Local GPs recommend free Health Check

Local GPs recommend free Health Check: This new year, local GPs are encouraging their patients to have a free health check as part of a new year campaign which encourages us to be more healthy. Patients aged between 40 and 74, who do... Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust News

Theft charge nurse is suspended

Theft charge nurse is suspended: A nurse accused of using a patient's bank card to steal £2,100 is suspended from practice for 18 months. BBC Northamptonshire

‘Be Food Smart’ campaign launches

‘Be Food Smart’ campaign launches: A new campaign from Change4Life exposing the ‘hidden nasties’ in everyday foods and helping people to be ‘food smart’ launches today.

Fracture risk scheme could save £50,000 per practice

Fracture risk scheme could save £50,000 per practice: A project to prevent hip fractures by scanning GP practice lists to identify and treat high-risk patients aims to cut hospital costs by more than £50,000 per practice. GP Online

The code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives

The code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives: This code sets out a foundation for good nursing and midwifery practice, and will act as a key tool in safeguarding the health and
wellbeing of the public.

• Code of conduct 
• NMC - publications

Consultation on Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) indicators

Consultation on Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) indicators: Comments are being sought on 14 new potential QOF indicators across six domains: hypertension, dementia, coronary heart disease, diabetes, peripheral arterial disease and stroke. The consultation will close at 5.00pm on Monday 4th February 2013.

• Consultation document
• Consultation response form
• NICE - consultations

NHS reforms will fail unless GPs get behind them

NHS reforms will fail unless GPs get behind them: The Patient from Hell urges GPs to get involved in implementing the reforms as he considers what 2013 holds for healthcare.

NHS error leads to thousands having online medical record without knowledge

NHS error leads to thousands having online medical record without knowledge: NHS blunder leads to medical records of thousands of people being uploaded to a central database without their consent. The Daily Telegraph

Elderly are being 'betrayed' over care, says leading doctor

Elderly are being 'betrayed' over care, says leading doctor: The elderly are victims of an 'abominable betrayal' as the generation who set up the welfare state are now being told there is no money to look after them, Prof John Ashton has said. The Daily Telegraph

Over 150 Potentially Low-Value Health Care Practices: An Australian Study

Over 150 Potentially Low-Value Health Care Practices: An Australian Study: In this study, Commonwealth Fund Visiting Fellow Adam Elshaug and colleagues set out to establish a systematic, evidence-based, transparent strategy for identifying potential "low-value" clinical services that require closer review. The Commonwealth Fund