NHS Nene Clinical Commissioning group is being placed in a period of financial recovery Nene CCG has significantly reduced the shortfall however it is anticipated if the same number of patients continue using the system until the end of the financial year, the CCG will have a year-end gap of £8.6m. Northampton Herald and Post
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Hospital procedures changed after death of teen
Hospital procedures changed after death of teen Kettering General Hospital says it has changed procedures for caring for post-operative patients after the death of a teenager last year following an appendectomy operation. Northamptonshire Telegraph
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- Teen died after blood loss surgery BBC Northamptonshire
Dementia: Five priorities for research
Dementia: Five priorities for research Research into the biggest care problem of a generation BBC News
One fifth of drips 'are dangerous'
One fifth of drips 'are dangerous' A fifth of patients on an intravenous drip develop complications because they are given the wrong levels of fluid, according to a review of guidance in England and Wales. BBC News
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- Thousands of patients dying from incorrect use of IV drips, warns Nice The Guardian
- 'Staggering numbers' of patients at risk because medical staff aren't trained to use IV drips The Daily Telegraph
- Tens of thousands harmed in hospital by IV drip blunders The Independent
- Better education needed to stop errors in drip fluid care and prevent potential patient harm NICE
VIDEO: 'The paramedics put safety first'
VIDEO: 'The paramedics put safety first' Barbara Hakin, deputy chief executive of NHS England, has said it is "sometimes in the best interest of patients' safety that they remain in the ambulance after they have arrived at hospital". BBC News
NHS budget protected but tough times remain for health service
NHS budget protected but tough times remain for health service The health budget is to be protected from the level of cuts affecting other parts of the public sector until June 2016. NHS Confederation
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- Austerity, healthcare and the Autumn Statement The Health Foundation
Test could give two-year warning for Alzheimer's
Test could give two-year warning for Alzheimer's "New test can give two years' warning of Alzheimer's," reports the Mail Online. The news comes from a small Canadian study that found that a specific change in brain activity seen on MRI testing, combined with certain memory difficulties, was 87.5% accurate at predicting the development of Alzheimer's disease.
'Safe' levels of air pollution could still be harmful
'Safe' levels of air pollution could still be harmful “EU air quality rules are still too lax to protect us from pollution,” The Independent reports. It says that air quality regulations may not be sufficient to protect people from harmful sooty particles in traffic and factory fumes.
GPs unfairly attacked for missing cancer cases
GPs unfairly attacked for missing cancer cases BMA questions claims that half of cancer cases are missed by GPs OnMedica
End postcode lottery of cancer care, say MPs
End postcode lottery of cancer care, say MPs Cancer care in the UK is a postcode lottery with regional divides leaving many people facing lengthy waits to be diagnosed and unable to access treatment, a new report has warned. The Daily Telegraph
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NHS job cuts harming patient care and safety, say staff
NHS job cuts harming patient care and safety, say staff
NHS job cuts have harmed hospital care and patient safety, according to more than half of UNISON union members working in the health service have reported. The Independent
Lack of effective policy on exercise 'is tantamount to mass child neglect'
Lack of effective policy on exercise 'is tantamount to mass child neglect' The failure of UK governments past and present to bring in effective policy to encourage British children into exercise is tantamount to mass “child neglect”, a group of experts has said. The Independent
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