Northampton General Hospital pledges inquiry into death

Northampton General Hospital pledges inquiry into death:

EAST Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) chief executive Phil Milligan has offered his sincere condolences to Mrs Asten’s family and friends. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Family calls for investigation after ‘fit and healthy’ pensioner dies waiting for treatment at Northampton A&E

Family calls for investigation after ‘fit and healthy’ pensioner dies waiting for treatment at Northampton A&E:

AN investigation has been launched into the standard of care provided to an elderly woman who died in hospital shortly after she had been forced to wait nearly an hour-and-a-half for an ambulance to arrive to provide treatment for her broken hip. Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Improving dementia services

Improving dementia services:

Watch the latest video blog by David Behan on the importance of improving dementia care services. Department of Health

Report on clinical coding and improving clinical records from the Audit Commission

Report on clinical coding and improving clinical records from the Audit Commission: A new study has made key recommendations into improving clinical records and clinical coding.The study, by the Audit Commission and the Royal College ...

Cameron: There is a real problem with nursing in our hospitals

Cameron: There is a real problem with nursing in our hospitals: There is a "real problem" with the standard of nursing in British hospitals, David Cameron has said, as he today calls on nurses to make hourly rounds to ensure patients are comfortable. The Telegraph

David Cameron unveils hospital care revamp

David Cameron unveils hospital care revamp:

Nurses will be told to undertake hourly ward rounds while members of the public will be allowed to inspect hospitals, under plans announced by the Prime Minister. The Independent

Implants review to give findings

Implants review to give findings: Some 40,000 British women with banned PIP breast implants should find out later whether the government believes they should be removed. BBC News

5,000 more British women had PIP implants

5,000 more British women had PIP implants: Implants produced by French company Poly Implant Prothese were rebranded by Dutch supplier Rofil. Public Service

PM tells trusts to publish patient views

PM tells trusts to publish patient views: The government is to formally require NHS organisations to publicly publish new data on performance and patient and staff views on their service. E-health Insider

Integration will be good for patients but requires social care reform fist

Integration will be good for patients but requires social care reform fist: Commenting on a recent report on integrating care from the King's Fund and the Nuffield Trust NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber said integration was the right way to go but requires social care funding reform first. NHS Confederation

The Commission on Assisted Dying

The Commission on Assisted Dying:

This report concludes that the current legal status of assisted suicide is inadequate and incoherent. It finds that while the current legal regime can be distressing for the people affected and their families, it is also unclear for health and social care staff, and lays a burden on police and prosecutors, which could be eased by a new statutory framework. A proposed legal framework for assisted dying is laid out in detail, including strict criteria to define who might be eligible to receive assistance and robust safeguards to prevent abuse of any new law.

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Warning of sustained industrial action

Warning of sustained industrial action: Unions warn members to prepare for sustained industrial action if government's latest offer on NHS pension scheme is rejected. Healthcare Today

Unite rejects NHS pensions offer - Public Finance

Unite rejects NHS pensions offer - Public Finance:

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Unite rejects pensions offer to health workers

Unite rejects pensions offer to health workers:

Britain's biggest union rejected last night the Government's final offer to health service workers in the public sector pensions dispute, raising the prospect of fresh industrial action. The Independent

Staffing key to PM’s quality drive, says RCN

Staffing key to PM’s quality drive, says RCN: The Royal College of Nursing has backed David Cameron’s moves to free up nurses to put care first, but has warned that achieving the improvements suggested by the Prime Minister will depend on staffing levels and skill mix.

Whooping cough cases increase

Whooping cough cases increase: Cases of whooping cough (pertussis) reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in England and Wales have more than doubled from 421 cases in 2010 to 1040 in 2011. Increases in levels of whooping cough are seen every three to four years and figures in 2011 are in line with cases reported in the last peak year of 2008.