Unavailability of intravesical BCG for treatment of bladder cancer

Unavailability of intravesical BCG for treatment of bladder cancer:
Provides information and sources of further guidance relating to the current shortage of products used in the treatment of some bladder cancers. NHS Networks

Social care funding clarity urged

Social care funding clarity urged: The government is setting out its White Paper on social care later, amid calls for greater clarity on how it plans to fund the system in England. BBC News

What are health and wellbeing boards and what do they mean for CCGs?

What are health and wellbeing boards and what do they mean for CCGs?: Health and wellbeing boards will be working closely with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) from April 2013 but what are they and how will they work? Neil Durham reports GP Online

CIPD launches stress management tool

CIPD launches stress management tool: Developed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the tool is designed to equip managers with the skills to manage positively and prevent stress in their staff. NHS Employers

Social care funding crisis impacting on NHS patients now, says head of the NHS Confederation

Social care funding crisis impacting on NHS patients now, says head of the NHS Confederation: The NHS Confederation today (Wednesday) said it welcomed the Government’s commitment improving social care for older people but issued a strong warning about the urgency of a sustainable funding settlement. NHS Confederation

PCTs restricting access to sexual health services - report

PCTs restricting access to sexual health services - report: MPs have warned the government that some trusts are actively restricting women from accessing contraceptive services, in a new report published today. The report of the APPG Inquiry into restrictions in access to contraception services is published today (10 July).
Healthy Women, Healthy Lives? The Cost of Curbing Access to Contraception Services (PDF) found that restrictions in access to contraception included:

• restricting access to contraception for over 25s
  
• restricting access to contraception services to residents-only
  
• restrictions on access to long-acting reversible methods of contraception (LARC) through GP referral only.
  

Steroid users 'doubling'

Steroid users 'doubling':

Health charities have warned that the number of people using steroids "is doubling year-on-year".Charities have suggested that approximately 100,000 people in the UK are using the drugs, even though side-effects can include hair loss, shrunken testicles and heart and liver problems.Jonathan, a 22-year-old user from Middlesbrough, told BBC Newsbeat: "Although it's not an addictive dr... Healthcare Today

Bed blockers 'put NHS in danger of collapse'

Bed blockers 'put NHS in danger of collapse': The NHS is at risk of "collapse" as cuts to social care budgets have triggered a rise in bed blocking and emergency admissions, a poll of health managers has found. The Daily Telegraph

Mad rush to save the NHS from disaster

Mad rush to save the NHS from disaster:
On 31 March last year, just as the Health and Social Care Bill was completing its committee stage in the Commons, David Cameron and Nick Clegg called Andrew Lansley to a meeting in No 10. The Independent

Sharp rise in women over 40 having babies

Sharp rise in women over 40 having babies:
Women are embracing motherhood later in life than ever. Births to women over 40 rose to almost 30,000 last year, three times higher than in 1991. The Independent