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
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George Batchelor
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
When will the demand return?
Many of the hospitals where we have worked tell me that Christmas day is wonderfully quiet. It tends to bear out in the data with occupied b
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George Batchelor
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
Getting a haircut down under
For most people, it is two months since they have been able to get a good haircut - longer for anyone that didn't see the lockdown coming. T
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George Batchelor
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
R + number of cases
R captures the rate of infection of the virus.* Specifically, an R of 1 means that someone with the disease spreads it to one other person.
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George Batchelor
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Tracing lockdown sentiment
On Sunday, Boris Johnson will set out a plan for easing lockdown. As the UK enters its sharpest recession in 300 years, any relaxation will
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George Batchelor
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
Delayed cancer diagnoses
Cancer mortality in the UK is also higher than in most other countries in Europe and maybe getting worse due to Covid-19 (the third wave of
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George Batchelor
- Apr 30, 2020
- 1 min
Skydiving, deprivation and Covid-19
Tom Moore raised over £30 million for the NHS. This is significantly better than doing a charity parachute jump - a 5-year audit of parachut
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George Batchelor
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
May the Day of testing be with you
In 38 years, tomorrow will be the second time ever that my friend Pete has not celebrated May Day in Padstow. This time is due to Covid-19.
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George Batchelor
- Apr 28, 2020
- 1 min
Transitioning to a new normal
Originally these slides were presented as a summary of our work to date for a webinar run by Interim Partners.
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George Batchelor
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
Care home Covid-19
Excess deaths in care homes between the 30th of March (week 14) and the 19th of April were 9,600 - higher than the 9,400 in hospitals.*
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George Batchelor
- Apr 26, 2020
- 2 min
How antisocial is Covid-19?
The need to end the brutal lockdown is getting stronger every day. We have published our view on how it could be relaxed (here).
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George Batchelor
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Pollution-down
Air pollution led to around 30,000 premature deaths in 2013 and has presumably got worse since - until now.
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George Batchelor
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Planning a mountain ascent
Over a month ago, trusts were told to assume that they would "postpone all non-urgent elective operations from 15th April at the latest, for
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George Batchelor
- Apr 22, 2020
- 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.
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George Batchelor
- Apr 13, 2020
- 1 min
Excess deaths
During the week of the 3rd of April (week 14), ONS data released today suggest that excess deaths (compared to a 5-year average) were 6,083.
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George Batchelor
- Apr 13, 2020
- 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
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George Batchelor
- Apr 9, 2020
- 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?
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George Batchelor
- Mar 30, 2020
- 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.
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George Batchelor
- Mar 29, 2020
- 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
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George Batchelor
- Mar 27, 2020
- 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
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