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COVID-19: monitoring temperatures of SARS-CoV-2 PCR samples via Royal Mail, UKHSA (published 27th April 2023)
The National Testing Programme validated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kits using spike-in virus samples to test how long a sample could remain in transit . (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19: reported SARS-CoV-2 deaths in England, UKHSA (updated 27th April 2023)
Monthly report presenting the latest data on COVID-19 mortality in England in people with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2. 27 April 2023Added report with data to 31 December 2022. 3 May 2022Added monthly update: report and data. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19: striving for quality in the national testing service, UKHSA (published 27th April 2023)
A summary of the historic processes, frameworks and governance across UKHSA ensuring the quality of the COVID-19 testing programme from April 2020 to March 2022. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19: NHS workforce repeat asymptomatic testing evaluation, UKHSA (published 27th April 2023)
Understanding the impact of repeat routine lateral flow device (LFD) testing of asymptomatic NHS staff in the secondary care patient-facing NHS workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19 vaccination: what to expect after vaccination, UKHSA (updated 26th April 2023)
Information for people who are receiving a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. 26 April 2023Added links to accessible versions 6 April 2023Added links to translated versions. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19 vaccination: spring 2023 booster resources, UKHSA (updated 26th April 2023)
Information on the spring 2023 booster dose for eligible individuals. 26 April 2023Added links to accessible versions. 6 April 2023Added links to translated versions. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Methods for identifying prisoners as a non-household population in NHS Talking Therapies, ONS (published 26th April 2023)
The methods used to identify prisoners as a non-household population in the NHS Talking Therapies administrative dataset. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experiences of men who access NHS Talking Therapies from prison: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2020, ONS (published 26th April 2023)
The NHS Talking Therapies programme (previously known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies or IAPT programme) helps to treat common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. We explore the experiences of those accessing NHS Talking Therapies from prison in England in the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2020. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Urgent and emergency care improvement guide to contact hubs for primary, ambulance and clinical calls
This guide has been designed for providers and systems to consider embedding as good practice to reduce ambulance handover delays. The contents have been drawn from the Winter Improvement Collaborative, which was set up to identify solutions to the problems facing the system over the winter period. Members of the collaborative were asked to co-design a series of plans and potential improvement measures, to be adapted and trialled at local level. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Urgent and emergency care improvement guide to direct access
This guide has been designed for providers and systems to consider embedding as good practice to reduce ambulance handover delays. The contents have been drawn from the Winter Improvement Collaborative, which was set up to identify solutions to the problems facing the system over the winter period. Members of the collaborative were asked to co-design a series of plans and potential improvement measures, to be adapted and trialled at local level. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a, UKHSA (updated 25th April 2023)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination information for public health professionals. 25 April 2023Updated to include JCVI advice on vaccination for children aged 6 months to 4 years in a clinical risk group. 9 March 2023Updated storage information for VidPrevtyn. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Urgent and emergency care improvement guide to same day emergency care flow
This guide has been designed for providers and systems to consider embedding as good practice to reduce ambulance handover delays. The contents have been drawn from the Winter Improvement Collaborative, which was set up to identify solutions to the problems facing the system over the winter period. Members of the collaborative were asked to co-design a series of plans and potential improvement measures, to be adapted and trialled at local level. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Urgent and emergency care improvement guide to same day emergency care pathways
This guide has been designed for providers and systems to consider embedding as good practice to reduce ambulance handover delays. The contents have been drawn from the Winter Improvement Collaborative, which was set up to identify solutions to the problems facing the system over the winter period. Members of the collaborative were asked to co-design a series of plans and potential improvement measures, to be adapted and trialled at local level. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS data: maximising its impact for all
This paper identifies strategic and technical recommendations to move towards developing a health data policy ecosystem that is designed so that clinical, societal or financial value is more readily extracted from patient data. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New study launched to assess levels of antimicrobial resistance in healthy people
Up to 2,000 people will be invited to submit stool samples and nose& throat swabs for the study, which will help scientists understand more about levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria found in the public, including carbapenem-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE), ESBLs and MRSA. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news