Wednesday 11 April 2012

Save our ambulance stations

Save our ambulance stations:
People have expressed their fears after East Midlands Ambulance Service announced it could close stations in the area as part of a major overhaul of the service. The Evening Telegraph

BREAKING NEWS: Inquest told 19-month-old Northampton boy who died of dehydration received “sub standard care” before his death

BREAKING NEWS: Inquest told 19-month-old Northampton boy who died of dehydration received “sub standard care” before his death:
THE mother of a 19-month-old boy from Northampton who died of dehydration told an inquest today that her son was provided with “sub standard care” in the days before his death. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

First health visitor implementation progress report published

First health visitor implementation progress report published:
The Department has committed to publishing progress reports every quarter until 2015.
Published in December 2011, the  Health visitor implementation progress report set out progress on key areas of the programme during its first year of activity. This is a four year transformational programme linked to public health improvement. Its key aims are to improve services and health outcomes in the foundation years for children, families and local communities, through expanding and strengthening the health visiting service. NHS Networks

Boost for open access to research

Boost for open access to research: One of the world's largest research charities, the Wellcome Trust, is to support efforts by scientists to make their work freely available for all. BBC News

Nursing regulator 'too weak'

Nursing regulator 'too weak': The body that regulates nurses and midwives in the UK is failing to adequately carry out its duties due to poor management, an interim review says. BBC News

Mobile stroke units 'hasten care'

Mobile stroke units 'hasten care': Treating stroke in specialised ambulances en route to hospital is feasible and could boost the number of patients who receive life-saving therapy, experts believe. BBC News

CCG authorisation guide published

CCG authorisation guide published: Clinical commissioning groups will be able to receive full authorisation by the end of October this year, in the first of four monthly waves of approvals that are due to be complete by 31 January 2013. E-health Insider

New guides to NMC education standards produced for employers

New guides to NMC education standards produced for employers

Maternity services pathway payment system: a simple guide 2012-13

Maternity services pathway payment system: a simple guide 2012-13:
This guide provides a summary of the proposed 2013/14 Payment by Results pathway funding system for maternity services. It identifies what the NHS needs to do during 2012/13 to prepare for its implementation.

Safeguarding in 2012: views from the frontline

Safeguarding in 2012: views from the frontline:
This report is the result of a survey of doctors in England about the implications of the Munro Review and the Health and Social Care Act on child safeguarding. It makes recommendations intended for all practitioners, agencies and policymakers that will inform national developments and the direction of child protection policy and training at the College.

Pilot scheme to test babies for more inherited diseases

Pilot scheme to test babies for more inherited diseases:

A pilot scheme starting in July will be run by the NHS in order to test over half the babies born in the UK for five inherited diseases.The pilot will test around 430,000 babies born in the UK for the diseases using a blood sample.Of the 700,000 babies born in the UK annually, each is tested for inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis.As a result of the screening, around 1,000 babies are found to have... Healthcare Today

Physiotherapists banned from touching patients

Physiotherapists banned from touching patients: Physiotherapists have been banned from touching their patients in a cost-cutting move described as "barmy" by experts. The Daily Telegraph

Christina Patterson: Reforms in the 1990s were supposed to make nursing care better.

The second part of our week-long series on the crisis of caring in British nursing addresses the question of what, precisely, has gone wrong. The Independent