Hospital pays millions over medical errors

Hospital pays millions over medical errors: A hospital has paid out almost £12 million in compensation in the past two years for mistakes made while patients have been in its care.

And Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust last year also agreed to £8.9m worth of clinical negligence claims, according to figures released through a Freedom of Information request... Northampton Herald and Post

Hour wait for injured woman ‘left in gutter’

Hour wait for injured woman ‘left in gutter’:
An elderly woman lay for more than an hour with two broken bones because ambulances in Northamptonshire were too busy to collect her. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Stroke rehabilitation in the community: commissioning for improvement

Stroke rehabilitation in the community: commissioning for improvement:
Together with detailed examples of good practice and information about early supported discharge (ESD) service models implemented in England, it explores factors which influence local commissioning, and identifies tools to assist with commissioning and funding rehabilitation. This new publication is particularly relevant to the emerging commissioning landscape, the development of a new outcomes framework, and the positioning of stroke within long term conditions. NHS Networks

Britons missing 'five-a-day' goal

Britons missing 'five-a-day' goal: Fewer than a third of adults and only one in 10 children are eating their recommended "five-a-day" of fruit and vegetables, government figures say. BBC News

£7.8m to fund HIV and sexual health work

£7.8m to fund HIV and sexual health work: England has a strong record in HIV prevention but the stakes and potential gains have never been higher Public Service

All children to be offered flu vaccines

All children to be offered flu vaccines:

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) says all children and young people aged from two to 17 will offered a flu vaccine.England's Chief Medical Officer told the BBC that offering the vaccine would result in significantly fewer numbers of deaths and hospitalisations, according to the results of a study by the Health Protection Agency and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ... HealthcareToday

Improving mental health services for LGBT young people

Improving mental health services for LGBT young people:

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have taken a new approach to support those reluctant to use mainstream services.

Patients flood A&E as GPs cut surgery hours

Patients flood A&E as GPs cut surgery hours: Millions of patients are unable to get GP appointments in the evenings or at weekends as doctors cut back on out-of-hours care, NHS figures suggest. The Daily Telegraph

Flu vaccine for all children – but parents suffer adverse reaction

Flu vaccine for all children – but parents suffer adverse reaction:
It didn't take long for the naysayers to react. "Don't poison your children," tweeted one mother in response to the Government's announcement yesterday that all children aged from two to 17 would be offered the flu vaccine. The Independent

Hepatitis C hospital cases soar

Hepatitis C hospital cases soar:
Around 216,000 people in the UK are chronically infected with hepatitis C. The Independent