26 May 2020          View The Latest Issue Online          Follow Us On Twitter          View This Email Online

NEWS

Huge backlog in operations resulting from lack of PPE

NHS Providers chief executive, Chris Hopson, has said that a lack of vital protective equipment and long waits for coronavirus test results are stopping hospitals from tackling a huge backlog in operations.....read more

Six in 10 health worker deaths from coronavirus are BAME

New analysis has found that the number of healthcare workers who have died due to coronavirus has reached 200, with more than six in 10 of the victims from BAME backgrounds.....read more

Antibody tests for health and social care staff

The government will offer coronavirus antibody tests to health and social care staff in England, with patients and care residents also eligible at their clinician’s request.....read more

NHS fees to be scrapped for overseas health staff

The government has finally announced that NHS staff and care workers from overseas will no longer have to pay an extra charge towards the health service.....read more

Trusts have gone ‘to great lengths’ to support care homes

A new report shows how trusts have gone to great lengths to support care homes through the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.....read more

FEATURES

Reliable indoor mobile coverage during lockdown

Colin Abrey explains why uninterrupted 4G coverage in public sector buildings and other pop up facilities cannot wait.....read more

Portable building companies supporting the health sector

Jackie Maginnis, chief executive of the Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA), describes how her members are supporting NHS trusts and healthcare providers to increase capacity.....read more

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