While the Covid-19 pandemic placed great pressure on the NHS and social services, it also fuelled the momentum for transformation and the sectors have produced new solutions for long term challenges.
The emergence of new data capabilities and progress of technologies such as the internet of things and artificial intelligence are creating a range of possibilities – especially in monitoring vulnerable people while they live independently – but also posing new questions about the ethical use of data, the strength of local digital infrastructures and how the technologies can be integrated with legacy systems.
This comes with the desire for a better co-ordination of health and social care and more sophisticated public health initiatives. These are going to require an intelligent use of data, interoperable systems and widespread connectivity.
There have been no Covid-related deaths at York Hospitals Trust for second day running - and only one in the last two weeks There have been no Covid-related deaths at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for the second day running - and only one death in the last two weeks, which was recorded on Friday. The total number people with Covid who have died at the Trust since the pandemic began still stands at 584. York Teaching Hospitals Trust includes both York and Scarborough hospitals. Across England as a whole, a further 15 people who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 86,407.
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FIGURES have revealed how many people are thought to have contracted Covid-19 in the district’s hospitals. Analysis of NHS England data shows that, between August 1 last year and March 21, 173 people were thought to have been infected with Covid-19 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, while being treated in hospital for other conditions. The highest number of such transmissions was recorded in December, when 49 people were believed to have been infected in hospital. Bradford Teaching Hospitals Trust cared for 2,145 Covid-19 patients between August 1 and March 21 – meaning eight per cent are thought to have contracted the disease in hospital. This is below the 16 per cent average for all NHS acute trusts across the North East and Yorkshire.
The location of every new Covid death recorded at Yorkshire hospitals as total rises by 13 in latest NHS daily update yorkshirepost.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorkshirepost.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.