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RBC downgrades Spire as analysts reassess outlook post Covid-19
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has downgraded its rating for Spire Healthcare to ‘sector perform’ amid the continued uncertainty of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The bank,...
Worries remain despite downward trend in number of care home deaths
Care providers are worried the number of care and nursing home deaths from coronavirus could rise if lockdown restrictions are lifted too quickly.
Figures released...
CQC raises concern over human rights and poor care in mental health services
The health and care regulator has written to mental health service providers over concerns the impact lockdown is having on the human rights of...
The new NHS relationship: complex and flexible
David Hare talks about the gargantuan task of mobilising independent sector hospitals to help the NHS tackle the Covid-19 outbreak
It is now over a...
Mayo Clinic in London offers comprehensive Covid-19 testing
London’s Mayo Clinic Healthcare has teamed up with Mayo Clinic Laboratories in the US to offer antibody testing for Covid-19.
The serology test can be...
HC-One seeks guarantees over income as occupancy falls
Occupancy levels at HC-One could fall as low as 70% by July due to current death rates because of Covid-19 and a lack of...
NHS should use private capacity to treat anticipated ‘deluge’ of cancer patients
The private sector will have a key role to play in treating a ‘deluge’ of cancer patients once the Covid-19 outbreak eases, Professor Karol...
Bupa offers online GP services as Covid-19 closes clinics
Bupa Health Clinics has launched a remote GP service to help patients access appointments while its clinics are temporarily closed by the Covid-19 outbreak.
The...
Nuffield Health offers remote CBT services
Nuffield Health is offering remotely delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) services to help support people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The CBT sessions can be delivered...
Only one-fifth of care workers able to access testing, survey finds
Promises to provide tests for all social care staff have been ‘exposed as pure words’, according to the National Care Forum (NCF).
The organisation, which...
Concerns grow over future of care providers
The viability of some care providers is under threat due to rising costs and falling revenues during Covid-19.
The chief executive of the United Kingdom...
McCarthy & Stone sells assets for £35m
McCarthy & Stone has sold 135 apartments to Waverstone LLP for £35m as part of its strategy to exit development activity in Scotland.
The transaction...
Alliance Medical reports 65% fall in scan volumes
UK-based imaging company Alliance Medical Group (AMG) has seen volumes fall by an average of 65% across all its major geographies as health systems...
Doctors refusing to treat patients because of PPE should be spared investigation, says MPS
Doctors who decide they cannot safely treat a Covid-19 patient due to lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) should not be held accountable...
NHS trusts urged to use independent capacity to restart some routine electives
NHS trusts are being urged to fully use spare capacity, including independent sector, to restart non-urgent elective procedures under plans to restore some non-Covid-19...
Mental health and wellbeing of care workers a ‘profound issue’
The mental health and wellbeing of social care workers is set to be a ‘profound issue’ due to the coronavirus pandemic, with many having...
Sharp rise in Covid-related care home deaths
More than 2,300 Covid-related deaths occurred in care homes in England in the week to Friday 24 April, latest official figures have shown.
Data released...
Private dentistry could collapse without government support, warns ADG
The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has joined calls for greater government support for dental practices during the Covid-19 outbreak.
The organisation warned that private...
Analysis of ONS data offers wider picture of Covid-related deaths
Analysis of official data for England and Wales has suggested that 7,000 people may have died in care homes as of Wednesday (22 April).
Healthcare...
Ticket to ride: the potential of Covid-19 ‘immunity passports’
As widespread community testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies gets underway, will society be divided into the ‘immunes’ and the ‘non-immunes’? Dr Joe Taylor, principal at...
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