Alastair McLellan
I am the editor of HSJ, the No1 source of news on the NHS. All of our unmatched coronavirus coverage is now FREE to view hsj.co.uk
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Reporting on the NHS during a crisis - Q&A with Alastair McLellan
CIPR Health Group breakfast briefing: Reporting on the NHS during a national crisis - Q&A with Alastair McLellan, editor HSJ
HSJ podcast: The North reaches boiling point
On the podcast this week, we try to get to the bottom of this week's political furore in the North West, the confusion that ensued and the impact the continued rise in covid admissions could have on normal NHS work. We also discover quite how long...
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It's been a week of claim and counter claim about the scale and impact of the 2nd covid wave on the NHS. This week's HSJ Podcast helps you sort the facts from the spinning
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Newscast - Series 1: 22/10/2020
Adam Laura and Chris chew over the latest political news with George Osborne and Adam Kay.
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The latest BBC Newscast has an interesting interview with George Osborne - who remarks on how hard the NHS fought to hold onto power in Manchester during the devolution discussions
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Covid: Scotland to enter new five-level alert system
The new system for setting Covid restrictions in Scotland adds two levels to the three tiers used in England.
Fifty people each day catching covid in region’s hospitals
The North West region is now seeing around 50 new cases of coronavirus per day that are likely to have been caught in hospital by patients being treated for other conditions.
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BREAKING: 50 people a day catching covid IN the North West's hospitals hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/fi… ...which is, of course, what happens when hospitals getting crowded during a pandemic
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Optimising 'Test and Trace' Systems: Early lessons from a comparative analysis of six countries by Joshua Moon, Choon Key Chekar, David Barberá, Gail Davey, Sibylle Gaisser, Tobias Gaisser, Collins Iwuji, Enrique Meseguer, James G Ryan, Michael M. Hopkins
‘Test and Trace’ systems are key components of national responses to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Each country has its own set of measures for testing Covid-1
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REVEALED: The true picture of how many covid patients are currently being admitted to and care for in northern hospitals
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Exclusive: 22 junior doctors under investigation after covid outbreak
A trust is carrying out an internal investigation after two junior doctors developed covid following an offsite event attended by 22 juniors where social distancing rules were allegedly ignored.
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BREAKING: Exclusive: 22 junior doctors under investigation after covid outbreak
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“Why should the people wait any longer?” How Labour built the NHS
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Britain showed the world that a universal health care system was possible. Anthony Broxton gives a brief account of Nye Bevan’s vision and how he gui…
Alastair McLellan
@Jeremy_Hunt Er, didn't the Tories vote against the bill creating the NHS, Jeremy?
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The covid pandemic could cause a decrease in cancer survival
Dr Robert Rintoul shares his insights on screening, diagnostics, retaining workforce and harnessing treatment opportunities for lung cancer services amid covid-19.
Trust in NHS ‘poor and diminishing’ among communities hit hardest by covid
There is growing distrust for the NHS and government in communities that are of fundamental importance to the national effort to counter covid, according to research by NHSX.
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Our exclusive on police access to NHS test and trace data, included a mention of NHS research into public fears about data sharing. Here hsj.co.uk/trust-in-nhs-p… is a piece by @JackSerleHSJ examining it in more detail
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Revealed: South East sees ‘striking’ levels of excess deaths at home
Parts of the South East saw "striking" levels of excess deaths occurring in people's homes between July and October.
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Fascinating analysis of 'non-covid excess deaths' by @LawrenceDunhill NW and NE now trending below expected levels and SE rising fast hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/re… Midlands seems to have worst of both worlds rising non-covid and covid deaths hsj.co.uk/acute-care/mid…
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Midlands sees sharp increase in covid admissions and deaths
Hospital admissions and deaths have risen sharply in the Midlands over the past week, according to HSJ's analysis of NHS data.
Alastair McLellan
Fascinating analysis of 'non-covid excess deaths' by @LawrenceDunhill NW and NE now trending below expected levels and SE rising fast hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/re… Midlands seems to have worst of both worlds rising non-covid and covid deaths hsj.co.uk/acute-care/mid…
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Exclusive: New surge in Manchester covid patients amid lockdown row
Greater Manchester's hospitals have seen a new surge beds occupied by patients with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, HSJ understands.
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BREAKING: Exclusive: New surge in covid patients in Manchester amid lockdown row
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Cowper’s Cut: Is the government’s covid response driven by incapacity, incompetence or malice?
Andy Cowper on governments' 'comms big, real problems away ambition', the PM's three-tier local alert system and concerning TAT performance.
Alastair McLellan
The ever insightful @HPIAndyCowper on the "iterative failure loop" that is the Gov's covid response hsj.co.uk/policy-and-reg… Loads of fascinating and new (to me at least) detail as always
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About to go live on Times Radio to discuss HSJs excluisve on police access to NHS covid testing data
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Exclusive: Police given access to Test and Trace data on those told to self-isolate
The contact details of those who have been instructed to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace are to be passed to the police on request, in a move that has alarmed senior health figures who are concerned it will undermine confidence in and...
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BREAKING: Exclusive: Police given access to Test and Trace data on those told to self-isolate
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