Hospital Discharge Scheme Is A Success

Hospital Discharge Scheme Is A Success A scheme which aims to move patients who might need continuing support out of hospital quicker is proving successful in Northamptonshire.

The discharge to assess scheme is helping those who might need continuing support leave hospitals earlier by arranging a care package to support them at home so that the Continuing Health Care assessment takes place in the patient's own environment, providing a much clearer picture of the patient's needs. About My Area

Woman wins right to keep husband’s sperm stored at Northampton clinic

Woman wins right to keep husband’s sperm stored at Northampton clinic A woman whose late husband’s sperm is stored at a Northampton clinic and who won a High Court case to prevent it being destroyed, has learned the ruling could be appealed. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Medical revalidation: from compliance to commitment

Medical revalidation: from compliance to commitment This paper, commissioned by the NHS Revalidation Support Team, presents the findings from focus group discussions with doctors and interviews with wider staff. It provides analysis from interviewees’ perspectives and offers commentary on how leaders at all levels can use revalidation to help create a culture of excellence in patient care. The King's Fund

• Research paper
• The King's Fund - blog

See also:

• The Early Benefits and Impact 
  of Medical Revalidation: 

  Report on research findings in year one
   NHS Revalidation Support Team

Report of the working group into joined up clinical pathways for obesity

Report of the working group into joined up clinical pathways for obesity This report recommends greater clarity around how obesity care in England is commissioned. It aims to support more equitable access to obesity and weight management services, including obesity surgery, across the country. NHS England

Pay award 2014/15 and 2015/16 announced

Pay award 2014/15 and 2015/16 announced The Government has today responded to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) and Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB) and set out their plans for a two year pay award for NHS staff. NHS Employers

Patients sent to doctor's hospital

Patients sent to doctor's hospital A mental health trust planning to close beds spends £1.2m sending patients to a senior consultant's private hospital. BBC News

Poor 'face many years of bad health'

Poor 'face many years of bad health' People living in the most affluent areas of England can expect almost 20 years' more "good health" than those in the poorest, data suggests. BBC News

New fast track drug scheme to help severely ill

New fast track drug scheme to help severely ill "'Early access' drugs scheme launched for severely ill," BBC News reports. The government has launched the Early Access to Medicines Scheme designed to help patients with life threatening or debilitating conditions get access to unlicensed medications that could potentially be of benefit.

2030 vision: The best - and worst - futures for older people in the UK

2030 vision: The best - and worst - futures for older people in the UK This report provides a futures perspective on how we make the UK the best country to grow old in. It examines both the best and worst case scenarios and the rising costs associated with an ageing population. International Longevity Centre UK

NHS spends £100m a year on patients who should be discharged

NHS spends £100m a year on patients who should be discharged NHS spends £100m a year caring for patients who do not need to be there. The Daily Telegraph

Call for foreign private firms to take over NHS hospitals comes under fire

Call for foreign private firms to take over NHS hospitals comes under fire Care Quality Commission boss suggests up to 30 failing NHS trusts could be run by European or American chains.

The ex-Conservative MP who chairs the health service care regulator is under fire after calling for foreign private health firms to be allowed to take over failing NHS hospitals.

David Prior, the boss of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), said European or American "hospital chains" should be given the chance to turn around what he said could be as many as 30 NHS hospital trusts in England that have run into trouble by the end of 2014.

Resurgence of TB poses grave threat worldwide

Resurgence of TB poses grave threat worldwide

The rise of new strains of tuberculosis resistant to drug treatment represents “one of the gravest public health threats facing the world today”, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has warned. The Independent

Revealed: the 'conveyor belt care' of those with dementia

Revealed: the 'conveyor belt care' of those with dementia 'Conveyor belt care' of those with dementia means some receive care from more than 40 different workers. The Daily Telegraph

New claims of patients 'locked up' at NHS hospital

New claims of patients 'locked up' at NHS hospital Claims that patients at Dudley hospitals are being restrained against their will resurface after second manager forced out. The Daily Telegraph