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George Batchelor

Jun 25
3 min

Phase 2 of Covid-19 has started, so there is a big new priority

Covid-19 has gone down a lot. The estimated number of infections in London are less than 1,000 compared to +1 million i

87 views

George Batchelor

Jun 14
2 min

Ensuring the delivery of time-critical cancer surgery and a rapid recovery during Covid-19

"The work that the Royal Marsden and RMP Cancer Alliance undertook with Edge Health and academic partners demonstrated the vital importance

94 views

Christian Moroy

Jun 5
5 min

The worth of a life: COVID and the limits of economics

As we are emerging from lockdown, plenty of discussions abound. Are we opening too early? Are we opening too late? A question that gets rais

157 views

George Batchelor

May 17
2 min

Supporting Sherwood Forrest Hospitals NHS FT with their response to Covid-19

How Edge Health supported Sherwood Forrest Hospitals NHS FT with their response to Covid-19

72 views

George Batchelor

Apr 25
4 min

Evolving lockdown

Lockdown is the new pandemic. How can its brutal effects be eased safely?

324 views

George Batchelor

Apr 25
14 min

Full working paper: evolving lockdown

Evolving lockdown to support the health and wealth of the nation

57 views

George Batchelor

Apr 22
6 min

Covid-19 impact on waiting times for elective procedures

What will be the impact of Covid-19 on elective procedures in the NHS? Our working paper.

2,303 views

George Batchelor

Apr 15
3 min

Analyst at Edge Health

Apply: Analyst at Edge Health

596 views

George Batchelor

Apr 13
2 min

The aspirational 100,000-ventilator challenge

One month ago, I wrote in the Telegraph that the NHS in England needed 7.5 times as many critical care beds with ventilators. It helped spar

139 views

George Batchelor

Apr 9
1 min

Helping with the pressure

Do you know if a hospital near you is under a lot of pressure from Covid-19? If you did, would it change your actions or offer assistance?

91 views

George Batchelor

Apr 8
3 min

The hospitals facing most pressure to meet coronavirus demand

Peak covid-19 may be upon us with the number of new daily cases likely to peak this week. Hospital beds occupied by covid-19 patients are ex

258 views

George Batchelor

Apr 5
1 min

Stay Safe!

Sad and distressing news this evening that the PM Boris Johnson has been admitted to St Thomas' ICU with Covid-19. It puts a weekend of avoi

123 views

George Batchelor

Mar 31
1 min

Dial 111 to help predict Covid-19 infections

Last week we estimated the number of people infected with Covid-19 using deaths to approximate the actual number of people infected.

204 views

George Batchelor

Mar 30
2 min

Taking back control from Covid-19

Q: How will we know when we have taken back control from Covid-19? A: "R0" (the rate of reproduction of the disease) drops below 1.

275 views

George Batchelor

Mar 29
2 min

Testing times

Yesterday the Telegraph published our estimations of how many people have the Covid-19 disease. We calculated that, as of Friday, there were

116 views

George Batchelor

Mar 27
1 min

How well are we social distancing?

Social distancing works, albeit with a lag. So hopefully some good news - we appear to be getting better at social distancing

319 views

George Batchelor

Mar 26
2 min

Predicting peak demand from the Italian experience and learning how to social distance from Chinese

It has been three days since 27 million people watched Boris Johnson's address to the nation announcing strict curbs to fight Covid-19

842 views

George Batchelor

Mar 25
1 min

Need to get ready

The HSJ has published sobering data on deaths. Somewhat clearly, it shows that deaths are higher per critical care bed (pre-Covid count)

583 views

George Batchelor

Mar 25
1 min

Slowing the spread of infection and taking advantage of regional differences

631 views

George Batchelor

Mar 24
3 min

How many people are actually infected with Covid-19?

2,603 views

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Phase 2 of Covid-19 has started, so there is a big new priority

Ensuring the delivery of time-critical cancer surgery and a rapid recovery during Covid-19

The worth of a life: COVID and the limits of economics

Supporting Sherwood Forrest Hospitals NHS FT with their response to Covid-19

Evolving lockdown

Full working paper: evolving lockdown

Covid-19 impact on waiting times for elective procedures

Analyst at Edge Health

The aspirational 100,000-ventilator challenge

Helping with the pressure

The hospitals facing most pressure to meet coronavirus demand

Stay Safe!

Dial 111 to help predict Covid-19 infections

Taking back control from Covid-19

Testing times

How well are we social distancing?

Predicting peak demand from the Italian experience and learning how to social distance from Chinese

Need to get ready

Slowing the spread of infection and taking advantage of regional differences

How many people are actually infected with Covid-19?

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