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Treatments are dropped from Solidarity trial The World Health Organization accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity trial’s International Steering Committee to discontinue the trial’s hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir arms, as trial results showed that they produced little or no reduction in the mortality of inpatients with covid-19 when compared with standard of care Patient satisfaction Concerns rise over discharge and home support Most hospital inpatients in England were happy with the care they received and said that their fundamental needs were met, in a national survey from the Care Quality Commission 6 However, the report of around 77 000 adults who had stayed in hospitals for at least one night during July 2019 found that 40% had left without printed or written information about what they should or should not do after discharge, and 44% said that they were not told about possible side effects of treatments Food insecurity Inaction puts vulnerable children at risk The UK government’s lack of action in tackling food insecurity is condemning many vulnerable children to a life of ill health, the House of Lords’ Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee said, as the recommended healthy diet was too expensive for many families 7 It recommended measuring how many people live with food insecurity and analysing why this is so, as well as increasing pressure on the food industry to reduce sugar, salt, unhealthy fats, and calories in processed food, with mandatory requirements where change has not happened
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