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HealthAugust 6, 2020

Austerity ‘ripped resilience out of health and care service’ before Covid-19 Says IPPR

The Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) newest analysis of the health care sector found that Austerity had severely hampered the UK's ability to combat Covid-19

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

HealthAugust 4, 2020

Government announces new 90-minute Covid-19 test

The Government has announced the roll-out of a new “on-the-spot" swab and DNA test which will help distinguish between Covid-19 and other seasonal illnesses.

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

HealthAugust 3, 2020

Government halts easing of lockdown restrictions

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last week that England will have to “squeeze the brake pedal” on loosening Lockdown as the Covid-19 infection rate begins to climb once again

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

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HealthAugust 6, 2020

Austerity ‘ripped resilience out of health and care service’ before Covid-19 Says IPPR

The Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) newest analysis of the health care sector found that Austerity had severely hampered the UK's ability to combat Covid-19

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

HealthAugust 4, 2020

Government announces new 90-minute Covid-19 test

The Government has announced the roll-out of a new “on-the-spot" swab and DNA test which will help distinguish between Covid-19 and other seasonal illnesses.

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

HealthAugust 3, 2020

Government halts easing of lockdown restrictions

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last week that England will have to “squeeze the brake pedal” on loosening Lockdown as the Covid-19 infection rate begins to climb once again

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

Health PolicyAugust 3, 2020

Coronavirus: what’s up with our experts?

Can we trust our experts? After months of lockdown, there is rising scepticism about them and their models. Professor Terry Young analyses of the role of experts in the pandemic so far and assesses what needs to change.

By Professor Terry Young

Accountable Care Journal

Health PolicyJuly 31, 2020

Government introduces localised lockdowns across the north of England

The Government has announced a rollback in the easing of lockdown measures in parts of the North of England in a hope to slow down the spread of Covid-19.

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

Health ProfessionsJuly 31, 2020

NHS People Plan places staff wellbeing front and centre

The Government has published its long-awaited health and care workforce strategy, The NHS People Plan, but does it deliver upon the needs of the sector?

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

HealthJuly 30, 2020

Care homes "thrown to the wolves” says Public Accounts Committee

Covid-19 has "ravaged" care homes after they were "effectively thrown to the wolves”, says the cross-party Public Accounts Committee in its latest report criticising the Government's inaction on social care during the Covid-19 pandemic.

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

HealthJuly 29, 2020

Failure to translate key Covid guidance could be costing lives

A lack of translated coronavirus guidance is jeopardising the safety of non-English speakers in the UK, a joint letter to the Health Secretary claims.

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

Health PolicyJuly 28, 2020

Helping the country lose weight

The Government has announced a wide range of different rules and regulations to try and encourage the UK to lose weight. These include new labelling systems for food, restrictions on junk food adverts, ending unhealthy food promotion in shops and encouraging social prescribing.

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

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Community healthAugust 7, 2020

GP risk assessments could disproportionally affect deprived areas

A new study suggests that poorer areas are three more times more likely to be negatively affected by new guidelines over the face to face contact with GPs as practices begin to reopen.

By David Forrest

Primary Care Journal

HealthAugust 6, 2020

World Health Organization Covid-19 task force to arrive in South Africa

The South African response to Covid-19 will soon be bolstered by a team of health experts from the World Health Organization.

By Fabian Sutch-Daggett

World Healthcare Journal

HealthAugust 6, 2020

Austerity ‘ripped resilience out of health and care service’ before Covid-19 Says IPPR

The Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) newest analysis of the health care sector found that Austerity had severely hampered the UK's ability to combat Covid-19

By David Forrest

Accountable Care Journal

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Health PolicyJuly 23, 2020

Covid antibody test from Siemens Healthineers satisfies mass screening criteria in PHE evaluation

New SARS-CoV-2 total antibody tests are appraised by Public Health England (PHE) in a new head-to-head evaluation of commercial tests in the UK.

By News Feature

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Community healthJuly 15, 2020

Pioneering technology deployed in Bolton care homes during Covid-19 outbreak

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group have enlisted the support of healthcare technology from Tunstall Healthcare to help protect residents, staff and clinicians in 34 of the town’s care homes.

By News Feature

Accountable Care Journal

HealthJune 10, 2020

Covid-19: The catalyst for UK clinical research?

Covid-19 is changing the landscape of UK clinical research, but will these reforms last beyond the pandemic?

By David Duffy

Accountable Care Journal

Community healthJune 9, 2020

Carers Week 2020: Making caring visible

This Carers Week (8-14 June 2020), Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director of Tunstall Healthcare, discusses the role of assistive technology in supporting carers, and how we can keep them visible through offering support and resources.

By Gavin Bashar

Accountable Care Journal

Community healthJune 1, 2020

New research reveals positive impact of technology on independent living

New research from Tunstall has revealed how potentially life-saving technology is helping older people stay independent at home for up to nine months longer before being transferred into a care home.

By News Feature

Accountable Care Journal

Health PolicyMay 19, 2020

Covid-19: Taking the brakes off integrated care

Covid-19 has shifted the dial of discussion surrounding integrated care. Following years of gradual change in the health and care policy landscape, the coronavirus crisis has provided the biggest impetus so far for providers to foster a new model of working.

By David Duffy

Accountable Care Journal

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Health PolicyAugust 3, 2020

Coronavirus: what’s up with our experts?

By Professor Terry Young

Accountable Care Journal

EconomicsJuly 29, 2020

Opening of the World Economic Series: Rebooting the World Economy

The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of The City of London, Alderman William Russell, HM Marshal of The Diplomatic Corps, Alistair Harrison CMG CVO and UN Under-Secretary-General, Inger Andersen open the first of a global event series for the diplomatic community: The World Economic Series

By Daniel Male

Public Policy Projects

Community healthJuly 24, 2020

The future of social care

What next for social care is one of the biggest questions the UK faces today. Dan Male, Editor of Integrated Care Journal, assesses the key challenges in the social care sector and asks what the future might hold.

By Daniel Male

Accountable Care Journal

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