Number of teenage pregnancies in Northamptonshire are in decline

Number of teenage pregnancies in Northamptonshire are in decline: Almost 80 girls under the age of 16 were recorded as being pregnant in 2011 according to the latest figures. Evening Telegraph

Nurse’s plea to move ill boy from ‘health risk’ flat

Nurse’s plea to move ill boy from ‘health risk’ flat: A toddler with a life-threatening breathing disease is languishing on a council house waiting list despite a hospital saying it is vital he is moved for health reasons. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

£2.7m funding to help reduce dental waiting lists

£2.7m funding to help reduce dental waiting lists: Children could get an NHS dentist appointment in half the time it currently takes after a funding boost from NHS Northamptonshire. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

U-turn expected on NHS competition rules

U-turn expected on NHS competition rules: The government is said to be looking to drop its new NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) Regulations. Public Service

See also:

• Lib Dem pressure forces Jeremy Hunt to rewrite NHS provider regulations The Guardian

Roche trial data pledge

Roche trial data pledge: More clinical trial data made available - but some not satisfied BBC News

Agenda for Change - amendments agreed to national terms and conditions

Agenda for Change - amendments agreed to national terms and conditions: The NHS Staff Council has today agreed to changes to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook which covers staff on Agenda for Change contracts in England. NHS Employers

GPs’ ‘quality premium’ reward may be unachievable

GPs’ ‘quality premium’ reward may be unachievable:

BMA warns patient care will suffer to achieve cash rewards Related items from OnMedica Ditch quality premium, say majority of GPs GP contract will mean ‘more work and less funding’ Hunt praises GPs for ‘extraordinary dedication’ GPs could take back out of hours responsibility

Seven million take painkillers regularly

Seven million take painkillers regularly:

Data collected by Nuffield Health has found that millions of people in the UK are regularly taking painkillers in order to be able to work.The survey suggested around 7.5 million people might be reliant on painkillers in order to do their jobs, as the data they collected showed around a fifth of respondents had to use painkillers to work.The survey showed 25% of British adults had been "regularly" usi... Healthcare Today

Ambulance staff told injured OAP's son: 'stop being a nuisance'

Ambulance staff told injured OAP's son: 'stop being a nuisance': An elderly woman was left injured on a pavement for more than three hours after an ambulance controller from the East Midlands Ambulance Service told her son to stop being a nuisance as he repeatedly called for help, it was claimed today. The Daily Telegraph

Road crash victims face rehab 'lottery'

Road crash victims face rehab 'lottery': Road crash victims face a 'postcode lottery' when it comes to rehabilitation, that is hampering their recovery and costing the NHS £120 million a year, claims a report. The Daily Telegraph

Gonorrhea cases soar as STI gets more resistant to treatment

Gonorrhea cases soar as STI gets more resistant to treatment:
Cases of gonorrhoea have soared 25 per cent in a year as experts warn the disease is becoming more resistant to treatment. The Independent

A nation of 'secret boozers': English people underestimate how much alcohol they drink

A nation of 'secret boozers': English people underestimate how much alcohol they drink:
England is a nation of secret boozers, with more than a third of the population drinking unhealthy quantities of alcohol, new research suggests. The Independent

See also:

• Drinkers 'consuming almost double official estimates' The Daily Telegraph
• Many more Britons drinking harmfully than thought, survey suggests The Guardian
• Excess drinking 'is under reported' BBC News

Hospital Admissions That Should Not Happen

Hospital Admissions That Should Not Happen: This report finds that for people with learning disabilities, about 8 out of every 1000 admissions are emergencies that might be preventable.  For people who don’t, it is about 5 out of every hundred. Improving Health & Lives Learning Disabilities Observatory