Health News Digest
23rd April 2021
(covering news from the 16th April 2021)
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Health News Digest
Developing place-based partnerships: The foundation of effective integrated care systems
Supporting place-based partnerships: what role should national leaders play?
Special measures for quality: a Q&A on the impact of improvement interventions in NHS trusts
The work-related stress of NHS staff during Covid-19
NICE launches ambitious strategy to provide quicker access to new treatments and innovations
The UK needs a joined-up health system to ensure everyone recovers from the pandemic
Tens of thousands in UK avoided universal credit during Covid over stigma
How do we tackle structural racism and inequality?
‘Greater focus on health inequalities could be lasting legacy of pandemic’
Doing the work to end health inequalities caused by systemic racism
The UK needs a joined-up health system to ensure everyone recovers from the pandemic
JCVI issues new advice on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women
COVID-19 variants: genomically confirmed case numbers
Investigation of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
COVID-19 surge testing outcomes reports: management information
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports
High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)
Tuberculosis in England: quarterly reports
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2021
Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
COVID-19: impact on vaccination programmes
Immunisation: migrant health guide
Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2021
The London Borough of Havering: Using the COM-B framework to develop a vaccine take up strategy
The Covid-19 vaccine rollout: an opportunity to bring digital health and care into the community
One Covid vaccine cuts infection rate in all age groups
Covid: Vaccine uptake among over-50s hits 95% in England
Covid: Government scientist warns of summer surge in cases
‘Extraordinary’ Covid jab data is misleading, but the numbers are still hugely positive
Pregnant women need better Covid safety at work, say campaigners
How vaccines are affecting Covid-19 outbreaks globally
UK in drive to develop drugs to take at home to ‘stop Covid in its tracks’
COVID-19: guidance for the public on mental health and wellbeing
The King’s Fund response to proposals for reform of the Mental Health Act
The work-related stress of NHS staff during Covid-19
5-minute micro-habits for better long term health
Eating disorders: families tube-feeding patients at home amid NHS bed shortage
Middle-aged people who sleep six hours or less at greater risk of dementia, study finds
Climate anxiety and PTSD are on the rise. Therapists don’t always know how to cope
Chemotherapy-free treatment option to be offered to patients with England’s most common leukaemia
One Covid vaccine cuts infection rate in all age groups
EU asks states to back legal action against AstraZeneca
How vaccines are affecting Covid-19 outbreaks globally
UK in drive to develop drugs to take at home to ‘stop Covid in its tracks’
COVID-19 surge testing outcomes reports: management information
COVID-19: guidance for the public on mental health and wellbeing
PHE statistics: ad-hoc analyses and data releases
COVID-19: impact on vaccination programmes
COVID-19: impacts on health – reports and tools
LGA responds to Public Accounts Committee report on supporting vulnerable people during lockdown
The London Borough of Havering: Using the COM-B framework to develop a vaccine take up strategy
The Covid-19 vaccine rollout: an opportunity to bring digital health and care into the community
One Covid vaccine cuts infection rate in all age groups
Covid: Vaccine uptake among over-50s hits 95% in England
Covid: Government scientist warns of summer surge in cases
Infant mortality in Birmingham 'not openly discussed'
‘Extraordinary’ Covid jab data is misleading, but the numbers are still hugely positive
How vaccines are affecting Covid-19 outbreaks globally
UK in drive to develop drugs to take at home to ‘stop Covid in its tracks’
Lockdown baby boom may be on the way as NHS antenatal bookings rebound
Tens of thousands in UK avoided universal credit during Covid over stigma
NHS targets middle-aged men with online diabetes risk quiz
GPs to prescribe financial advice to patients with long-term conditions
Fears frontline NHS staff are refusing to get Covid vaccine
The UK needs a joined-up health system to ensure everyone recovers from the pandemic
GP in hours: weekly bulletins for 2021
Excess mortality in English regions
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2021
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2021
COVID-19 surge testing outcomes reports: management information
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
Tuberculosis in England: quarterly reports
JCVI issues new advice on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women
Infant mortality in Birmingham 'not openly discussed'
Most new mothers say NHS six-week checks fail to focus on their health
Pregnant women need better Covid safety at work, say campaigners
Lockdown baby boom may be on the way as NHS antenatal bookings rebound
Pregnant women in UK given green light to have Covid jab