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The Library Team
Friday 24 December 2021
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People with Omicron variant 50-70% less likely to be hospitalised, UKHSA says
People with Omicron variant 50-70% less likely to be hospitalised, UKHSA says People are 50-70% less likely to be hospitalised with Omicron compared to previous strains of Covid-19, according to new evidence by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Northamptonshire Telegraph
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- Covid-19: Is it safe to have an unvaccinated guest at home? BBC Cambridgeshire
- This is when Boris Johnson is expected to make an announcement on Covid rules for England Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- Care workers in Northamptonshire to get £600 bonus for 'powering through' Covid-19 pandemic Northamptonshire Telegraph
- Councillor fears over Omicron spread in 'too small' meeting rooms, as Corby Cube remains closed Northamptonshire Telegraph
Thief jailed for stealing laptops and phones after office break-in at Northampton General Hospital
Thief jailed for stealing laptops and phones after office break-in at Northampton General Hospital A callous thief has been jailed for breaking into an office at Northampton General Hospital and staling phones and laptops from the NHS. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
What just happened? Health and care policy in 2021
What just happened? Health and care policy in 2021 A podcast that takes a look over the year that was in health and care, 2021. Helen McKenna and Siva Anandaciva, two of The King’s Fund’s leading policy experts, review the key themes of 2021; Covid-19, waiting times and performance, the reform agenda, funding and the workforce.
RCP survey finds one in ten doctors off work
RCP survey finds one in ten doctors off work RCP’s thirteenth survey of members and fellows during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that absence due to illness is rising, particularly in London.
Across the UK, more than 1 in 10 (10.5%) doctors are off work and 1 in 24 (4.2%) due to COVID. In London these figures increase to 1 in 7 (13.9%) off work and 1 in 13 (7.4%) due to COVID. Royal College of Physicians
UK hits 30 million boosters as push continues to Get Boosted Now
UK hits 30 million boosters as push continues to Get Boosted Now More than 30 million people – over 56% of adults in the UK – have now had their COVID-19 booster during a record-breaking week for top-up jabs. Department of Health and Social Care
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- Research: COVID-19: Omicron daily overview UK Health Security Agency
- Latest REACT-1 findings show Omicron infections rising fast, while highlighting success of vaccination programmes UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: The R value and growth rate UK Health Security Agency
- Research: Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: variant risk assessments UK Health Security Agency
- Official Statistics: National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2021 to 2022 season UK Health Security Agency
Omicron: Good news, bad news and what it all means
Omicron: Good news, bad news and what it all means The world is being hit by a tsunami of Omicron. Scientists, politicians and indeed all of us are grappling with what it means for our lives.
Restrictions are tightening in parts of the UK and other European countries in order to tackle the new variant.
There's a constant stream of new information - some worrying, some positive. So where do we stand? BBC News
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- Rising numbers of NHS staff off work due to Covid BBC News
- Omicron: 'First signs of cautious optimism' - Dr Susan Hopkins BBC News
- Covid: Booster rollout to continue on Christmas Day BBC News
- Omicron up to 70% less likely to need hospital care BBC News
- Half of colds will be Covid, warn UK researchers BBC News
- Covid cases in South Africa's ground zero fall rapidly one month after its outbreak The Daily Mail
- One in three Britons believe the pandemic will never end, study finds The Daily Telegraph
- UK records 119,789 new Covid cases in one day, its highest total ever The Guardian
- Keep Christmas plans small to help NHS fight Omicron, doctors plead The Guardian
- Voices of Covid doctors: 'It was always about trying to save you' – video The Guardian
- Vallance hits back at Tory accusations of Omicron fear-mongering The Guardian
- Hospitals face being ‘overwhelmed’, Javid warns amid soaring NHS staff sickness as Omicron spreads on wards The Independent
- Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers The Independent
- We will have to keep turning to lockdowns until the government boosts the NHS's capacity to deal with Covid iNews
Surgeons use 3D technology on patient for first time
Surgeons use 3D technology on patient for first time An 11-year-old has become the first patient in the country to have kidney surgery using specialist 3D equipment.
Libby, from Watchet, Somerset, was suffering from kidney and bladder complications which meant she was often in severe pain.
Surgeons were able to operate on her faster and with greater accuracy using 3D technology during keyhole surgery. BBC News
West Suffolk hospital chair resigns after whistleblowing scandal
West Suffolk hospital chair resigns after whistleblowing scandal The chair of West Suffolk hospital trust has resigned over a whistleblowing scandal exposed by the Guardian, as fresh questions are asked over why the trust continues to pay at least £270,000 a year to its former chief executive.
Sheila Childerhouse was criticised by an independent NHS report for her failure to question senior executives who had hounded Dr Patricia Mills after Mills had raised concerns about a colleague seen injecting himself with drugs while on duty.
Ministers choose top banker with 'an outsider's eye' to run NHS England
Ministers choose top banker with 'an outsider's eye' to run NHS England A senior British banker is set to become the new chairman of NHS England, after ministers sought an “outside eye” to make the health service accountable for its additional funding.
Richard Meddings, a former chairman of TSB Bank, is the Government’s preferred candidate for the role, which will become vacant early next year when the current incumbent, Lord Prior of Brampton, steps down early. The Daily Telegraph
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