The NHS jab refuseniks: Almost a QUARTER of London s frontline healthcare workers - particularly ethnic minorities - have failed to accept the Covid jab, shocking figures reveal
More than 41,000 frontline healthcare workers, which includes medics, have not had the jab in the capital
This is equivalent to 24 per cent of the workforce with London is lagging behind the rest of the country
Safety fears, conspiracy theories and mistrust of Government blamed for hesitancy among ethnic groups
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image captionPatients on the virtual ward are given a blood oxygen monitor to take home
A hospital is using so-called virtual wards to treat coronavirus patients and ease pressure on beds.
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust said a small blood oxygen monitor meant it had treated 130 people at home.
Patients take their own readings and are checked daily over the phone by a specially-trained nursing team.
Andy Darcy, who fell ill in December and spent a night in hospital before moving on to the virtual system, said it was really beneficial .
Patients are initially assessed by Glenfield Hospital s clinical decisions unit to see if their symptoms meet the criteria for virtual treatment.
By Matt Discombe2021-01-16T06:00:00+00:00
Covid-19 infections likely caught in hospital up by half in a week
Share of total at 15 per cent down from a high of nearly 25 per cent in December
Hospital-acquired covid rates treble in some acute trusts
Covid-19 infections likely to have been caught in hospital have increased by almost half in a week with several trusts seeing significant rises,
HSJ can reveal.
Our analysis of NHS England data shows that 3,813 covid cases in hospital in the week to 10 January were likely to have been hospital acquired.
Probable hospital-acquired covid cases in the latest week rose by 46 per cent on the week before, when 2,610 cases were detected, and by 52 per cent on the total on 20 December.