23 July 2020          View The Latest Issue Online          Follow Us On Twitter          View This Email Online

NEWS

 

Intensive care unit shut over fire safety fears

A newly built £100 million intensive care unit at King’s College hospital in south London has been closed after it failed fire safety checks, leading to seriously ill patients being moved out.....read more

Scientist calls for weekly coronavirus tests for health workers

Sir Paul Nurse has argued that all health and care staff should be routinely tested for coronavirus once or twice a week.....read more

Mental health leave for paramedics triples since 2011

New analysis has found that the number of paramedics in England taking time off with mental health conditions has almost tripled over the last decade.....read more

Public health directors urge action on obesity

Eight directors of public health from the north-west of England have written to Boris Johnson calling for any anti-coronavirus obesity plan.....read more

Coronavirus ‘here for many years to come’, say experts

Medical experts are warning that the UK will be living with coronavirus for many years to come and even a vaccine is unlikely to eliminate it for good.....read more

FEATURES

Virtual care has come of age during the Covid crisis

Covid-19 is the catalyst for change in health provision as patients demonstrate strong appetite for virtual care that’s here to stay, argues Alan Lowe.....read more

Why digital transformation matters more than ever

Sascha Giese explores how the UK healthcare sector has digitally transformed - and must continue to - to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.....read more

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