Thursday 23 October 2014

Thousands more flu jabs will be needed in Northants this winter

Thousands more flu jabs will be needed in Northants this winter An extra 22,000 flu vaccinations will need to be issued to under 65s at risk this winter, according to public health experts at Northamptonshire County Council. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Pioneering health project receives national award

Pioneering health project receives national award A pioneering Northamptonshire project to improve care to patients has won a national award. Northamptonshire Telegraph

The NHS Five Year Forward View

The NHS Five Year Forward View This new report sets out a new vision for the future of the NHS showing how the NHS needs to change over the next five years if it is to close the widening gaps in the health of the population, quality of care and the funding of services.

The report looks at why change is needed, what that change might look like and how it can achieved. It describes various models of care, defining the actions required at local and national level to support delivery.  It covers areas such as disease prevention; new, flexible models of service delivery tailored to local populations and needs; integration between services; and consistent leadership across the health and care system.

The Five Year Forward View starts the move towards a different NHS, recognising the challenges and outlining potential solutions to the big questions facing health and care services in England. It defines the framework for further detailed planning about how the NHS needs to evolve over the next five years. NHS England

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'Nine million have TB' - WHO report

'Nine million have TB' - WHO report The World Health Organization revises its estimate as to how many people have tuberculosis up by 500,000, in its latest report into the killer disease. BBC News

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VIDEO: Can technology plug NHS funding gap?

VIDEO: Can technology plug NHS funding gap? The NHS is under pressure to close a huge projected funding gap - Dominic Hughes reports on how the NHS has addressed this in West Yorkshire. BBC News

Mental Health: Visions of the Future

Mental Health: Visions of the Future In light of recent criticism of the over-reliance on drugs in mental health treatment, the President of the World Psychiatric Association outlines his vision for the future of the discipline. IAI News

Tackle Ebola in Africa to ensure threat to UK is stemmed, says medical expert

Tackle Ebola in Africa to ensure threat to UK is stemmed, says medical expertDame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, says risks to British low, but NHS and global community need to act now

Britain is well prepared for an Ebola outbreak but the best way to ensure the threat to the UK does not escalate is to fight the disease in west Africa, the chief medical officer for England, said on Wednesday.

Dame Sally Davies told MPs on the Commons health select committee that airport screening had been introduced mainly to alert people coming from Ebola-affected countries as to what to do should they develop symptoms. Continue reading... The Guardian

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Thousands with degenerative conditions classified as 'fit to work in future' - despite no possibility of improvement

Thousands with degenerative conditions classified as 'fit to work in future' - despite no possibility of improvement More than a third of people with degenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis are having their benefits slashed because the Department for Work and Pensions deems they will recover enough to look for work. The Independent

NHS must end IVF 'postcode lottery', watchdog says

NHS must end IVF 'postcode lottery', watchdog says The NHS must end “unacceptable” restrictions on fertility treatment for thousands of women in England, the national health watchdog has said. The Independent

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