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- Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in Northamptonshire Telegraph
- Special Constable accused of breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules at 2.30am 'gathering' in Northampton Northamptonshire Telegraph
Thursday, 11 November 2021
'Two jabs or no job' ultimatum could force 500 staff to quit Northamptonshire hospitals, warn government analysts
'Two jabs or no job' ultimatum could force 500 staff to quit Northamptonshire hospitals, warn government analysts Government analysts say a 'no-jabs, no-job' rule for the NHS could leave Northamptonshire's two main hospitals with up to 500 fewer staff.
Health secretary Sajid Javid announced on Tuesday (November 9) that vaccination would become a 'condition of deployment' for social care workers and frontline NHS employees from April. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Director to leave troubled Northamptonshire children's services
Director to leave troubled Northamptonshire children's services The head of a troubled children's services department leaving her job "poses a real threat to progress", according to opposition councillors.
Cathi Hadley originally took over as director of children's services at Northamptonshire County Council in September 2019, shortly after the service had been rated inadequate. BBC Northampton
Covid-19 and the UK's health care performance: how does it compare on the international stage?
Covid-19 and the UK's health care performance: how does it compare on the international stage? The latest edition of Health at a glance, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s biennial evaluation of the performance of health systems in OECD countries, extends its usual remit by assessing the impact of ‘the most important health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic’. The King's Fund
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Landmark international study highlights need to reduce time that hip fracture patients spend in hospital in England
Landmark international study highlights need to reduce time that hip fracture patients spend in hospital in England An innovative international study has used electronic medical records to compare the cost and quality of care between health care systems in 11 OECD countries, including the NHS in England. The Health Foundation
The challenges of developing integrated care partnerships (ICPs): a discussion
The challenges of developing integrated care partnerships (ICPs): a discussion Following the publication of the national ICP engagement document, the Integrated Care Systems (ICS) Network hosted a ‘Spotlight’ session with the Department for Health and Social Care, providing ICS leaders with an opportunity to discuss and ask questions about ICP establishment. This briefing summarises the key issues covered. NHS Confederation
NHS has reached tipping point, warn healthcare leaders
NHS has reached tipping point, warn healthcare leaders The pressure on the NHS is now at unsustainable levels and patient safety and care are being put at risk by staff shortages, according to a new poll of NHS leaders by the NHS Confederation.
NHS leaders in England warn that we have reached a tipping point, with nearly nine in 10 (88%) saying the demands on their organisation are unsustainable. Almost the same number (87%) also say that a lack of staffing in the NHS as a whole is putting patient safety and care at risk.
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- Under pressure: NHS priorities this winter NHS Confederation
- NHS is at breaking point and putting patients at high risk, bosses warn The Guardian
Lives at risk from 'unacceptable' ambulance waits
Lives at risk from 'unacceptable' ambulance waits Lives are at risk because patients are facing unacceptably long waits for a 999 response, paramedics across the UK have told a BBC investigation.
Average waits for emergency callouts for problems such as heart attacks and strokes are taking more than twice as long as they should in England.
Targets are being missed in the rest of UK too, with some seriously-ill waiting up to nine hours for an ambulance. BBC News
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Covid-resistant people inspire new vaccine tactic
Covid-resistant people inspire new vaccine tactic Understanding how some people naturally resist Covid infection, despite clearly being exposed to the virus, could lead to better vaccines, say researchers.
A team at University College London said some people had a degree of Covid-immunity before the pandemic started. BBC News
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- Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2 (open access) Nature
- Vaccine firm Valneva seeks apology over Javid comments BBC News
- Germany coronavirus: Record rise prompts warning of 100,000 deaths BBC News
- Daily Covid cases fall for NINTH day in row with today's 39,329 infections down 5% The Daily Mail
- WHO Covid adviser criticises Boris Johnson not wearing mask in hospital and 'politicising' debate The Daily Mail
- Care boss urges No10 to delay 'no jab, no job' policy until April The Daily Mail
- Unvaccinated nursing home workers test positive for COVID-19 at a rate TEN TIMES higher The Daily Mail
- Mandatory Covid jabs shouldn’t be controversial – NHS staff have a duty to do no harm | Frances Ryan The Guardian
- Care homes in England set to lose 50,000 staff as Covid vaccine becomes mandatory The Guardian
- ‘I feel really let down’: unjabbed care home staff on quitting their jobs The Guardian
- Homes refuse NHS requests as mandatory vaccines drive staff exodus The Independent
- No jab no job - will the COVID vaccine policy cripple care and NHS? Sky News
Whole genome sequencing could save NHS millions of pounds, study suggests
Whole genome sequencing could save NHS millions of pounds, study suggests Genomics England and NHS England findings highlight benefits of using WGS to help detect rare diseases
The use of whole genome sequencing could save the NHS millions of pounds, a study suggests, after it found a quarter of people with rare illnesses received a diagnosis for their condition through the technology. The Guardian
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- 100,000 Genomes Pilot on Rare-Disease Diagnosis in Health Care — Preliminary Report (open access) New England Journal of Medicine
- Hundreds of patients in gene study given rare disease diagnosis BBC News
New Ebola vaccine made by team behind Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine starts human trials
New Ebola vaccine made by team behind Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine starts human trials A new Ebola vaccine that was developed by the Oxford University team that made the AstraZeneca Covid jab is being trialled in humans for the first time today.
The jab – currently known as ChAdOx1 biEBOV – uses the same technology as the breakthrough coronavirus shot.
It has been designed to tackle the Zaire and Sudan strains of Ebola, the two most common and deadly types. The Daily Mail
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