What strains are of concern and under investigation? The DAily Telegraph
- Thousands could fly to England from India before it joins Covid travel ‘red list’ The Guardian
- India Covid variant arrives in UK: Everything we know The Independent
- Covid: Global death toll passes 3 million The Independent
Are black women getting enough support for mental health?
Are black women getting enough support for mental health? Black women are more likely than white women to experience common mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, according to government figures.
Sectioning powers under the Mental Health Act also disproportionately affect black people. BBC News
Sickle cell patients are being ignored because they’re black, warn campaigners
Sickle cell patients are being ignored because they’re black, warn campaigners ublic services are dismissing sickle cell patients because the illness disproportionately affects Black people, campaigners have warned.
The blood disorder is prevalent among African and Caribbean communities and advocacy groups say this means it remains poorly understood within state institutions, often leading to the needless suffering and even death of those diagnosed. The Independent
Accidental overdose of hospital patients with paracetamol sparks investigation
Accidental overdose of hospital patients with paracetamol sparks investigation Patients have been significantly harmed, including suffering permanent damage to their liver, after being given accidental overdoses of paracetamol in hospital.
The NHS safety watchdog the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has now launched a national investigation after a number of incidents where adults with a low bodyweight were given too much paracetamol through an infusion, or IV drip, directly into their bloodstream. The Independent
NHS trust pleads guilty after ‘wholly avoidable’ death of week-old baby
NHS trust pleads guilty after ‘wholly avoidable’ death of week-old baby A hospital trust has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge brought by the NHS regulator over failings in care that led to the death of a newborn boy at just seven days old.
In the first prosecution of its kind East Kent hospitals university trust admitted that it failed to provide safe care and treatment for Harry Richford and his mother, Sarah, during his birth in November 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate, Kent. The Guardian
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