Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Ice warning for Northamptonshire
Ice warning for Northamptonshire: Light snow is predicted for the county and the Met Office is warning of icy conditions on the roads. BBC News
Time to Change - national mental health campaign launched
Time to Change - national mental health campaign launched: A new national campaign has been launched to encourage people to talk about their mental health problems. Mental health problems affect one in four of us but nearly nine out of ten people who... Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Icy weather increases pressure on ambulance crews
Icy weather increases pressure on ambulance crews: Ambulance bosses say the recent freezing conditions mean East Midlands Ambulance Service crews have dealt with 900 more calls than during the same period last year. Evening Telegraph
Shifting care closer to home: slogan or solution?
Shifting care closer to home: slogan or solution?: As The King's Fund argued in Transforming the delivery of health and social care: the case for fundamental change, any discussion about developing new models of care must focus on shifting care closer to home. However, there is a danger of 'shifting care closer to home' becoming just a slogan and consequently not being examined sufficiently. It is not a step forward to relocate an activity that should really be stopped or redesigned, or to move care closer to home when this is less convenient for the patient or leads to a reduction in the quality of care.
VIDEO: Will telehealth improve NHS care?
VIDEO: Will telehealth improve NHS care?: A major challenge facing the NHS is how to care for people with long-term illnesses, so could telehealth be the answer? BBC News
VIDEO: Birth rate boom 'a strain on NHS'
VIDEO: Birth rate boom 'a strain on NHS': England is seeing a massive increase in its birth rate which is putting a strain on the NHS, midwives warn. BBC News
Shenley Hospital: Life under observation
Shenley Hospital: Life under observation: The hospital that wasn't afraid to try strange new treatments BBC News
The revolution will be digitised
The revolution will be digitised: The NHS Commissioning Board's director of patients and information argues that digital is the biggest single answer to the productivity, quality and efficiency challenges faced by the NHS. E-Health Insider
Fitness for work: the Government response to ‘Health at work – an independent review of sickness absence’
Fitness for work: the Government response to ‘Health at work – an independent review of sickness absence’: This publication outlines the Government's response to the independent review of the sickness absence system. It highlights the support that healthcare professionals and GPs in particular, require in helping individuals back to work. It supports the recommendations of the review that fit note guidance is in need of revision and GP knowledge and awareness of the benefit system requires improvement.
The other care crisis: making social care funding work or disabled adults in England
The other care crisis: making social care funding work or disabled adults in England: This report highlights the improvements needed in adult social care for disabled people, with a £1.2 billion funding gap for social care
support for disabled people under 65 being revealed. It aims to add to the ongoing debate surrounding the funding of adult social care in England and urges the Government to address the funding gap.
support for disabled people under 65 being revealed. It aims to add to the ongoing debate surrounding the funding of adult social care in England and urges the Government to address the funding gap.
Child asthma hospital admissions fell after smoking ban, study shows
Child asthma hospital admissions fell after smoking ban, study shows: Admissions fell by 12.3% in first year and more than 3% in each of the next two years, according to analysis of NHS figures
The number of children admitted to hospital after serious asthma attacks has fallen steeply in England since smoking was banned in public places such as bars, restaurants and offices.
The number of children admitted to hospital after serious asthma attacks has fallen steeply in England since smoking was banned in public places such as bars, restaurants and offices.
Sir Ian Kennedy: Patients at risk from Mid-Staffs care failings across NHS
Sir Ian Kennedy: Patients at risk from Mid-Staffs care failings across NHS: Patients are being put at risk across the NHS by the same kind of poor care uncovered at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, yet the new health care regulator is not equipped to identify the failings, an expert has said.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Interactive calculator: do you win or lose with the new BMI?
Interactive calculator: do you win or lose with the new BMI?: Researchers at Oxford University have updated the body mass index with a new formula that they say more accurately estimates body fat. Use the interactive tool to see how your BMI is different under their proposal for a new system.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
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