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Covid infections caught in hospital doubling in some trusts
Almost one in four hospital covid cases caught in hospital
The number of people likely to have caught covid-19 in NHS hospitals in England has risen by more than a third in the last week.
The 35 per cent rise in probable hospital-acquired covid-19 from 6 to 13 December is the highest weekly increase since 30 October,
HSJ analysis of NHS England data reveals.
Hospital-acquired infections are rising across areas such as London, the South East, and South West, and also at some hospitals in the North East, Yorkshire and the Midlands.
At some trusts, the weekly total of likely hospital-acquired covid-19 infections has more than doubled since last week.
Alistair Wardrope: Putting health and climate justice at the heart of COP 26
December 11, 2020
Climate breakdown, “the greatest threat to global health of the 21st century” is driven by the same political and economic systems that are exacerbating health inequities, so starkly amplified by covid-19. The UK Government’s recent announcements appear to acknowledge the imperative to tackle the “twin problems of social inequalities and climate change.” However promises of a “green industrial revolution”, or last week’s “ambitious” emissions reductions pledge, fail to acknowledge the true scale of the challenge, or of the UK’s historical responsibility. As the UK prepares to host the 26th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) the first global reassessment of emissions reductions commitments since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 it should show true ambition in adopting policies that prioritise the health and wellbei
Updated: 11 Dec 2020, 8:52
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COVID jabs are to be given out in ten more NHS hospitals from Devon to Birmingham and Lancashire.
Tens of thousands of people will be vaccinated this week following the first in the world jab in Coventry on Tuesday.
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Tens of thousands of people will be vaccinated this week following the first in the world jab in Coventry on TuesdayCredit: Reuters
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Fifty NHS hospitals are ready to roll out Pfizer s Covid vaccine from next weekCredit: Reuters
Already 53 NHS hospitals are standing by to roll out the Pfizer jab after the historic day.
Ten others are now fully ready and prepared to deliver the vaccine, including hospitals in Leicester and Kent, where infection rates have been high