Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Northampton General to extend accident and emergency
Northampton General to extend accident and emergency Northampton General Hospital has submitted plans to ease pressure on its emergency department with a new building for GPs and consultants. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Signing up to safety – lessons from Virginia Mason
Signing up to safety – lessons from Virginia Mason Virginia Mason Medical Centre in Seattle provide a route map for the journey to safe, effective, patient-centred and efficient health care, says Professor Stephen Singleton in this blog. He welcomes Jeremy Hunt's invitation to the English NHS to 'sign up to safety' and get going on this journey, and discusses some of the barriers and pitfalls that must be dealt with along the way. The Health Foundation
Transforming primary care: safe, proactive, personalised care for those who need it the most
Transforming primary care: safe, proactive, personalised care for those who need it the most This guidance sets out plans for more proactive, personalised and joined up care, including the Proactive Care Programme, providing the 800,000 patients with the most complex health and care needs with a personal care and support plan; a named accountable GP; a professional to coordinate their care; and same-day telephone consultations. The plan builds on the role of primary care in keeping patients well and independent. It explains how professionals across the healthcare system can work together to transform care to become more proactive and tailored to patients’ individual need. Department of Health
Routine operations: Is a crisis brewing?
Routine operations: Is a crisis brewing? Concern over rise in waits for hospital operations. BBC News
CQC publishes GP inspection handbooks
CQC publishes GP inspection handbooks The CQC has already begun to test this new approach in GP out-of-hours inspections and between April and June 2014 will be testing wave one of the new model by inspecting 200 GP practices within 12 CCG areas. More.....
From innovation to adoption: successfully spreading surgical innovation
From innovation to adoption: successfully spreading surgical innovation Failure to adopt new surgical techniques quickly into everyday clinical practice means NHS patients are missing out on ground-breaking new procedures. This report sets out the factors that have helped and hindered the adoption of new surgical techniques in England and seeks to address how to progress the uptake of surgical innovations in a practical way, eradicating delay to ensure their benefits are realised by patients as quickly as possible. Royal College of Surgeons
Exclusive: NHS faces financial disaster in 2015 as politicians urged to find radical solution
Exclusive: NHS faces financial disaster in 2015 as politicians urged to find radical solution
The NHS faces a “financial crisis” next year as a budget freeze imposed by the Coalition risks pushing most hospital trusts into deficit, a leading think-tank has warned. The Independent
The NHS faces a “financial crisis” next year as a budget freeze imposed by the Coalition risks pushing most hospital trusts into deficit, a leading think-tank has warned. The Independent
See also:
- As budget freezes and reforms set in, what next for the NHS? The Independent
- NHS faces 'significant cuts' without more funding The Daily Telegraph
- Quarter of CCGs face 2014/15 deficit as experts urge NHS funding rise GP Online
Is the NHS institutionally racist?
Is the NHS institutionally racist? A new report highlights that there are very few senior healthcare professionals from BME backgrounds
I have bookshelves of reports detailing the unfair treatment many NHS Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff receive in recruitment, promotion, training, discipline and pay. The Snowy White Peaks of the NHS suggests such unfair treatment extends to every level of leadership and governance of the NHS, with important adverse consequences for patients.
Latest statistics show that 20% of nurses and 37% of doctors in the NHS are from BME backgrounds. Yet just 6% of senior and very senior managers in the NHS are from a BME background and just over 7% (and falling) of NHS trust board members are in this category. Continue reading... The Guardian
I have bookshelves of reports detailing the unfair treatment many NHS Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff receive in recruitment, promotion, training, discipline and pay. The Snowy White Peaks of the NHS suggests such unfair treatment extends to every level of leadership and governance of the NHS, with important adverse consequences for patients.
Latest statistics show that 20% of nurses and 37% of doctors in the NHS are from BME backgrounds. Yet just 6% of senior and very senior managers in the NHS are from a BME background and just over 7% (and falling) of NHS trust board members are in this category. Continue reading... The Guardian
Global Drug Survey 2014: UK has the most delusional drinkers
Global Drug Survey 2014: UK has the most delusional drinkers
The UK has the most delusional drinkers, drug-takers and ‘reckless youths’ than any other country in the world, according to a survey. The Independent
The UK has the most delusional drinkers, drug-takers and ‘reckless youths’ than any other country in the world, according to a survey. The IndependentNewly blind left to cope alone, research finds
Newly blind left to cope alone, research finds Thousands of NHS patients 'abandoned' after being told they are going blind. The Daily Telegraph
Half of nurses work through breaks or beyond their shift
Half of nurses work through breaks or beyond their shift Nurses are working through breaks and beyond their hours, but still do not feel they have enough time for patients, Unison survey reveals. The Daily Telegraph
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