County’s growing dementia issue discussed at Kettering meeting

County’s growing dementia issue discussed at Kettering meeting An important meeting to discuss support for people with dementia in Northamptonshire has taken place in Kettering. Northamptonshire Telegraph

NHS Employers responds to BMA's 10 reasons for not re-entering negotiations

NHS Employers responds to BMA's 10 reasons for not re-entering negotiations Response to the news that the BMA will not be re-entering negotiations over the proposed contracts for junior doctors. NHS Employers

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• 10 reasons why we are not re-entering negotiations British Medical Association
• Junior doctors reject government's heavy handed attempts to force through a new contract without meaningful negotiations (press release) British Medical Association

One chance to get it right: one year on report

One chance to get it right: one year on report This report shows the progress organisations have made on specific commitments in the One Chance to Get it Right report, which set out actions to improve care in the last days and hours of life. It sets out progress made on: the new Care Quality Commission inspection regime for end of life care; new NICE guidance; actions to improve education, training and research; professional regulation; and the implementation of the priorities for care. Department of Health

Number of people with diabetes up 60 per cent in last decade

Number of people with diabetes up 60 per cent in last decade The number of people living with diabetes in the UK has soared by 59.8 per cent in a decade, according to a new analysis by Diabetes UK.

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• Diabetes cases soar 60% in a decade BBC News
• VIDEO: 'Dramatic' rise in diabetes cases BBC News
• VIDEO: Preventing diabetes 'a no-brainer' BBC News
• Diabetes 'threatens to bring down the NHS' The Daily Telegraph
• Huge rise in diabetes cases threatens to bankrupt the NHS, charity warns The Guardian
• Diabetes could 'bankrupt the NHS' after 60% rise in cases in a decade, charity warns The Independent

Call for Army to drop malaria drug

Call for Army to drop malaria drug A call is made for an immediate ban on a controversial anti-malaria drug given to British soldiers. BBC News

BMA attacks ministers over NHS record

BMA attacks ministers over NHS record In a review of the government's first 100 days in office, the doctors' union the BMA says ministers have been chasing headlines rather than tackling the real issues facing the NHS in England BBC News

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• Government's first 100 days 'all rhetoric, no detail' The British Medical Association
• Government 'chasing headlines on NHS', says doctors' union BBC News
• The Guardian view on the NHS: 100 days of revision and retreat | Editorial The Guardian

Map: Regional variation in GP trainee vacancies revealed

Map: Regional variation in GP trainee vacancies revealed 'Deeply concerning' GP trainee recruitment figures for 2015 have revealed a startling dichotomy in trainee recruitment, with some parts of England filling just half of available posts while others hit 100%. GP Online

Low patient take-up of online GP services

Low patient take-up of online GP services But few patients know about them, and some surgeries don’t make it easy, says Citizens Advice Bureau. OnMedica

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• Understanding patientaccess to online GPservices Citizens Advice Bureau
• RCGP response to Citizens Advice research into online appointment booking Royal College of General Practitioners

Hepatitis C patients in England denied lifesaving liver drug

Hepatitis C patients in England denied lifesaving liver drug Health experts concerned about decision not to extend Daklinza treatment to patients with genotype 3 strain of virus

Thousands of people in England with a chronic form of liver disease are being denied access to life-saving drugs that are available to patients in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Despite being recommended by European regulators and available in countries such as France and Germany, draft guidance recently issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), the body that advises NHS England on whether to fund certain drugs, recommends restricting the use of Daklinza in England. The stance will affect the treatment of adult patients with a particular strain of hepatitis C. Continue reading... The Guardian

NHS locum doctor paid £11,000 to work a weekend

NHS locum doctor paid £11,000 to work a weekend Record sum paid by an NHS hospital to a locum doctor to cover a bank holiday weekend revealed in new figures. The Daily Telegraph

Paramedics to be trained as GPs

Paramedics to be trained as GPs New proposals may see paramedics given four months training to become GPs. The Daily Telegraph

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• RCGP response to proposals for paramedics to work as part of GP teams Royal College of General Practitioners

Children under five are twice as likely to die in the UK than in Sweden

Children under five are twice as likely to die in the UK than in Sweden Why do so many young children die in the UK? Child mortality rates in the UK are higher than in many other European countries, and in a study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood we compared mortality rates for children younger than five in the UK and Sweden over a three-year period, from 2006 to 2008. We found that twice as many children under five died in the UK than in Sweden. The Independent

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• UK pre-schoolers’ death rate almost double Sweden’s OnMedica