Tiny percentage of responses on ambulance station closures are from Northamptonshire

Tiny percentage of responses on ambulance station closures are from Northamptonshire: East Midlands Ambulance Service bosses are concerned that only seven per cent of responses to its proposals to close ambulance stations are from Northamptonshire. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Premature deaths blamed on hospital failure

Premature deaths blamed on hospital failure: Early deaths of those with learning disabilities blamed on hospitals BBC News

Diabetes care 'depressingly poor'

Diabetes care 'depressingly poor': The standard of care for diabetes in England is "depressingly poor", causing unnecessary deaths and disabilities, a parliamentary committee says. BBC News

Public sector fined £2m for data breaches

Public sector fined £2m for data breaches: NHS bodies, police and local councils have accumulated data breach fines of more than £2m over the last 18 months Public Service

Integrated ambulance commissioning in the new NHS

Integrated ambulance commissioning in the new NHS: As the NHS reforms start to become embedded over the next year, it will be vital for clinicians leading the new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to get involved in ambulance commissioning. NHS Confederation

Our future: people with learning disabilities speak out on the Government plans for social care

Our future: people with learning disabilities speak out on the Government plans for social care: This report compiles opinions from people with learning disabilities on the Government’s plans for social care and how their lives will be affected by the proposals. It reveals that while service users and their relatives feel that some of the proposed reforms would make a really positive difference, almost all are concerned about current levels of
funding for care; what is going to happen to their benefits; and how their support will be affected as a result.

• Report
• United Response - press release

Quality with compassion: the future of nursing education

Quality with compassion: the future of nursing education: This report is the result of a project which looked into future health and social care needs and how the nursing workforce needs to develop in order to meet these needs. The Commission make a number of recommendations which include: the promotion of patient-centred care as the heart of all pre-registration nursing education and CPD; better evaluation of nursing education programmes; and the need for health care service providers to fully support nursing education.

• Report
• Executive summary
• The Willis Commission

How private health cover could force you into the hands of cut-price doctors

How private health cover could force you into the hands of cut-price doctors: Soaring hospital and medical costs mean private medical insurers are desperately looking to find ways to slash costs. The Daily Mail

Annual assessments for doctors 'will improve care and cut legal costs'

Annual assessments for doctors 'will improve care and cut legal costs': Department of Health study finds £100m yearly cost of new system of revalidation would pay for itself in 10 years.
Giving all doctors annual assessments and detailed checks every five years will result in better care for patients and reduce compensation claims, but may see an exodus of experienced medics from the NHS who are reluctant to be tested, a government study has warned.

Addenbrooke's resuscitation policy row goes to court

Addenbrooke's resuscitation policy row goes to court: High court hears claims that woman was 'badgered' into agreeing to 'do not resuscitate' order
The husband of a woman who died in Addenbrooke's hospital, Cambridge, has claimed doctors "badgered" her about agreeing to a "do not resuscitate" order. David Tracey alleges two DNR notices were added to his wife Janet's medical records without her knowledge or consent.

Patients with private medical cover 'costing NHS up to £1bn'

Patients with private medical cover 'costing NHS up to £1bn': Doctors could help save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year if they encouraged patients to use private health insurance, according to a report. The Daily Telegraph