Health News Digest
15th January 2021
(covering news from the 8th January 2021)
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Health News Digest
LGA statement: Free school meal food parcels
LGA responds to Education Secretary’s independent review of children’s social care
LGA responds to Sport England Children and Young People Survey
Around 450 primary schools’ worth of children stuck in temporary accommodation during lockdown
LGA statement: School attendance during lockdown
For a single parent in poverty, pressures keep piling up
The growth in infection outbreaks during 2020 that led to school closures in 2021
Experts remain divided over merits of mass Covid tests in schools
Smacking children may have lasting impact, research suggests
Toxic waste lies beneath schools and homes, UK landfill map shows
Step up action and adapt to 'new climate reality', UN environment report urges
Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption
Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling
The future for environmental regulation: Green growth not red tape
LGA responds to coalition call for government planning rethink
Brexit and the end of the transition period: what does it mean for the health and care system?
Response to NHS England and NHS Improvement on proposed changes to integrated care systems
The NHS estate backlog grows again
Latest figures suggest the NHS is being tested to its very limits
Staff shortages left the NHS vulnerable to the COVID-19 storm
An opportunity to take a broader view on preventative health measures
How is COVID-19 impacting people working in adult social care?
Measuring mortality during Covid-19: a Q&A
The growth in infection outbreaks during 2020 that led to school closures in 2021
Nuffield Trust: Yet worse to come as Covid-19 pressure builds for health services in the new year
Update on CQC's regulatory approach
Designated settings for people with COVID-19 leaving hospital
The Health and Care Professions Council (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2021
The National Health Service (Performers Lists, Coronavirus) (England) Amendment Regulations 2021
Covid-19: Surge leaves key hospital services 'in crisis'
Nearly half of NHS critical care staff report PTSD, depression or anxiety
'Hot homes' scheme to ease strain on NHS falls well short of target
For a single parent in poverty, pressures keep piling up
We all need a bit of hope and we all need enough to live on
COVID-19 is adding more stress and insecurity for people in poverty
Black women in the UK four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth
Mental Health Act reforms aim to tackle high rate of black people sectioned
Poor families' living costs have surged during pandemic, UK study finds
More than a third of over 80s vaccinated against COVID-19
Past COVID-19 infection provides some immunity but people may still carry and transmit virus
Investigation of Legionnaires' disease: cases, clusters and outbreaks
Manage a site investigation for travel-associated Legionnaires disease
Investigation of novel SARS-CoV-2 variant: Variant of Concern 202012/01
COVID-19: enhanced surveillance of cases in vaccinated individuals
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports
MRSA, MSSA, Gram-negative bacteraemia and CDI: 30-day all-cause fatality
Designated settings for people discharged to a care home
COVID-19: reported SARS-CoV-2 deaths in England
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2021
Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
Meningococcal disease: laboratory confirmed cases in England in 2019 to 2020
Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2020
Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2021
National protocol for COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant])
National protocol for COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech)
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: laboratory report summaries 2020
Spread word about COVID-19 vaccine scam to protect family and friends - councils urge
To solitude: Learning from other countries on how to improve compliance with self-isolation
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Covid-19: Brazil variant already in UK, scientist says
Covid: Fake news 'causing UK South Asians to reject jab'
Covid-19: High Street chemists start vaccinations in England
Past Covid-19 infection may provide 'months of immunity'
Global immunisation: low-income countries rush to access Covid vaccine supply
Second shots of Covid vaccine could be delayed further in England
Public Health England steps up surveillance of South African Covid variant
Designated settings for people discharged to a care home
COVID-19: reported SARS-CoV-2 deaths in England
Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
Musculoskeletal diseases profiles
Local Health: public health data and mapping tool for small areas
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill House of Lords, Second Reading 18 January 2021
Commissioning and provider services: safeguarding people experiencing homelessness
LGA responds to Joseph Rowntree Foundation Poverty report
COVID-19 workforce survey research report, week ending 27 November 2020
LGA responds to vaccine delivery plan and first daily uptake figures
LGA: Councils respond to COVID-19 community testing expansion
COVID-19: Top tips for council leaders
Spread word about COVID-19 vaccine scam to protect family and friends - councils urge
An opportunity to take a broader view on preventative health measures
How is COVID-19 impacting people working in adult social care?
For a single parent in poverty, pressures keep piling up
We all need a bit of hope and we all need enough to live on
COVID-19 is adding more stress and insecurity for people in poverty
Measuring mortality during Covid-19: a Q&A
To solitude: Learning from other countries on how to improve compliance with self-isolation
Covid-19: Brazil variant already in UK, scientist says
Covid: Fake news 'causing UK South Asians to reject jab'
Past Covid-19 infection may provide 'months of immunity'
Are Covid patients getting younger?
One drink a day raises the risk of an abnormal heart rate, study finds
Public Health England steps up surveillance of South African Covid variant
Quarter of Covid hospital admissions in England aged under 55
One in five in England have had Covid, modelling suggests
UK supermarket staff say they have become the 'forgotten key workers'
GP in hours: weekly bulletins for 2021
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2021
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2021
COVID-19 vaccine monitoring reports
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2021
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2021
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2020 to 2021
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2021
MRSA, MSSA, Gram-negative bacteraemia and CDI: 30-day all-cause fatality
COVID-19: reported SARS-CoV-2 deaths in England
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2021
NHS screening programmes: KPI reports 2020 to 2021
Local Health Fingertips Profile January 2021 update: Life expectancy data for MSOA 2015 to 2019
Meningococcal disease: laboratory confirmed cases in England in 2019 to 2020
Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2020
