Monday, 24 September 2012
County consultation on health and well-being
County consultation on health and well-being: Residents are being urged to have their say on what health and well-being means to them as part of a public consultation launched this week. Evening Telegraph
NHS Northamptonshire failing heart, stroke and kidney failure patients
NHS Northamptonshire failing heart, stroke and kidney failure patients: Diabetes, heart stroke and kidney failure patients are being failed by a lack of important health checks being carried out by NHS Northamptonshire according to a new report from Diabetes UK. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Guidance published on sharing information to tackle violence
Guidance published on sharing information to tackle violence:
This Guidance highlights how Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) made up of local authorities, the Police and other local agencies can reduce violence in their community by encouraging A&Es to collect and share information on time, type and location of assault, as part of the Government’s commitment to deliver on Information Sharing to Tackle Violence.
Information can be anonymised, aggregated and shared with local CSPs to identify where violence is happening and inform local interventions to tackle it. Interventions such as restricting alcohol licensing and targeting policing can have a big impact on community safety.
This guidance should also support CSP partners to understand better ways of engaging with their health partners at a local level.
This guidance includes:
This Guidance highlights how Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) made up of local authorities, the Police and other local agencies can reduce violence in their community by encouraging A&Es to collect and share information on time, type and location of assault, as part of the Government’s commitment to deliver on Information Sharing to Tackle Violence.
Information can be anonymised, aggregated and shared with local CSPs to identify where violence is happening and inform local interventions to tackle it. Interventions such as restricting alcohol licensing and targeting policing can have a big impact on community safety.
This guidance should also support CSP partners to understand better ways of engaging with their health partners at a local level.
This guidance includes:
- advice and tools to support CSPs to share information to reduce violence
- advice on data collection, use and feedback
- information on how to engage with health partners effectively
- relevant information on NHS and Public Health reform
GMC must investigate rationing and quality premium, says GPC
GMC must investigate rationing and quality premium, says GPC: Proposed quality premium payments for commissioning groups and rationing of NHS care are 'appallingly unethical' and should be investigated by the GMC, GP leaders have said. GP Online
Papering over the cracks: the impact of social care funding on the NHS
Papering over the cracks: the impact of social care funding on the NHS: Demand for both NHS and social care services is increasing rapidly, due to growing demographic pressure from an ageing population and an increasing number of people living with complex care needs. Funding is not keeping pace with demand. NHS Confederation
Carers and telecare
Carers and telecare:
According
to Carers UK, despite huge potential benefits of using telecare and
telehealth, families caring for ill, frail and disabled loved ones are
still facing barriers to accessing the service.
to Carers UK, despite huge potential benefits of using telecare and
telehealth, families caring for ill, frail and disabled loved ones are
still facing barriers to accessing the service.
Delivering quality care for drug and alcohol users: the roles and competencies of doctors
Delivering quality care for drug and alcohol users: the roles and competencies of doctors:
This
guidance, published by the Royal College of General Practitioners and
the Royal College of Psychiatrists, highlights the need for services to
employ teams with the right mix of skills and clinical expertise to
support the recovery of people with drug and alcohol problems. It is
also intended as timely assistance in the transition towards new
commissioning arrangements for drug and alcohol services next year.
This
guidance, published by the Royal College of General Practitioners and
the Royal College of Psychiatrists, highlights the need for services to
employ teams with the right mix of skills and clinical expertise to
support the recovery of people with drug and alcohol problems. It is
also intended as timely assistance in the transition towards new
commissioning arrangements for drug and alcohol services next year.
Jeremy Hunt in new row over bid to hire adviser from private health sector
Jeremy Hunt in new row over bid to hire adviser from private health sector: New health secretary accused of privatisation agenda
Jeremy Hunt has again been accused of having too close links to private healthcare after it emerged that he is in talks to hire a personal adviser from the sector as one of his first moves as health secretary.
Jeremy Hunt has again been accused of having too close links to private healthcare after it emerged that he is in talks to hire a personal adviser from the sector as one of his first moves as health secretary.
Closing one in three hospitals would improve patient care – leading doctor
Closing one in three hospitals would improve patient care – leading doctor: Centralisation of NHS services would put more doctors in one place, says Professor Tim Evans of Royal College of Physicians
Shutting a third of hospitals would improve quality of care and should be part of changes to the NHS that would let patients see their GP or have surgery at the weekend, a leading doctor has claimed.
Shutting a third of hospitals would improve quality of care and should be part of changes to the NHS that would let patients see their GP or have surgery at the weekend, a leading doctor has claimed.
Primary care holds the key to raising quality of dementia patients' lives
Primary care holds the key to raising quality of dementia patients' lives: New campaign launches to tackle dementia stigma and drive concerned people to consult their GP
NHS 'heading for disaster' over lack of nurses
NHS 'heading for disaster' over lack of nurses: The NHS is heading for "disaster" because nursing training places are being cut even though record numbers of nurses are set to retire, David Cameron warned.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily TelegraphStorm of protest over 'don't act too gay' advice to trainee doctors
Storm of protest over 'don't act too gay' advice to trainee doctors:
Controversial advice by a senior GP to would-be family doctors to act "less overtly gay " if they wanted to pass exams provoked a storm of protest yesterday as the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) started its inquiry into the affair. The Independent
Controversial advice by a senior GP to would-be family doctors to act "less overtly gay " if they wanted to pass exams provoked a storm of protest yesterday as the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) started its inquiry into the affair. The Independent
NHS chiefs: don't take £2bn to patch up social care
NHS chiefs: don't take £2bn to patch up social care:
The NHS will "buckle under the pressure" unless the Government stops using it to plug the funding gap in social care, health leaders warn today. The Independent
The NHS will "buckle under the pressure" unless the Government stops using it to plug the funding gap in social care, health leaders warn today. The Independent
Acute respiratory illness associated with a new virus identified in the UK
Acute respiratory illness associated with a new virus identified in the UK: The Health Protection Agency (HPA) can confirm the diagnosis of one laboratory confirmed case of severe respiratory illness associated with a new type of coronavirus. The patient, who is from the Middle East and recently arrived in the UK, is receiving intensive care treatment in a London hospital. Health Protection Agency
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