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Concerns after track and trace tells doctors to self isolate
Dr Rob Galloway is pleading for those who need emergency treatment to come to A&E. Photo: BBC News THE Royal Sussex hospital is facing being left short-staffed because of double vaccinated doctors being told to self-isolate - despite testing negative. The shortage comes amid rising rates within Brighton and Hove, leading to many close contacts being pinged by the Track and Trace app. Those deemed close contacts of positive cases must self-isolate for ten days from that contact, regardless of negative test results. Rob Galloway, A&E consultant at the Royal Sussex, has called on Public Health England to explain the benefits of its Track and Trace system.
The NHS has sparked a row by calling expectant mothers pregnant people with some females responding that only women give birth .
NHS East of England tweeted a quote from one of their antenatal and newborn screening coordinators, called Suzanne, which said: Our job is to implement all the screening programs for pregnant people and their newborn babies.
The post from yesterday triggered a debate on the social media platform, with one person writing: Pregnant women. Fixed it for you.
It follows an NHS hospital telling staff to use gender inclusive phrases such as birthing parents and human milk rather than referring to mothers and breast milk in a drive to stamp out mainstream transphobia .
A HOSPITAL trust is estimated to have lost millions of pounds due to thousands of missed appointments through the pandemic, figures show. More than £5 million is calculated to have been wasted due to the missed appointments at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust. NHS Digital data shows that in the 11 months from April last year, there were 32,295 outpatient appointments which people did not show up for. It means out of 514,955 booked sessions, 6% were unattended. And with the average outpatient appointment costing £160 – as estimated by several NHS trusts – the no-shows may have cost Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust around £5.2 million.