Unions criticise Northampton General Hospital for parking rates rise

Unions criticise Northampton General Hospital for parking rates rise

Student nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants may be put off from studying at the University of Northampton if they are forced to pay £10 a day to park at the town’s hospital site, according to a union leader. Chronicle and Echo

Delays talking to Northamptonshire GPs top survey complaint list

Delays talking to Northamptonshire GPs top survey complaint list

Long delays waiting to talk to GPs in Northamptonshire topped a list of complaints discovered in a recent survey by a health watchdog. Chronicle and Echo

Managing medicines in care homes

Managing medicines in care homes

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) -
This guideline considers all aspects of managing medicines in care homes and recommends that all care home providers have a care home medicines policy. It considers prescribing, handling and administering medicines to residents living in care homes and the provision of care or services relating to medicines in care homes. NHS Evidence
Guideline
NICE - guidance

Britain could be the first country in the world to vaccinate every baby against meningitis B

Britain could be the first country in the world to vaccinate every baby against meningitis B

Every baby in Britain could be protected against meningitis B by the end of the summer, the company behind a new vaccine have said, after the Government announced the UK would become the first country in the world to provide universal vaccine coverage against the killer disease. Independent

Fraud 'costing NHS £5bn a year'

Fraud 'costing NHS £5bn a year'
Fraud is costing the NHS £5bn a year, with a further £2bn lost to financial errors, the former head of its anti-fraud section tells BBC Panorama. BBC News

• NHS fraud could be as high as £5bn a year, says former health service official  Guardian
• NHS fraud ‘equal to its entire budget for cancer treatment’  Independent

Child Protection – Information sharing project

Child Protection – Information sharing project


NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have launched a series of short films to promote the benefits of the Child Protection – Information Sharing project (CP-IS). The CP-IS will help the NHS give a higher level of protection to children who present in unscheduled care settings by enabling local authorities to share child protection information with the NHS for the first time, at a national level.

Using animations and interviews with NHS staff, social workers and the staff of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the films demonstrate the very real difference effective information sharing makes in the lives of children at risk of cruelty. NHS Commissioning Board

The films can be seen below and are available to view now on NHS England’s YouTube channel.

Contact cpis@hscic.gov.uk to find out more

Better reporting of medical incidents

Better reporting of medical incidents

The alerts instruct providers on steps to improve data report quality and the need for national networks to share learning and develop guidance. NHS Networks

Progress report on health and wellbeing boards

Progress report on health and wellbeing boards

The resources come ahead of the anniversary of HWBs’ first full year of operation and formal establishment as system leaders. NHS Networks