Tuesday 28 October 2014

Cancer awareness campaign launches in Northamptonshire to reduce deaths

Cancer awareness campaign launches in Northamptonshire to reduce deaths

A Northamptonshire health body has launched a campaign to encourage awareness of the first key signs of bladder and kidney cancers, after the diseases resulted in 87 deaths in the county in 2012. Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Ambulance bosses drop super-hub plan

Ambulance bosses drop super-hub plan

Plans by East Midlands Ambulance Service to develop a series of super-hub stations and sell off smaller sites, are to be scrapped and a new plan drawn up. BBC News

Implementing the ‘responsible consultant/clinician’ and ‘named nurse’ in your NHS foundation trust

Implementing the ‘responsible consultant/clinician’ and ‘named nurse’ in your NHS foundation trust

One of the recommendations of the Francis Report and the government’s response was that every hospital patient should have the name of the consultant and nurse responsible for their care above their bed: the ‘responsible consultant/clinician’ and ‘named nurse’. This letter to all foundation trust medical and nursing directors outline details of the implementation of the ‘responsible consultant/clinician’ and ‘named nurse’ recommendation. Each NHS trust has been asked to provide the relevant information on the implementation of these recommendations. Monitor

Final Care Act guidance

Final Care Act guidance

The government response explains how the regulations and guidance, which come into effect from April 2015, have been updated. NHS Networks

Mental health spending 'too low'

Mental health spending 'too low'

Local authorities in England spend on average just 1.4% of their public health budgets on mental health, the charity Mind says. BBC News

Its time to tackle mental health inequality among black people

Its time to tackle mental health inequality among black people


Lambeth will lead the way in the treatment of mental health in black communities
What 12 Years a Slave tells us about 21st century black mental health
Black men face inequalities in cancer care

With African and Caribbean people far more likely to be diagnosed with a serious mental illness it is fitting that World Mental Health Day falls in Black History Month this year.

Black men in Britain are 17 times more likely than white counterparts to be diagnosed with a psychotic illness. Guardian

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    Press release: Over a quarter of a million quit for Stoptober as smoking rates reach an all-time low in England

    Press release: Over a quarter of a million quit for Stoptober as smoking rates reach an all-time low in England

    The nation’s biggest mass quit attempt saw more people than ever helping each other through to 28 days without smoking.

    The latest data from the Office for National Statistics reveals that the number of smokers in England has hit a record low, with smokers now accounting for only 18.4% of the population in 2013, a drop of 1.1% compared to 2012. And according to UCL’s Smoking Toolkit Study, smoking rates are continuing to fall in 2014. Those who successfully took part in Stoptober and didn’t smoke for 28 days are now 5 times more likely to remain smoke free, contributing to the growing numbers of non-smokers nationwide.

    Choices and 111 reach usuage milestones

    Choices and 111 reach usuage milestones

    Two NHS public technology services have hit milestone usage figures, according to figures put out by the Health and Social Care Information Centre and the Department of Health. EHI News