Funding crisis: women’s refuges could all close in next four months

Funding crisis: women’s refuges could all close in next four months Every women’s refuge in Northamptonshire could have to close its doors if changes to the way they are funded go ahead, according to domestic violence bosses. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Northampton General Hospital thanks staff as non-urgent surgery resumes normal service

Northampton General Hospital thanks staff as non-urgent surgery resumes normal service Northampton General Hospital said it has not cancelled any non-urgent operations today, the first time that has happened this week. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Northampton General Hospital ends three days of stopping non-essential operations Northampton Herald and Post

Are people really reaping the rewards of recovery-oriented services, asks Prof Geoff Shepherd

Are people really reaping the rewards of recovery-oriented services, asks Prof Geoff Shepherd The Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change (ImROC) programme has been running in mental health services in this country since 2010.The programme has been delivered by a partnership between the Centre for Mental Health and the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network. It was initially set up with funding from the Department of Health as part of … Continue reading → NHS Voices

Guidance: Healthcare education and training placement tariffs

Guidance: Healthcare education and training placement tariffs This document sets out:

• the national tariffs for healthcare education and training placements in the financial year 2014 to 2015
• how the tariffs will be implemented
• in what circumstances the national tariffs may be varied and how to do this

The tariffs cover non-medical placements and medical undergraduate and postgraduate placements in secondary care.

Guidance on the tariffs will be published once a year, to cover the tariffs for the following financial year. Any further information that arises during the year will be published on Health Education England’s website. Department of Health

US and UK take forward health IT MoU

US and UK take forward health IT MoU The US and UK are working together on harmonising quality indicators, releasing and using health data, the Blue Button initiative and the interoperability of electronic patient record systems. E-Health Insider

Warning over hospital superbug rise

Warning over hospital superbug rise Sixteen patients have died in Manchester over the past four years while infected with a highly resistant superbug, figures show.  BBC News

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• Patient safety alert on addressing rising trends and outbreaks in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae NHS England
• Antibiotics: 'national threat' from steep rise in patients who are resistant to drugs The Daily Telegraph
• Fears that cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria could get 'out of control' The Independent
• Cases of Antibiotic resistance increase by 12,000% in seven years The Daily Mail

Widow wins frozen sperm legal fight

Widow wins frozen sperm legal fight A woman has won a High Court battle to stop her dead husband's frozen sperm being destroyed. BBC News

Obesity and disability: children and young people

Obesity and disability: children and young people The paper looks at a range of impairments or health conditions associated with disability and explores the main obesity-related chronic health conditions that can develop during childhood and adolescence. Public Health England

WHO says halving sugar target has extra benefit

WHO says halving sugar target has extra benefit “Halve sugar intake, say health experts,” The Daily Telegraph reports, while The Guardian tells us that “a can of coke a day is too much sugar”.

The widespread media reports follow new draft international guidelines looking at the healthy maximum recommended levels of sugars in the diet.

Currently, people are advised to have less than 10% of their total energy intake from sugars. However, the new draft guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO), state that a reduction to below 5% of total energy intake would have “additional benefits”.

HSCIC agrees improvements to how information is shared

HSCIC agrees improvements to how information is shared The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Board agreed four important steps to improve the transparency of its decision-making and build public trust in its actions.

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• HSCIC to audit data releases by 2 April E-Health Insider

Patients should be told when mistakes are made, senior doctors say

Patients should be told when mistakes are made, senior doctors say Royal College of Surgeons and NHS trust chief executive report to put pressure on Jeremy Hunt over full duty of candour.

Review to probe sale of NHS medical data

Review to probe sale of NHS medical data National audit of NHS medical data following concerns over sale of records for insurance purposes. The Daily Telegraph

'Unacceptable' failings and overcrowding found in NHS hospitals

'Unacceptable' failings and overcrowding found in NHS hospitals Unacceptable failings, overcrowding and delays for patients found in major NHS report on the state of healthcare. The Daily Telegraph

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• Hospital watchdog says that outpatient services at too many NHS hospitals are doing poorly under greater strain The Independent