How to take care of your eyes during lockdown...advice from expert at Northampton General Hospital Column by Karishma Parmar, from Northampton General Hospital Northampton Chronicle and Echo
At the limit – COVID-19 one year on Exhausted and emotionally drained, doctors from across the NHS tell the story of the first year of COVID-19. BMA
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Community nursing faces ‘rehabilitation disaster’ as Covid leaves thousands in need Tens of thousands of coronavirus survivors needing long-term care are heaping pressure on Britain’s stretched community services, threatening a crisis that experts warn could dwarf that seen in hospitals over the past 12 months.
As many as 100,000 intensive care patients, including up to 15,000 Covid-19 survivors, will need long-term community nursing care after being discharged from hospitals during the past 12 months, The Independent has been told.
We're nearly there! Just 7,000 Covid jabs to go before Northamptonshire hits its target Northamptonshire will have shot past its target of delivering Covid jabs to 135,000 people by Sunday.
Official figures released today showed 128,137 had already received a first dose of the precious vaccine by last weekend. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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MEET THE GOVERNORS: East Northants governor says closer working between KGH and NGH is not a takeover A KGH governor has said closer working between the Kettering and Northampton hospitals is about working together, rather than a takeover.
The governors at KGH have teamed up with the Northamptonshire Telegraph to give our readers an insight into their role and the work they do.
Just 34% of women with learning disabilities in England are attending smear test appointments Just a third of women with a learning disability are receiving a vital cervical screening in England, figures show.
Cervical cancer charity Jo’s Trust says that a lack of accessible information for people with disabilities and awareness among some healthcare professionals are among the possible reasons for such a low uptake nationally. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Frontline workers left “risking lives to provide treatment and care” The Department for Health and Social Care's decision to prioritise hospitals at the beginning of the pandemic meant social care providers were left exposed by lack of PPE, says the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee in its first report on PPE procurement.
NHS reform: Five key questions about the future of primary care networks in England NHS England and Improvement have published plans for changes to NHS structures and legislation. The changes aim to support NHS organisations to collaborate to improve care and manage resources, and may mean the abolition of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and new area-based agencies being established. The Health Foundation
Who was advised to shield from COVID-19? Exploring demographic variation in people advised to shield The shielded patient list has been developed to identify those who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) to severe illness from COVID-19, to help ensure that they have safe access to essential services during the pandemic. Here we present novel data from five partners – Grampian, Wales, north west London, Liverpool and Wirral, and Leeds – in the Networked Data Lab, highlighting the heterogeneity of this group across different areas of the UK. The Health Foundation
REGEN-COV prevents symptomatic COVID-19 infections, finds analysis Interim data from the Phase III trial evaluating REGEN-COV™ as a passive vaccine to prevent COVID-19 finds it reduces overall infection rate, viral load and length of infection. European Pharmaceutical Review
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Post-Brexit immigration system risks ‘alarming’ shortfall in care staff, NHS leaders warn Priti Patel’s post-Brexit points-based immigration system risks creating an “alarming” shortfall in social care workers in the coming years, NHS leaders have warned. The Independent
'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 '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
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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
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How has Covid-19 changed the evaluation landscape? The coronavirus has brought significant and speedy changes to how health care services are delivered. That has further highlighted the need for rapid evaluations, with evaluators under pressure to produce timely findings to support decisions. Ahead of this week’s rapid evaluation in health care conference, Nadia Crellin and John Appleby run through some of the key issues. Nuffield Trust
