What does the Autumn Statement mean for health and social care?

What does the Autumn Statement mean for health and social care? As the dust settles on the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, this is a good time to review what it told us. This blog reviews the three big messages: one on money, one on reform, and one on social care. The King's Fund

Antimicrobial Resistance: Tackling a crisis for the health and wealth of nations

Antimicrobial Resistance: Tackling a crisis for the health and wealth of nations The first report from the UK Review on Antimicrobial Resistance explains why failing to tackle drug-resistant infections will cause 10 million deaths a year and cost up to US$ 100 trillion a year by 2050.

See also:

• Policy paper: Progress report on the UK Five Year AMR strategy: 2014 Department of Health
• New report shows stark effect of antibiotic resistance Public Health England
• Superbugs to kill 'more than cancer' BBC News
• Drug-resistant infections to lead to 10 million extra deaths a year – report The Guardian
• 'Millions will die' without new antibiotics The Independent

2015/16 vaccination and immunisation programmes

2015/16 vaccination and immunisation programmes National arrangements for the delivery of vaccination and immunisation (V&I) programmes by general practices in England. NHS Employers

Now more than ever: why pharmacy needs to act

Now more than ever: why pharmacy needs to act This report argues that leadership divisions and fragmented funding arrangements mean that pharmacists could miss out on new plans giving them the chance to treat patients more directly unless the profession can make a coherent case for change. The Nuffield Trust

Mental health job scheme 'damaging'

Mental health job scheme 'damaging' Unemployed people with mental health problems should be moved from welfare-to-work schemes to specialist programmes, according to the charity Mind. BBC News

NHS 'in trouble' without migrants

NHS 'in trouble' without migrants The NHS would be "in dire straits" without migrant workers, one of the UK's senior economists Stephen Nickell tells MPs. BBC News

GMC to raise doctors' fees 8% from April 2015

GMC to raise doctors' fees 8% from April 2015 The annual GMC fee paid by doctors with a license to practise will rise by £30 from April next year, the regulator has announced. GP Online

GPs blamed unfairly for delays in cancer diagnosis

GPs blamed unfairly for delays in cancer diagnosis Delays are more likely to be due to non-specific presenting symptoms rather than poor GP care, an analysis suggests. OnMedica

Nick Clegg: £3bn extra NHS funds will prevent treatment 'rationing' - video

Nick Clegg: £3bn extra NHS funds will prevent treatment 'rationing' - video Labour's Ben Bradshaw challenges the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, over NHS cuts during PMQs on Wednesday. Bradshaw says government cutbacks mean the NHS in Devon would not operate on Eric Pickles as he is too big, nor Nick Clegg as he is a former smoker. Clegg responds by saying that more funds will be made available. Continue reading... The Guardian

How Britain compares with the rest of the world in terms of breastfeeding

How Britain compares with the rest of the world in terms of breastfeeding If breastfeeding can cut cancer, why don't more British women do it. The Daily Telegraph

Creating Connections: An Early Look at the Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care in Accountable Care Organizations

Creating Connections: An Early Look at the Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care in Accountable Care Organizations Individuals with mental illness are among the highest need, costliest patients in the U.S. health care system, yet they receive inadequate behavioral health care. Researchers have proposed various models that integrate behavioral health with primary care in order to improve care and outcomes. This report showcases integration approaches at two accountable care organizations. The Commonwealth Fund