Plan for reforming social care threatened by covid The government is unlikely to bring forward its plan for social care reform by the end of the year as initially promised in the prime minister in his election manifesto. When questioned over the government’s plans in the Lords this week, the Department of Health and Social…
Rumours that the second peak could hit the NHS five times harder Confidential forecasts produced by the NHS have been leaked suggesting that the COVID second peak could hit the NHS harder than expected, with increased admissions until the middle of next year. Without any additional measures put in place the models predicted that admissions…
Overcoming geographical barriers to improve patient flow As STPs and ICSs submit their plans for Phase Three of the COVID-19 response to NHS England, they have been told that they must include details of how shared care records will be developed and implemented locally. The aim is that this will give regional health systems more…
The world’s first case of COVID-19 reinfection This week, scientists at Hong Kong University reported the first “proven” case of a person becoming reinfected with COVID-19. The 33 year old man first contracted COVID-19 at the end of March and then almost five months later, he was found to be reinfected with the disease. Understandably,…
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