'Systemic failings' in child care

'Systemic failings' in child care Children in care in Northamptonshire are suffering because of "systemic failings", Ofsted says. BBC Northamptonshire

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• VIDEO: Children's care branded 'inadequate' BBC Northamptonshire
• Damning report reveals Northamptonshire’s child social services are still ‘inadequate’ Northamptonshire Telegraph

The latest figures for the performance of the NHS 111 phone service in the county shows it is improving

The latest figures for the performance of the NHS 111 phone service in the county shows it is improving The service was set up earlier this year and the clinical commissioning groups, Nene CCG and Corby CCG, have continued to work with the service provider, Derbyshire Health United (DHU), to improve its performance. In a statement the CCGs said: “We ... Northamptonshire Telegraph

Patient warns loss of specialist podiatrists will compromise care

Patient warns loss of specialist podiatrists will compromise care The Diabetes UK Northampton area group have also written to the chief executive of the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), Angela Hillary, urging her to retain senior podiatry specialists. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

NHS pay-offs top £1bn, says Labour

NHS pay-offs top £1bn, says Labour Labour accuse the government of wasting £1.4bn on NHS redundancy packages, but ministers say they have to cut an "over-bloated bureaucracy". BBC News 

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• NHS spends more than £1 billion on redundancy payouts The Daily Telegraph
• £1.4bn of NHS money wasted on redundancy payoffs, says Labour The Guardian

Carers should 'get flexible hours'

Carers should 'get flexible hours' The UK faces a "lose-lose situation" if workers who care for elderly parents are not offered flexible working hours, the health secretary says. BBC News

NHS 'hiding' food dissatisfaction

NHS 'hiding' food dissatisfaction NHS hospitals in England are hiding patient dissatisfaction with the food they serve, campaigners say. BBC News

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• Lack of nationwide standards means hospital food 'worse than prison meals' The Daily Telegraph
• VIDEO: How hospital food is made BBC News

UK blood plasma company sale to Bain Capital 'endangers NHS supplies'

UK blood plasma company sale to Bain Capital 'endangers NHS supplies' Former health minister criticises government's 'mind-boggling' decision to sell Plasma Resources UK to US private equity firm.

KPMG report urges radical new look at long-term care

KPMG report urges radical new look at long-term care KPMG report says society must move beyond hospital walls to address healthcare in the 21st century.

NHS failings exposed in new report

NHS failings exposed in new report Basic failings which put lives at risk have been laid bare in reports into 11 NHS hospital trusts after they were officially warned to improve or face closure. The Daily Telegraph

Hospital workers jailed for abusing female patients on Whipps Cross geriatric ward

Hospital workers jailed for abusing female patients on Whipps Cross geriatric ward

Two healthcare assistants who abused elderly female patients on the geriatric ward of an under-fire hospital were jailed today. The Independent

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• Two healthcare assistants jailed for cruelty The Daily Telegraph

GPs charge disabled up to £130 to appeal fitness-to-work decisions

GPs charge disabled up to £130 to appeal fitness-to-work decisions

Doctors are charging sick and disabled people up to £130 for medical evidence to appeal decisions about their fitness to work, The Independent has learnt.