Thursday 13 May 2021
'I just want to say a huge thank you to them': Celebrating Northamptonshire's nurses on International Nurses' Day 2021
'I just want to say a huge thank you to them': Celebrating Northamptonshire's nurses on International Nurses' Day 2021 NHFT chief nurse, Julie Shepherd, asked a number of nurses what their proudest moments were during the pandemic. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Government sending Covid-19 outreach team to Corby tomorrow
Government sending Covid-19 outreach team to Corby tomorrow The Government is sending a Covid-19 outreach team to Corby’s Asda superstore on Thursday
The third visit from a Government outreach programme aimed at making additional Covid-19 information and guidance available to Northamptonshire residents. Northamptonshire Telegraph
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- Corby's rough sleepers get their Covid jab Northamptonshire Telegraph
On leadership that leads to racial justice
On leadership that leads to racial justice Every movement for social justice is contested; they always have been and always will be. The reasons for this are to do with power. Social justice questions, how power is held, by whom, and how power works. It’s therefore those who have the least power that lead these emancipatory movements, because they have the most to lose where discrimination continues. It is for these reasons that the conversation about leadership needs to change – thinking through what leadership is for, and how to determine what good looks like. This straight-talking blog is aimed at leaders who want to ‘get it’ on inclusion. It’s candid because its purpose is to provoke leaders to lead better for racial justice. The King's Fund
Community health services
Community health services This infographic highlights what community services are, the care they provide, their models of provision and more - including how community providers have been central to the response to Covid-19. Community Network
COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic
COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic Since September 2020, the Independent Panel has systematically, rigorously and comprehensively examined why COVID-19 became a global health and socio-economic crisis.
In May 2021, the Independent Panel presented its findings and recommendations for action in a report to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure that any future infectious disease outbreak does not become another catastrophic pandemic. The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response
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NHS’s £160 million ‘Accelerator Sites’ to tackle waiting lists
NHS’s £160 million ‘Accelerator Sites’ to tackle waiting lists The NHS has today announced a £160 million initiative to tackle waiting lists and develop a blueprint for elective recovery as early reports show the health service is recovering faster after the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Indicators suggest operations and other elective activity were already at four fifths of pre-pandemic levels in April, well ahead of the 70% threshold set out in official guidance. NHS England
Independent report: REACT-1 study of coronavirus transmission: April 2021 final results
Independent report: REACT-1 study of coronavirus transmission: April 2021 final results REACT-1 is the largest population surveillance study being undertaken in England that examines the prevalence of the virus causing COVID-19 in the general population. It uses test results and feedback from over 150,000 participants each month. Department of Health and Social Care
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The NHS Covid legacy - long waits and lives at risk
The NHS Covid legacy - long waits and lives at risk Covid has left a toxic legacy for the NHS, with hospitals facing a huge backlog, putting lives at risk, patient groups and staff are warning.
And in-depth analysis by BBC News has found:
- waiting lists have ballooned at some hospitals in England, with more than one out of every 10 of patients in a quarter of trusts left at least a year without treatment
- major disruption to cancer services, with some hospitals struggling to treat half of their patients within the target time of two months
- concern growing for 45,000 "missing cancer patients", after drops in GP referrals and screening services across the UK
Covid vaccines: Mixing increases reports of mild side-effects
Covid vaccines: Mixing increases reports of mild side-effects Adults are more likely to report mild and moderate side-effects after mixing doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid vaccines, a study indicates.
Chills, headaches and muscle pain were reported more frequently when different vaccine doses were combined.
Any adverse reactions were short lived, with no other safety concerns. BBC News
See also:
- Coronavirus public inquiry to be held in spring 2022 BBC News
- Covid: Lessons to be learned from spring 2022 public inquiry - PM BBC News
- Covid jabs offer to 38 and 39-year-olds in England BBC News
- Covid: The race to vaccinate the world BBC News
- New 'hypersensitive' rapid test can tell whether patients have Covid or flu The Daily Mail
- Coronavirus UK: Could spread of Indian variant jeopardise plans to ease lockdown? The Daily Mail
- Minister hints tiered lockdowns are still on the cards amid rise of Covid hotspots in the North The Daily Mail
- UK Covid inquiry: the key areas likely to be scrutinised The Guardian
- Test-and-trace workers are being made to pay for the government’s outsourcing zeal The Guardian
- NHS frontline jobs 'should be conditional on Covid vaccination' iNews
Ovarian cancer: Setback as major screening trial fails to save lives
Ovarian cancer: Setback as major screening trial fails to save lives A major trial to detect one of the most elusive and deadly cancers - ovarian - has failed to save lives, after two decades of work.
The researchers, at University College London, said the results were a disappointment - and thanked the 200,000 people who participated.
The trial had looked promising, with annual blood tests detecting cases of ovarian cancer earlier.
But routine screening for the cancer is now a distant prospect. BBC News
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NHS England to launch new pilot scheme for trans healthcare ‘this summer’, MPs told
NHS England to launch new pilot scheme for trans healthcare ‘this summer’, MPs told NHS England is opening a fourth pilot scheme for trans healthcare in England in the next few months, MPs have been told.
The fourth pilot scheme will be “opening this summer” in the east of England, John Stewart, the national director of specialised commissioning at NHS England, told MPs today. Pink News
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