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Content ArticleA new report from two House of Commons committees highlights the UK’s failed pandemic response. Martin McKee, professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, unpicks the findings.
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Content ArticleA major report from a year-long joint inquiry by the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee has now been published and offers a forensic analysis of six aspects of the government’s response to covid. Chris Ham is chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System, Co-Chair of the NHS Assembly and non-executive director of the Royal Free London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and gave evidence to the inquiry. In this BMJ Opinion article, Chris discusses the report, the recommendations and the omissions.
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The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee have published their Report following a joint inquiry, which began in October 2020, examining six key areas of the UK's response to COVID-19: the country's preparedness for a pandemic; the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions such as border controls, social distancing and lockdowns to control the pandemic; the use of test, trace and isolate strategies; the impact of the pandemic on social care; the impact of the pandemic on specific communities; and the procurement and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines. The 150-page Report contains 38 recommendations to the Government and public bodies, and draws on evidence from over 50 witnesses as well as over 400 written submissions. The inquiry concluded that some initiatives were examples of global best practice but others represented mistakes. Both must be reflected on to ensure that lessons are applied to better inform future responses to emergencies. -
Content ArticleA new analysis of the risks and benefits of offering two doses of COVID-19 vaccination to all 12-17 year olds in England shows that the benefits clearly outweigh the risks, given the current high case rates. In the UK currently a single dose of vaccine is recommended for all 12-17 year olds. The research, which is in press with the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, estimates hospital and ICU admissions, deaths and cases of long COVID averted over a 16-week period by vaccinating all 12-17 year olds in England. The analysis includes high and low case rate scenarios.
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Content ArticleTwo new factsheets from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are intended to help healthcare workers, managers and purchase agents ensure the safe handling and disposal of sharps during the US's COVID-19 mass vaccination effort.
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Content ArticleIn the Patients Association 2020 survey, patients told us about their experiences of living with health and care needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their testimony painted a bleak picture in many ways. This follow-up survey finds that many aspects of their experiences are not much better, and some are worse.
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Content ArticleIn the United States many areas have returned to a 'new normal,' as the COVID-19 pandemic has come under control. In this blog, Dr Michael Ramsay, Chairman of the Board, Patient Safety Movement Foundation looks at what we learned and where we failed.
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Content ArticleInfection preventionist, JoAnn Adkins, psychologist, Dr Lily Brown, and mother of a son with autism, Susan Senator, share their insights into how vaccines work, how to recognise when anxiety may be clouding our judgment, and how both sides of the vaccine debate can finally have a real and productive debate.
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Content ArticleA group of royal colleges has produced guidance for doctors seeing patients who have concerns about symptoms after receiving the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, the Society for Acute Medicine, and the Royal College of Physicians say that anyone who presents with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 vaccine induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT)1 should have a full blood count to check their platelet level. Symptoms of concern include persistent or severe headaches, seizures, or focal neurology; shortness of breath, persistent chest, or abdominal pain; and swelling, redness, pallor, or cold lower limbs.
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Content ArticleMany of us are hoping vaccines against coronavirus will be our route out of lockdown, enabling us to reclaim our old lives. But scientists say jabs alone will not currently be enough and other measures are still needed. The problem is that no single measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus is 100% effective, and that includes vaccines. This animated BBC article uses the Swiss Cheese respiratory panedemic defence model, first created by Ian M Mackay, a virologist at the University of Queensland, Australia, to explain.
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Content ArticleThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation (JCVI) has issued new advice suggesting people under the age of 30 with no underlying health conditions should receive an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine, where available. Both the MHRA and JCVI have stressed that vaccination is highly effective and substantially reduces the risk of infection and severe COVID-19 disease.
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Content ArticleAbi Rimmer asks four experts whether doctors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 in this BMJ article.
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Content ArticleThis study from the COVIDSurg Collaborative and the GlobalSurg Collaborative found that preoperative covid vaccination could support safer elective surgery. Vaccine numbers are limited so this study aimed to inform their prioritsation by modelling. The authors concluded that as the global roll out of the covid vaccination proceeds, patients needing elective surgery should be prioritised ahead of the general population.
