Monday, 12 November 2012
Mother died after hospital errors
Mother died after hospital errors: A mother died shortly after giving birth to twins following a series of failures by hospital staff, an inquest hears. BBC Northamptonshire
Kettering MP raises hospital’s future in Parliament
Kettering MP raises hospital’s future in Parliament: MP for Kettering Philip Hollobone has spoken during a debate in Parliament about the future of Kettering General Hospital, putting forward the case for it to retain the services it has now. Evening Telegraph
Northamptonshire GPs win award
Northamptonshire GPs win award: A scheme that saved the NHS thousands of pounds in wasted medicines has won an award. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Lung cancer in women 'to soar'
Lung cancer in women 'to soar': The number of women living with lung cancer in the UK is set to rise significantly faster than the number of men with the disease over the next 30 years, experts say. BBC News
Doctors and nurses
Doctors and nurses: This report highlights examples of reforming healthcare workforces in order to improve the quality of care. The case studies demonstrate how to effectively manage and motivate clinicians to deliver better quality services.
New group for national IT
New group for national IT: The national director for patients and information, Tim Kelsey, is to be the chair of a new informatics services commissioning group.
NHS Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan told EHILive 2012 that the group will sit under the slimmed down Department of Health, the new NHS Commissioning Board, and other bodies with an interest in information and technology and will decide what infrastructure, standard... Healthcare Today
NHS Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan told EHILive 2012 that the group will sit under the slimmed down Department of Health, the new NHS Commissioning Board, and other bodies with an interest in information and technology and will decide what infrastructure, standard... Healthcare Today
NHS Direct says no decision has been made to close call centres
NHS Direct says no decision has been made to close call centres: Union says 24 of 30 sites in England face closure, putting hundreds of jobs at risk
NHS Direct has denied that any decision has been made to close call centres after Unison warned that hundreds of jobs were under threat at the health advice service.
NHS Direct has denied that any decision has been made to close call centres after Unison warned that hundreds of jobs were under threat at the health advice service.
Rotavirus vaccine to be introduced for babies - NHS Choices
Rotavirus vaccine to be introduced for babies - NHS Choices:
 ITV News | Rotavirus vaccine to be introduced for babies NHS Choices The programme is expected to cost around £25 million a year, but is anticipated to save the NHS around £20 million a year in England through fewer stays in hospital, fewer GP and A&E visits, and fewer calls to NHS Direct. It should also prevent ... Babies to get new diarrhoea vaccineITV News Babies To Be Vaccinated Against Stomach BugKL.FM 96.7 Babies to be routinely offered rotavirus vaccine from next SeptemberThe Independent Yahoo! News (blog) all 164 news articles » |
Healthcare sell-off makes GPs millions
Healthcare sell-off makes GPs millions: £48m buyout exposes profits to be made by doctors from coalition's NHS reforms
Five family doctors have this week become millionaires from the sale of their NHS-funded firm to one of the country's biggest private healthcare companies in a deal that reveals how physicians can potentially profit from government policy in the new NHS.
Five family doctors have this week become millionaires from the sale of their NHS-funded firm to one of the country's biggest private healthcare companies in a deal that reveals how physicians can potentially profit from government policy in the new NHS.
NHS shakeup tackles disparity between mental and physical health services
NHS shakeup tackles disparity between mental and physical health services: Mental health patients must have 'parity of esteem' in doctor's surgeries, insists health minister Norman Lamb
NHS patients should wait no longer for mental health therapies than they do for treatments for their physical conditions, the government will announce.
NHS patients should wait no longer for mental health therapies than they do for treatments for their physical conditions, the government will announce.
Winter vomiting bug starts a month early: official figures
Winter vomiting bug starts a month early: official figures: Hundreds of thousand of people have suffered from the winter vomiting bug as the disease strikes early and rates are already up by a quarter on last year.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily TelegraphMinisters hail first 'contract' with NHS
Ministers hail first 'contract' with NHS: The Coalition will try to seize the agenda on the NHS this week by setting new goals to improve the nation's health.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
How can Viagra maker Pfizer pay no UK tax?
How can Viagra maker Pfizer pay no UK tax?:
One of the largest suppliers of drugs to the NHS escaped paying any tax to the UK Government last year, it has emerged. The Independent
One of the largest suppliers of drugs to the NHS escaped paying any tax to the UK Government last year, it has emerged. The Independent
Baby boom puts pressure on maternity services
Baby boom puts pressure on maternity services:
The highest number of births in 40 years is putting "enormous demands" on the maternity services at a time when they are being cut back, midwives warned yesterday. The Independent
The highest number of births in 40 years is putting "enormous demands" on the maternity services at a time when they are being cut back, midwives warned yesterday. The Independent
Infectious diseases continue to disproportionately affect drug users
Infectious diseases continue to disproportionately affect drug users: A report from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has found that half of people who inject drugs are infected with hepatitis C, one in 100 have HIV and a third have a bacterial infection as a result of their injecting. Almost a quarter of younger injectors (those aged under 25) continue to share needles and syringes.
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