Monday, 1 December 2014
Care home in Northampton closed
Care home in Northampton closed A care home in Northampton is closed to new residents for the second time in a month after an outbreak of norovirus. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Northamptonshire NHS trust saw 736 assaults by patients in a year
Northamptonshire NHS trust saw 736 assaults by patients in a year An NHS trust in Northamptonshire has among the largest proportions of assaults by patients per staff member in the country. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
New publication explores primary and community care integration
New publication explores primary and community care integration Produced with the National Association of Primary Care, the pack considers new models of integrated working, discusses the challenges to their implementation, and outlines potential solutions.
It also includes case studies illustrating members' approaches to integration, such as new approaches to winter pressure wards and community services' role in supporting named GPs. More ..... The NHS Confederation
It also includes case studies illustrating members' approaches to integration, such as new approaches to winter pressure wards and community services' role in supporting named GPs. More ..... The NHS Confederation
Going home alone: counting the cost to older people and the NHS
Going home alone: counting the cost to older people and the NHS This report, written in association with The King's Fund, argues that older people returning home from hospital without enough support are more than twice as likely to be readmitted within three months. It argues that older people and their families, doctors, nurses, other charities, the general public and commissioners working together we can challenge the rising readmission rates for older people, to the benefit of everyone. Royal Voluntary Service
Dementia patients 'lack proper care'
Dementia patients 'lack proper care' Dementia sufferers are not getting the care they need because the condition is not recognised as a terminal illness, two leading charities claim. BBC News
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- Dementia patients denied care towards end of life The Daily Telegraph
Huge risk of Ebola spread, warns UN
Huge risk of Ebola spread, warns UN The UN's Ebola mission chief in West Africa tells the BBC that there is still a "huge risk" that the deadly virus could spread to other countries. BBC News
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- Ebola patient excercise carried out at Northampton General Hospital Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- News story: Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies describes NHS preparedness should Ebola reach the UK Department of Health
- West Africa Ebola toll nears 7,000 BBC News
Osborne 'finds £2 billion for NHS'
Osborne 'finds £2 billion for NHS' Chancellor George Osborne is due to back the 'Five Year Forward View' to reform the NHS in his autumn statement this week. E-Health Insider
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- Simon Stevens’ response to the HM Treasury’s announcement of additional funding for the NHS NHS England
- Osborne to pledge extra £2bn for NHS BBC News George Osborne tackles Labour lead on NHS - with surprise £2bn boost The Daily Mail
- Autumn Statement: George Osborne accused of ‘fiddling the figures’ over extra NHS cash The Independent
- Autumn Statement: George Osborne announces £2bn to save NHS The Daily Telegraph
- George Osborne announces billions in extra NHS funding The Guardian
Majority of supermarket chickens carry food bug
Majority of supermarket chickens carry food bug “More than 70% of fresh chickens being sold in the UK are contaminated,” BBC News reports.
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) investigation found worryingly high levels of contamination with the campylobacter bug, which can cause food poisoning, on chickens being sold across the country. The Guardian reported a food scientist, Professor Tim Lang, calling for a “boycott of supermarket chicken because of “scandalous” levels of contamination”.
Campylobacter is a type of bacteria thought to be the leading cause of food poisoning in the UK. Eating food contaminated with campylobacter can trigger symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps.
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) investigation found worryingly high levels of contamination with the campylobacter bug, which can cause food poisoning, on chickens being sold across the country. The Guardian reported a food scientist, Professor Tim Lang, calling for a “boycott of supermarket chicken because of “scandalous” levels of contamination”.
Campylobacter is a type of bacteria thought to be the leading cause of food poisoning in the UK. Eating food contaminated with campylobacter can trigger symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps.
Concerns raised over incorrect ethnicity data in NHS hospital records
Concerns raised over incorrect ethnicity data in NHS hospital records Research suggests faults in NHS records may impact the identification of disease prevalence in different ethnic groups.
Up to 40% of people belonging to minorities could have their ethnicity wrongly recorded in their NHS hospital records with potentially profound implications for the analysis of inequalities in care quality or disease prevalence in different ethnic groups, research suggests.
Minority ethnic groups have been found to have different probabilities of developing different diseases and of surviving them but a paper published in the Royal Statistics Society’s (RSS) magazine Significance on Monday indicates that some analysis could have been based on flawed data. Continue reading... The Guardian
Up to 40% of people belonging to minorities could have their ethnicity wrongly recorded in their NHS hospital records with potentially profound implications for the analysis of inequalities in care quality or disease prevalence in different ethnic groups, research suggests.
Minority ethnic groups have been found to have different probabilities of developing different diseases and of surviving them but a paper published in the Royal Statistics Society’s (RSS) magazine Significance on Monday indicates that some analysis could have been based on flawed data. Continue reading... The Guardian
A&E overhaul shelved after warning over political backlash
A&E overhaul shelved after warning over political backlash NHS England plans delayed amid claims that concentrating specialist services into 40-70 hospitals would be ‘political suicide’.
Controversial plans to overhaul emergency medical care have been put on hold after NHS bosses were warned that downsizing A&E units would create a huge backlash.
NHS England has delayed its plans following claims by insiders that concentrating specialist services into just 40-70 hospitals would represent “political suicide” so close to the general election. Continue reading... The Guardian
Controversial plans to overhaul emergency medical care have been put on hold after NHS bosses were warned that downsizing A&E units would create a huge backlash.
NHS England has delayed its plans following claims by insiders that concentrating specialist services into just 40-70 hospitals would represent “political suicide” so close to the general election. Continue reading... The Guardian
Girl, 16, with mental health issues held in police custody due to bed shortage
Girl, 16, with mental health issues held in police custody due to bed shortage Devon assistant chief constable says lack of beds is ‘unacceptable’ as NHS says teenager will be moved to local care
A senior police officer has claimed that a teenage girl with mental health issues was being held in police custody because there were “no beds available in the UK”.
Paul Netherton, assistant chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, tweeted about the “unacceptable” scenario. Continue reading... The Guardian
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A senior police officer has claimed that a teenage girl with mental health issues was being held in police custody because there were “no beds available in the UK”.
Paul Netherton, assistant chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, tweeted about the “unacceptable” scenario. Continue reading... The Guardian
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One in four organ transplants from 'high risk' donors
One in four organ transplants from 'high risk' donors Quarter of organs used in transplants come from the elderly and those with history of drug abuse and cancer. The Daily Telegraph
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NHS 'U-turn' after saying funds for drug trials would be cut
NHS 'U-turn' after saying funds for drug trials would be cut Health officials have withdrawn letters which said the NHS would not longer pay for care of patients taking part in drug trials. The Daily Telegraph
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- NHS 'U-turn' over drug trial money BBC News
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