Wednesday 4 February 2015
New waiting area at Northampton General Hopsital aims to free up beds for A&E patients
New waiting area at Northampton General Hopsital aims to free up beds for A&E patients A discharge suite is to open at Northampton General Hospital to help free up beds on the wards. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Northampton MP helps draft law proposal that could help doctors treat terminal illnesses with experimental treatment
Northampton MP helps draft law proposal that could help doctors treat terminal illnesses with experimental treatment A law which could bring doctors closer to discovering cures for cancer and other terminal illnesses could soon be passed with the support of a Northampton MP. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Care services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour
Care services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour The Government has not met its central goal of moving people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour out of hospital by 1 June 2014, because it underestimated the complexity and level of challenge in meeting the commitments in its action plan.
Following the exposure in May 2011 of abuse of patients at the Winterbourne View Hospital, the Department of Health set out its action plan in the ‘Winterbourne View Concordat’. At the time the Concordat was published in December 2012, the Government had not determined the scale of the challenge involved in increasing the capacity of community placements. According to the NAO, the absence of reliable data on the number of people in mental health hospitals complicated the task of discharging inpatients. At September 2014, there were 2,600 inpatients with learning disabilities in mental health hospitals.
The NAO estimates that, in 2012-13, the NHS spent £557 million on services for inpatients with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. In addition, local authorities with adult social services responsibilities spent £5.3 billion, in 2013-14, on community services for adults with learning disabilities.
Following the exposure in May 2011 of abuse of patients at the Winterbourne View Hospital, the Department of Health set out its action plan in the ‘Winterbourne View Concordat’. At the time the Concordat was published in December 2012, the Government had not determined the scale of the challenge involved in increasing the capacity of community placements. According to the NAO, the absence of reliable data on the number of people in mental health hospitals complicated the task of discharging inpatients. At September 2014, there were 2,600 inpatients with learning disabilities in mental health hospitals.
The NAO estimates that, in 2012-13, the NHS spent £557 million on services for inpatients with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. In addition, local authorities with adult social services responsibilities spent £5.3 billion, in 2013-14, on community services for adults with learning disabilities.
Moving services out of hospital: joining up general practice and community services?
Moving services out of hospital: joining up general practice and community services? This report summarises the findings of a rapid review undertaken by PRUComm of the available evidence of what factors should be taken into account in planning for the closer working of primary and community health/care services in order to increase the scope of services provided outside of hospitals. This report was commissioned by the Department of Health to provide background evidence to support policy development on primary and community health care integration. Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System
What is driving a rise in death rate?
What is driving a rise in death rate? Why are we seeing a higher-than-average death rate? BBC News
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- Weekly Provisional Figures on Deaths Registered in England and Wales, Week Ending 23/01/2015 Office for National Statistics
- Death rate third higher than average, ONS figures reveal The Daily Telegraph
NHS 111 'increasing pressure on NHS'
NHS 111 'increasing pressure on NHS' There has been a big increase in the number of people referred to GP surgeries and A&E, analysis of the NHS 111 urgent care line in England shows. BBC News
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Shed light on big data - ethics report
Shed light on big data - ethics report Greater transparency about big data projects in healthcare is crucial if they are to succeed without losing public trust, a new report argues. E-Health Insider
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PAC calls for better NHS cost data
PAC calls for better NHS cost data The Commons' Public Accounts Committee has called for the collection of "consistent and detailed cost data across the NHS" to inform healthcare policy. E-Health Insider
Ministers urged to force doctors trained at taxpayers' expense to work in NHS
Ministers urged to force doctors trained at taxpayers' expense to work in NHS Ministers should consider obliging doctors trained at taxpayers' expense to work in the NHS for a set period of time, MPs on the influential House of Commons public accounts committee have suggested. GP Online
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust shamed for dangerously restraining its patients
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust shamed for dangerously restraining its patients Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust rated inadequate by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission after it discovered a host of worrying issues during an inspection last October. The Daily Mail
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What the NHS can learn from the US Obamacare system
What the NHS can learn from the US Obamacare system Three lessons British policymakers can take from the US experience of reshaping healthcare
Despite ongoing media and political attack, Barack Obama’s health reforms are succeeding. Given the poor record of most major health legislation, what can we learn from this?
Some 50 years ago Lyndon Baines Johnson changed the foundations of healthcare in the US. Although overshadowed by the Vietnam war, Medicare and Medicaid offered the old and vulnerable in America vital medical protection. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Despite ongoing media and political attack, Barack Obama’s health reforms are succeeding. Given the poor record of most major health legislation, what can we learn from this?
Some 50 years ago Lyndon Baines Johnson changed the foundations of healthcare in the US. Although overshadowed by the Vietnam war, Medicare and Medicaid offered the old and vulnerable in America vital medical protection. Continue reading... The Guardian
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- Why the NHS must learn lessons from abroad The Guardian
One in two people 'will be diagnosed with cancer' at some point in their lives
One in two people 'will be diagnosed with cancer' at some point in their lives One in two people will develop a cancer at some point in their lives, experts now estimate. The Independent
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