Centre faces criticism over standard of care:
Bosses at a health centre have pledged to meet concerned residents after it faced some criticism over standards of care. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Monday, 30 July 2012
Attacks on Northampton General Hospital staff double - Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Attacks on Northampton General Hospital staff double - Northampton Chronicle & Echo:
 Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Attacks on Northampton General Hospital staff double Northampton Chronicle & Echo But he warned NGH was seeing more of these disruptive patients, making it “inevitable” there would be more low level attacks such as “scratching pinching and flailing of arms”.For example up to 70 per cent of NGH patients are aged 65 or over and about ... |
Facing the challenges ahead, together
Facing the challenges ahead, together: Use of quality improvement methods is a prerequisite for organisations wanting to make sustainable cost and quality improvements, says Joy Furnival. Health Foundation
Strategic clinical networks
Strategic clinical networks:
Called strategic clinical networks, these organisations will build on the success of network activity in the NHS which, over the last 10 years, has led to significant improvements in the delivery of patient care.
Strategic clinical networks, hosted and funded by the NHS Commissioning Board, will cover conditions or patient groups where improvements can be made through an integrated, whole system approach. These networks will help local commissioners of NHS care to reduce unwarranted variation in services and encourage innovation. NHS Networks
Called strategic clinical networks, these organisations will build on the success of network activity in the NHS which, over the last 10 years, has led to significant improvements in the delivery of patient care.
Strategic clinical networks, hosted and funded by the NHS Commissioning Board, will cover conditions or patient groups where improvements can be made through an integrated, whole system approach. These networks will help local commissioners of NHS care to reduce unwarranted variation in services and encourage innovation. NHS Networks
Investment in mental health: working age adult and older adult reports
Investment in mental health: working age adult and older adult reports:The Department of Health has published two reports on the investment on mental health services:
The older adult mental health (OPMH) report provides details of the level of investment in mental health services covering people aged 65 and above, in England for 2011/12 and compares it with the reported results in previous years since 2006/07.
- the eleventh annual working age adult (WAA) (PDF, 1284K)
- the older adult mental health (OPMH) report (PDF,987K)
The older adult mental health (OPMH) report provides details of the level of investment in mental health services covering people aged 65 and above, in England for 2011/12 and compares it with the reported results in previous years since 2006/07.
Charities in 'mate crime' warning
Charities in 'mate crime' warning: Fears over the extent of abuse of people with learning disabilities by fake friends, prompt calls by charities for more funding to tackle so-called "mate crime". BBC News
How to use shift systems and workforce planning to effectively reduce agency spend
How to use shift systems and workforce planning to effectively reduce agency spend: Read our newly published guidance on using shift systems and workforce planning to reduce agency costs. NHS Employers
Annual leave is carried forward during long term sickness absence
Annual leave is carried forward during long term sickness absence: The Court of Appeal has decided that where an employee has not been able to take annual leave because of long term sickness absence, that untaken leave should be carried over to the next year. NHS Employers
Resources for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
Resources for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs):
These resources are part of the CCG Learning Network that provides online support, resources and information for proposed CCGs. These include guidance and process documents, toolkits and other information around authorisation, governance, establishment and commissioning support.
These resources are part of the CCG Learning Network that provides online support, resources and information for proposed CCGs. These include guidance and process documents, toolkits and other information around authorisation, governance, establishment and commissioning support.
NHS considers organ donation shakeup
NHS considers organ donation shakeup: NHS Blood and Transplant publishes survey seeking views on options including presumed consent and elective ventilation
The NHS is considering its biggest shakeup of the ethical, legal and professional rules governing transplants, floating ideas to prolong the lives of people who have no chance of surviving in order to harvest their organs, and to make people opt out rather than in to the donor register.
The options are included in a survey of medical, scientific and public opinion to be launched this week to test the boundaries of what might be acceptable, as a precursor to significant reforms.
The NHS is considering its biggest shakeup of the ethical, legal and professional rules governing transplants, floating ideas to prolong the lives of people who have no chance of surviving in order to harvest their organs, and to make people opt out rather than in to the donor register.
The options are included in a survey of medical, scientific and public opinion to be launched this week to test the boundaries of what might be acceptable, as a precursor to significant reforms.
Disability tests 'sending sick and disabled back to work'
Disability tests 'sending sick and disabled back to work': People deemed too sick or disabled to work denied benefits due to 'patchy' assessment, report claims
. The Daily Telegraph
. The Daily Telegraph
NHS staff slam 'two-tier system' that allows bosses to receive bonuses while frontline employees fight for their jobs
NHS staff slam 'two-tier system' that allows bosses to receive bonuses while frontline employees fight for their jobs:
NHS workers have accused senior staff of exercising a "two-tier system", after top brass received bumper bonuses while frontline employees fight for their jobs. The Independent
NHS workers have accused senior staff of exercising a "two-tier system", after top brass received bumper bonuses while frontline employees fight for their jobs. The Independent
Shadow doctors to end 'Black Wednesday'
Shadow doctors to end 'Black Wednesday':
Abigail Downing, a 24-year-old junior doctor at Bristol Heart Institute, is pacing the floors of her ward. She checks on each and every one of her 24 patients, arduously writing down every minute detail in their exchange. She is responsible not only for documenting the ins-and-outs of each patient's illness and the happenings on her floor, but today, she is also showing me, how we can put an end to what has been dubbed the National Health Service's "Black Wednesday", once and for all.The Independent
Abigail Downing, a 24-year-old junior doctor at Bristol Heart Institute, is pacing the floors of her ward. She checks on each and every one of her 24 patients, arduously writing down every minute detail in their exchange. She is responsible not only for documenting the ins-and-outs of each patient's illness and the happenings on her floor, but today, she is also showing me, how we can put an end to what has been dubbed the National Health Service's "Black Wednesday", once and for all.The Independent
Whooping cough outbreak continues with 675 new cases reported in June
Whooping cough outbreak continues with 675 new cases reported in June: Confirmed cases of whooping cough in England and Wales reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) are continuing to rise, with a further 675 cases reported in June, bringing the total so far this year to 2,466.
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