Nurses who left pensioners at Northampton care home malnourished with bones exposed found guilty of neglect

Nurses who left pensioners at Northampton care home malnourished with bones exposed found guilty of neglect Five nurses have been found guilty by a misconduct panel of neglect at a Northampton care home where pensioners lived on porridge and had pressure sores so deep their bones were exposed. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Five nurses found guilty of neglect for leaving pensioners with bedsores The Daily Mail

'Let me keep my dead husband's sperm'

'Let me keep my dead husband's sperm' A 28-year-old woman has begun a legal bid to prevent her dead husband's frozen sperm, stored in a CARE fertility clinic in Northampton, from being destroyed. BBC News

World dementia cases 'set to treble'

World dementia cases 'set to treble' The number of people living with dementia worldwide is set to treble by 2050, according to a new analysis. BBC News

Doctors in training speak out on undermining and patient safety

Doctors in training speak out on undermining and patient safety Nearly one in five doctors in training has witnessed someone being bullied in their current post, and more than one in four has experienced undermining behaviour themselves, according to a major survey from the General Medical Council.

HP plans open source offer for NHS

HP plans open source offer for NHS Hewlett Packard is planning to provide a full electronic patient record system on the open source framework being developed by NHS England. E-Health Insider

Study may bust myth of 'fat and fit' healthy obesity

Study may bust myth of 'fat and fit' healthy obesity

The Times has reported that the idea you can be ‘fat and fit’ is “a big fat myth”.

The term ‘fat and fit’ refers to the hypothesis that if you are obese, but all other metabolic factors such as blood pressure, are within recommended limits, then your obesity will not have a harmful effect on your health.

This new research brought together the results of 12 studies into the effects of different weight and metabolic health factors on risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality.

Improving care for lung cancer patients: a collaborative approach

Improving care for lung cancer patients: a collaborative approach The purpose of this booklet is to give lung cancer teams across the country an overview of the aims, activities and achievements of the Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes Project (ILCOP). It outlines the ILCOP approach to quality improvement and also contains four case studies. Royal College of Physicians

New five-year pricing deal on NHS branded medicines agreed

New five-year pricing deal on NHS branded medicines agreed Costs of these drugs to NHS will be flat-lined for two years from Jan 1st. OnMedica

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• Pharmaceutical price regulation scheme 2014 Department of Health

UK cancer survival rates ‘lag behind Europe’

UK cancer survival rates ‘lag behind Europe’

Britain’s survival rates for nine of the ten most common forms of cancer lag behind the European averages, a major study has shown. The Independent

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• Cancer survival in Britain the worst in Europe The Daily Telegraph

Fitness to work test DOES disadvantage mentally ill: Court of Appeal upholds ruling against Government

Fitness to work test DOES disadvantage mentally ill: Court of Appeal upholds ruling against Government The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that the Government's controversial fitness to work test does disadvantage people with mental health problems. The Independent