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Content ArticleInfographic for patients from the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) on vaccine safety. This infographic is already available in Italian, Arabic and Spanish. If translation is required, please email: administration@isoponline.org
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Inside a mass vaccination centre
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Louise Cahill is clinical coordinator of a COVID-19 vaccination centre in Newport, Wales. She talks to RCN magazines about an average day and what it means to be involved in the historic immunisation programme. At the end of the article there are 10 tips for nurses talking about vaccinations to patients. -
Content ArticleThis study looks at the case of a patient who had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and despite past infection and receiving booster shots, was found to have been re-infected with the Delta Variant and then the Alpha Variant from a fully vaccinated family member.
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Content ArticleThis opinion piece from The Guardian highlights the vaccine inequalities currently faced by low-income countries. The article discusses the percentage of people who have received the first dose in comparison to those living in richer countries such as the U.K. and U.S.A. and how a more strategic and equitable approach is needed to help ensure the world emerges sustainably from the crisis.
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The European Biosafety Network (EBN) commissioned a survey to understand whether, why and how there has been a change in the number, type and location of sharps injuries as a result of the COVID pandemic. The survey, conducted by Ipsos MORI in March/April 2021, included 80 of the largest hospitals in Europe, in Spain, France, Germany, Poland and Italy, covering more than 300,000 healthcare workers. Findings showed that the number of sharps injuries has risen significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an average reported increase of 23% over the last year (an estimated increase of 276,000 sharps injuries). This presentation highlights several contributing factors including: Increased pressure/stress Lack of safety devices PPE Covid vaccination rollout. You can access the full presentation summarising the research by downloading the attached document. -
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Health Misinformation Reports and Publications
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Surgeon General is warning the American public about the dangers of health misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. In order to tackle the issue, a new Surgeon General’s Advisory is now available. -
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Covid-19 hierarchy of control
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Hierarchy of Controls is a system that is used to put in place effective controls within an organisation or wider community that identifies the most effective ways to control a hazard. In this diagram created by Doreen Geoghegan from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology the inverted cone shows the most effective controls at the top and the least effective at the bottom in relation to Covid-19.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis page from Pulse Today provides a list of resources concerning Covid-19 vaccination for patients in the UK. It includes information about where to find providers of private covid tests and how to check vaccination status. It is sourced from Public Health England, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the British Fertility Society and the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists.
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Content ArticleThis Lancet article argues that the UK Government's plan to lift almost all COVID-19 restrictions on 19 July 2021 is a mistake, setting out five main concerns in this regard.
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WHO: How to talk about vaccines
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Good practice and useful resources
This toolkit is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution from the World Health Organization. It offers advice on how to have informed and supportive conversations with friends, family members or colleagues who may understandably have questions or express concerns about vaccination. -
Content ArticleIn March 2021 the advocacy group LongCovidSOS launched a survey in partnership with the University of Exeter and University of Kent to find out how people with Long Covid respond to COVID-19 vaccines. The analysis, which is yet to be peer reviewed showed that 56.7% of respondents experienced an overall improvement in symptoms, with 24.6% remaining unchanged and 18.7% reporting a deterioration in their symptoms. In general, those who received mRNA vaccines (Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna) reported more improvements in symptoms, compared with those who got an adenovirus vaccine (Oxford/AstraZeneca). In particular, those who received the Moderna vaccine were more likely to see improvements in symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog and muscle pain, and less likely to report a deterioration, the analysis found.
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Content ArticleThis article in the British Journal of General Practice looks at what will happen to public engagement in healthcare following the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. The author, Datapwa Mujong, argues that the successes of community-centred approaches employed in response to the pandemic could be lost without sustained funding and policy to embed these services in healthcare provision. He warns of the dangers of 'initiative decay' and expresses concern that disadvantaged groups may be further disenfranchised by the short-term nature of engagement for the purpose of the vaccine rollout. He argues that in order to tackle inequalities, sustainable solutions are needed, rather than short-term interventions, even though these may require fewer resources.
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