Stephen Powis
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| Gender | Male |
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| Education | St John's College |
| University of Warwick | |
| University of Glasgow | |
| Full name | Stephen H. Powis |
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| ID | 3457222 |
Stephen Powis Life story
Sir Stephen Huw Powis is national medical director for England, in the National Health Service, appointed at the start of 2018 to succeed Sir Bruce Keogh. He is also a professor of renal medicine at University College London.
Norovirus: Winter vomiting virus cases rising
... Each day last week, on average: NHS national medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis said: " We all know somebody who has had some kind of nasty winter virus in the last few weeks and today s data shows this is starting to trickle through to hospital admissions, with a much higher volume of Norovirus cases compared to last year, and the continued impact of infections like flu and RSV in children on hospital capacity - all likely to be exacerbated by this week s cold weather...
Sir Elton John to address MPs after HIV testing trials success
... " NHS National Medical Director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, says opt-out testing should be seen as an " NHS success story"...
Children's health warning system rolled out by NHS
... While similar systems already exist in many hospitals, NHS national medical director, Prof Sir Stephen Powis, said staff and patients alike would welcome the introduction of a standardised system across hospitals...
NHS waiting list in England rises to record 7. 75m
... NHS national medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis, said: " We know that industrial action is also continuing to pile pressure on services and impact capacity adding a lot of pressure to hospitals before winter, coming on top of high levels of demand with last month seeing more 999 ambulance calls than any month this year as well as the busiest September ever for A& E attendances, up almost 8% on the same month last year...
Cancer and heart care at risk from strike - NHS England
... The letter was signed by senior leaders at NHS England including the medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis and Dame Ruth May...
72-hour doctor strike to cause extreme disruption
... NHS England medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis said: " NHS services have had very little time to recover from the previous action and now face three consecutive days which will prove extremely challenging, with almost all routine care brought to a standstill...
Double doctors' strike - what you need to know
... NHS England medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis said: " The NHS has simply never seen this kind of industrial action in its history...
NHS to introduce Martha's rule for hospital patients
... On Monday, NHS England medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis said change was needed but different hospitals might need different approaches...
Cancer and heart care at risk from strike - NHS England
By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent
Urgent heart and cancer care is being compromised by the ongoing doctors' strike, Nhs England bosses are warning.
In a letter to The British Medical Association (BMA), NHS bosses also said there were problems ensuring emergency C-section births were available.
It said the 'Christmas Day ' cover provided by member of The Doctors ' Union in the walkout was not enough.
But the BMA said problems were down to bad planning with hospitals not cancelling enough non-emergency care.
The Letter was signed by senior leaders at Nhs England including the medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis and Dame Ruth May .
It was sent on Tuesday after the latest strike in England got under way, on Monday 2 October.
This walkout involves both junior doctors and consultants who between them Make Up More Than four-fifths of doctors in hospitals. The Strike ends on Thursday at 07:00 BST.
Emergency cover is being provided along with some basic staffing on wards.
But the Nhs England letter said that was not enough, pointing out The Level of staffing on Christmas Day is appropriate because demand falls significantly and hospitals are much less full than they are at The Moment .
It went on to say Nhs England was becoming " increasingly concerned about time-sensitive urgent treatment".
This could include chemotherapy and urgent support for cancer patients who are unwell after treatment or patients with Heart Failure , a condition which means The Heart does not work as well as it should, who need support.
By The End of this walkout doctors will have taken part in 30 Days of strike action.
Nhs England said the repeated walkouts had had a cumulative effect, leaving services less able to cope, partly because demand had built up.
It also called for better arrangements to call doctors off the picket line if needed.
BMA leader Prof Phil Banfield said: " I do not agree that the Christmas and Boxing Day model is unsafe or that is The Reason for the issue detailed. "
He Said on top of The Cover provided, the BMA had agreed the NHS also had access to non-striking junior doctors and consultants - a third are not members of The Union - as well as staff doctors who did not work at either grade and so were not eligible to strike.
" There is clear evidence of the failure by some trusts to adequately prepare for industrial action, " Prof Banfield said.
" In particular the BMA is aware that some trusts have continued with significant amounts of elective activity during industrial action. "
More Than one million appointments and treatments have been postponed since strike action in the NHS began in December.
Nurses, physios and ambulance workers have also been involved in walkouts.
All large-scale stoppages have now ended apart from those involving doctors, as well as action by radiographers.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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