Hospitals are OVERCOUNTING children admitted for Covid, study suggests

Hospitals are OVERCOUNTING children admitted for Covid: Nearly half of kids recorded as needing inpatient treatment for virus were likely there for something else (and just happened to test positive), study suggests Stanford University research analyzed data on 117 kids who had tested positive for COVID-19 as inpatients at its pediatric hospital  Only about 55% of … Read more

Ex GCHQ boss calls for ban on ransom payments after criminals targeted hospitals in Ireland

Britain’s ex-GCHQ chief has urged the government to ban ransomware payments to stop criminals profiteering from attacks. Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of GCHQ’s Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), spoke after the Irish health service was targeted by international criminals yesterday. The Taoiseach refused to pay a ransom demand after the Health Service Executive (HSE) … Read more

Ex GCHQ boss calls for ban on ransom payments after criminals targeted hospitals in Ireland

Britain’s ex-GCHQ chief has urged the government to ban ransomware payments to stop criminals profiteering from attacks. Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of GCHQ’s Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), spoke after the Irish health service was targeted by international criminals yesterday. The Taoiseach refused to pay a ransom demand after the Health Service Executive (HSE) … Read more

Hospitals stop taking patients and 13 Covid sufferers are killed in a medical centre fire in India

Hospitals in India are turning patients away as the country’s infection rate continues to surge past record levels, with more than 330,000 new cases today. The daily death toll also jumped to a record 2,263, though there are fears these fatalities could be under-reported by a factor of 10 amid a second wave more than … Read more

Hospitals’ FIVE-YEAR backlog: NHS trusts demand cash and staff

It will take five years for some hospitals to catch up with the backlog of patient care caused by the pandemic, NHS trusts warned yesterday. It is the worst backlog for 20 years, according to NHS Providers, which represents NHS hospitals and mental health, community and ambulance services in England. The worst-hit trusts in England … Read more

More than a fifth of Covid victims in some English hospitals contracted disease on wards

3,000 Britons killed by Covid caught on wards: More than a fifth of victims in some English hospitals contracted disease while being treated for something else Total of 3,264 who contracted Covid in hospital have died since March last year University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust recorded highest number of deaths  The data refers to … Read more

More than a fifth of Covid victims in some English hospitals contracted disease on wards

3,000 Britons killed by Covid caught on wards: More than a fifth of victims in some English hospitals contracted disease while being treated for something else Total of 3,264 who contracted Covid in hospital have died since March last year University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust recorded highest number of deaths  The data refers to … Read more

The NHS hospitals that have suffered the most Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began

NHS Foundation Trusts (shown in bold are private hospitals) UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 2,578 MID AND SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 2,353 BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST 1,697 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 1,639 BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST c 1,617 PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST 1,570 … Read more

The NHS hospitals that have suffered the most Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began

NHS Foundation Trusts (shown in bold are private hospitals) UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 2,578 MID AND SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 2,353 BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST 1,697 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 1,639 BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST c 1,617 PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST 1,570 … Read more

COVID-19 pandemic has ‘significantly strained’ hospitals, HHS report finds as staff suffered burnout

U.S. hospitals say they have been operating in ‘survival mode’ for the majority of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) inspector general on Wednesday, medical centers said that staffing shortages have impacted patient care.  What’s more, the exhaustion of long shifts and dealing … Read more