Impact assessment: Antibiotic Resistance - a Threat to Global Health Security and the Case for Action

Impact assessment: Antibiotic Resistance - a Threat to Global Health Security and the Case for Action:

The UK delegation to the World Health Assembly in Geneva, led by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies, is calling for international action to tackle the growing problem of fewer medicines to tackle the soaring number of antibiotic-resistant infections.

This publication contains written reports detailing ways in which countries are tackling Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It will form the basis for discussions at a side-event at WHA to be held on 21 May and which will be hosted by the UK. Department of Health

See also:

• Antibiotic-resistant superbugs pose "catastrophic" risk  The Daily Telegraph

What kind of NHS can Britain afford?

What kind of NHS can Britain afford?: As costs soar, how must the health service change? BBC News

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to launch attack on failings of inaccessible family GPs

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to launch attack on failings of inaccessible family GPs: In a major speech, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will condemn the scandal of out-of-hours services where 'you speak to a doctor who doesn't know you from Adam'. The Daily Mail

NHS urged to improve use of drips

NHS urged to improve use of drips: The lives of hospital patients who are put on a drip are being placed at risk by poor attention by staff to intravenous fluid care, experts warn. BBC News

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• NICE consults on new guideline to promote safe and effective care of adults needing fluids through a drip NICE

Chief inspector of GPs post created

Chief inspector of GPs post created: A chief inspector of GPs is to be appointed as part of a push to improve services outside of hospitals, ministers are set to announce. BBC News

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• GPs will face Ofsted-style inspections, Jeremy Hunt announces The Guardian
• New chief inspector to monitor GPs The Daily Telegraph

Joint 'NHS and care budget needed'

Joint 'NHS and care budget needed': Ministers have been told they must go further with their overhaul of social care in England by merging its budget with the NHS. BBC News

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• New government reforms won't solve social care funding challenge The King's Fund

Fatal 'superbug' not being monitored

Fatal 'superbug' not being monitored: One of the most concerning classes of hospital 'superbug' is not being tracked by the Department of Health, it is revealed. BBC News

Blaming GPs for A&E pressure 'threatens future of CCGs'

Blaming GPs for A&E pressure 'threatens future of CCGs': CCGs are at risk from GP workload pressure and the 'fire-storm' being whipped up over out-of-hours provision, a commissioning leader has warned. GP Online

More than 6,000 hospital beds lost

More than 6,000 hospital beds lost: More than 6,000 hospital beds have been closed since the Coalition came to power in the last election, at a time when accident and emergency departments are struggling to cope with a rise in the number of patients. The Daily Telegraph

Care cap becoming 'irrelevant' as 'crisis-mode' system excludes all but a few, report finds

Care cap becoming 'irrelevant' as 'crisis-mode' system excludes all but a few, report finds: The number of elderly people receiving help with their care has dropped by a fifth in just four years as councils support only to those at "crisis-point", think-tank says. The Daily Telegraph

Top A&E doctors warn: 'We cannot guarantee safe care for patients anymore'

Top A&E doctors warn: 'We cannot guarantee safe care for patients anymore':
The Accident & Emergency crisis is now so severe that doctors can no longer guarantee safe care for patients, NHS officials have warned in a leaked letter seen by The Independent.

Older people with high support needs in housing with care

Older people with high support needs in housing with care: Housing with care (HWC) offers a promising model for improving the quality of life of older people with high support needs, but also poses challenges. This Round-up covers key messages and practice examples from JRF studies into three aspects of HWC: promoting supportive and positive relationships; boundaries of roles and responsibilities; and affordability, choices and quality of life. The Joseph Rowntree Trust