Thursday 6 March 2014

Corby man picked to be the face of national charity

Corby man picked to be the face of national charity

Corby-born Stephen Mitchell has been selected by Mind, the UK’s largest mental health charity, to show the modern face of mental health. Evening Telegraph

Invitation to join e-marketplace

Invitation to join e-marketplace

Businesses working in the county’s £400m social care and health sector are being invited to sign up to a new e-marketplace. Evening Telegraph

Saturated fat is not bad for health, says heart expert

Saturated fat is not bad for health, says heart expert

Diets that are low in saturated fat do not lower cholesterol, prevent heart disease or help people live longer, a cardiac scientist claims. Telegraph

Course revamp to retain medics

Course revamp to retain medics

Medical students will spend more time with patients under a course aimed at getting them to stay in Wales as junior doctors. BBC News

Elderly care faces 'catastrophe'

Elderly care faces 'catastrophe'

A "catastrophic" situation is developing in England with many vulnerable elderly people being denied care, campaigners say. BBC News

Ageing society demands a 'fundamental shift' in how health and care are delivered

Ageing society demands a 'fundamental shift' in how health and care are delivered

A fundamental shift is urgently needed in the delivery of health and care to meet the challenges of a rapidly ageing society, say the authors of a new report from The King's Fund.

The report, Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population, argues that health and care services have failed to keep up with dramatic demographic changes, which will see one in five people in England over the age of 65 by 2030. It finds that transforming services for older people will require a fundamental shift towards care co-ordinated around individual needs rather than single diseases, and that prioritises prevention and support for maintaining independence.

NHS England using technology to beat cost of missed appointments

NHS England using technology to beat cost of missed appointments

Public urged to help NHS England cut no-show appointments

Technology is being used to cut the numbers of missed GP and outpatient appointments, NHS England will announced Monday.

Figures have suggested that more than twelve million GP appointments are missed each year in the UK, costing in excess of £162 million per year. A further 6.9 million outpatient hospital appointments are missed each year in the UK, costing an average of £108 per appointment in 2012/13.

By making the appointment system fit into patient’s lives more easily, the NHS hopes to cut the numbers of missed appointments, saving precious NHS resources.

Zero-hours employment contracts

Zero-hours employment contracts

NHS Employers has responded to the Government's open consultation on zero-hours employment contracts. NHS Employers News

GP IT funding split evenly nationwide

GP IT funding split evenly nationwide

GP IT funding will be paid to clinical commissioning groups on a per-head-of-population basis under new plans revealed by NHS England. EHI News

RCGP to develop unique online info hub to help GPs support carers

RCGP to develop unique online info hub to help GPs support carers

The hub will collate all the information GPs, primary healthcare staff, practice teams, commissioners and Health & Wellbeing Board representatives might need to identify and support carers, bringing together RCGP resources as well as signposting to external resources. Health professionals will be able to use it free of charge.
The hub will have information about the needs of carers, right from the initial diagnosis through to the end of the condition or even end of life, with a focus on depression. It will also offer guidance about what questions to ask carers, what rights they have and what support is available. The aim is to link a range of supplementary resources on disease specific conditions including dementia, end of life care, cancer and mental health.

Could the NHS give you a COMPUTER virus? Outdated software is putting official sites at risk of attack

Could the NHS give you a COMPUTER virus? Outdated software is putting official sites at risk of attack

The flaws were found by Oxford-based independent security researcher Terence Eden. More than 2,000 vulnerabilities were found across 5,000 NHS domains. Daily Mail