County Council Cabinet To Consider Wellbeing Company Business Case

County Council Cabinet To Consider Wellbeing Company Business Case The business case for the new Wellbeing Community Interest Company (CIC) is set to be discussed at Northamptonshire County Council’s cabinet meeting on the 10th November 2015.

Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Northampton are working together to form the new company, which will bring together services and expertise that enable people to feel healthier and better about themselves. About My Area

Delayed transfers of care: join the queue

Delayed transfers of care: join the queueDelayed transfers of care, where patients are ready to return home or transfer to another form of care but still occupy a hospital bed, are a hot topic of discussion right now – whether because ofmoney, impact on patient experience or hospital flow. The publication later this week of the findings of NHS Providers’ Right Place, Right Time Commission will generate further debate.

Before the Commission puts forward its views on what good practice around delayed transfers of care looks like, let’s consider the current situation. The King's Fund

Guidance: Giving adults voice, choice and control in social care

Guidance: Giving adults voice, choice and control in social care This document provides guidance on how registered nurses, care and support staff can enable relationship-centred care, and how they can work with others to achieve personalised care and support.

The guidance is for staff across a range of care settings, including care home staff and carers who look after people in their own homes. Department of Health

Junior doctors industrial action

Junior doctors industrial action The latest information and guidance to help employers plan for industrial action as a result of the government proposals to introduce new contracts for junior doctors. NHS Employers

Managing adult malnutrition in the community: a spotlight on information, help and support available for patients and carers in England

Managing adult malnutrition in the community: a spotlight on information, help and support available for patients and carers in England This report outlines the results of a survey looking into the growing issue of malnutrition. It found that there are currently more than three million people in the UK who are either malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. The report argues that substantial savings to the NHS could be made if malnutrition is prioritised, estimating that £13 billion is spent annually on treatment for malnutrition. The Patients Association

Dead on arrival? Evaluating the Public Health Responsibility Deal for alcohol

Dead on arrival? Evaluating the Public Health Responsibility Deal for alcohol The government's flagship public health programme was launched in 2011 and brought together commercial organisations, academics, public bodies and non-government organisations to commit to a set of non-binding pledges to reduce health harms. This report evaluates the success of this programme in reducing alcohol-related harm and highlights failures of the policy's effectiveness and implementation. Institute of Alcohol Studies

Do NHS healthcare commissioners produce the outcomes they hope to achieve?

Do NHS healthcare commissioners produce the outcomes they hope to achieve? Commissioners made marginal investments in specific health conditions and services with the aim of improving a wide range of outcomes. There was little evidence of impact on the limited number of outcomes measured. BMJ Open

No hard evidence champagne can prevent dementia

No hard evidence champagne can prevent dementia"Drinking three glasses of champagne per week could help stave off dementia and Alzheimer's disease," the Daily Mirror reports. But before you break out the Bolly, you should know the study that prompted this headline was on rats.

The study that forms the basis of these reports was actually published in 2013, but apparently recently went viral on social media. NHS Choices

How much money for health?

How much money for health? The head of NHS England Simon Stevens has warned that "the rubber will really hit the road" for the NHS in England in the next financial year 2016/17 and the year after.

Even by the standards of normal spending round rhetoric, Mr Stevens' comments will raise eyebrows in Whitehall. There is nothing new about high spending departments defending their territory in the face of pressure for economies from the Treasury. But it seems that even in negotiations over a protected budget like health, stress levels are rising. BBC News

Call for overhaul of child 'fat letters'

Call for overhaul of child 'fat letters' Public health experts say the "fat letters" posted to parents to tell them if their child is overweight are crude and unhelpful and need an overhaul. BBC News

See also:

• Reform or scrap the ‘fat letter’ to parents Royal Society for Public Health
• Tackling the UK's childhood obesity epidemic (position paper) Royal Society for Public Health
• Parents of obese children should get healthy food vouchers, experts say The Guardian

Exclusive: GPs face CQC fees proportionally five times higher than hospitals

Exclusive: GPs face CQC fees proportionally five times higher than hospitals GP practices will be forced to hand over a three to five times larger proportion of their annual funding than NHS trusts for CQC registration once a controversial fee hike takes effect, GP Online can reveal.

Royal College sets out standards for cosmetic surgeons

Royal College sets out standards for cosmetic surgeons From next year surgeons will be able to apply for certification to perform cosmetic procedures. OnMedica

See also:

• Cosmetic Surgery: Certification updates Royal College of Surgeons

Leading causes of death revealed: Cancer accounts for almost a third of deaths while heart disease and dementia were leading causes for men and dementia in women

Leading causes of death revealed: Cancer accounts for almost a third of deaths while heart disease and dementia were leading causes for men and dementia in women Figures released by the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales showed the proportion of dementia deaths in women rose from 12.2 per cent in 2013 to 13.4 per cent last year. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Deaths Registered in England and Wales 2014 Office for National Statistics

George Osborne skews spending towards health and elderly people

George Osborne skews spending towards health and elderly people Spending review on 23 November is expected to shift funding away from education and economic development, within overall cuts to state budget

George Osborne’s decade-long redesign of the British state will result in 44% of state spending going on health and elderly people, the highest proportion since comparable records began in the 1990s.

As the chancellor hailed the first decisions in the forthcoming spending review, new research from a thinktank reveals how these two areas increasingly dominate public finances, having risen by a quarter in the past decade. Continue reading... The Guardian

Lives must not be put at risk

Lives must not be put at risk With the Government's Spending Review due to in weeks, the Care Quality Commission's Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Andrea Sutcliffe, sets out her four challenges for the care system. The Daily Telegraph