Flu jabs at your pharmacy for ‘at risk’ patients

Flu jabs at your pharmacy for ‘at risk’ patients For the first time ever patients who are considered to be in an ‘at risk’ group can get their free flu jab at a local pharmacy. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Detailed guide: Rules for all agency staff working in the NHS

Detailed guide: Rules for all agency staff working in the NHS  Published new guidance on price caps for agency staff working in the NHS and consolidated a separate guidance on nursing agency spend. Monitor

See also:

• Agency price cap guidance published NHS Employers
• NHS agency staff costs cap brought in BBC News

Overspending by NHS trusts hits £1.6bn

Overspending by NHS trusts hits £1.6bn Overspending by NHS trusts in England has risen to £1.6bn this year, as concerns about the financial problems facing the health service grow. BBC News

See also:

• What not to do to stay in budget The King's Fund
• The King's Fund responds to today's NHS financial performance figures The King's Fund
• Press release: Challenging environment for NHS providers Monitor
• NHS in 'unprecedented financial meltdown': Agency staff and bed-blocking blamed as deficit hits 1.6 billion in just six months The Daily Mail
• NHS faces worst financial crisis in its history The Daily Telegraph
• NHS deficit soars to £1.6bn The Guardian
• NHS and Treasury deadlocked over budget increase before spending review The Guardian
• NHS deficit hits £1.6 billion OnMedica

'Thousands' in England malnourished

'Thousands' in England malnourished Hospitals in England are seeing thousands of patients suffering from the symptoms of malnutrition. BBC News

NHS mandate consultation expires in two days but critics argue Department of Health kept it quiet

NHS mandate consultation expires in two days but critics argue Department of Health kept it quiet Department of Health's inbox has been overloaded by replies to the consultation in the last couple of days. The Independent

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• NHS consultation expands inbox after flurry of responses The Guardian

Junior doctors call for talks with Jeremy Hunt to avert strike

Junior doctors call for talks with Jeremy Hunt to avert strike Medics say they are desperate to avoid industrial action, as health secretary says patients could die if walkout goes ahead

Hundreds of junior doctors have called on Jeremy Hunt to avert industrial action after the health secretary said patients could die if next month’s planned strikes went ahead.

More than 600 junior doctors signed a letter to Hunt imploring him to enter into talks at the mediation service Acas to solve the dispute over changes to their pay and working hours. They said they had voted for strike action “with a very heavy heart”. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Junior doctors row: A nightmare for the NHS and patients? BBC News
• MPs clash over junior doctor strikes in urgent Commons debate GP Online
• Junior doctors' strike 'puts 60,000 operations a day at risk' The Guardian
• Patients could die if junior doctors' strike goes ahead, says Jeremy Hunt The Guardian
• Junior doctors accuse NHS chief of exploiting Paris attacks to stoke public fears over strike The Independent

George Osborne considers axing student nurse bursaries

George Osborne considers axing student nurse bursaries Stopping public funding for students of nursing would save £800m a year but could worsen NHS recruitment problems

Student nurses may stop receiving bursaries and instead have to take out loans to pay their tuition fees under plans the Treasury is considering.

Officials are examining the viability of the cost-cutting measure which the chancellor, George Osborne, could announce in his spending review next Wednesday. Continue reading... The Guardian

Ebola crisis 'claimed needless lives' because World Health Organisation failed to act quickly

Ebola crisis 'claimed needless lives' because World Health Organisation failed to act quickly Internal memos showed the WHO was reluctant to declare a public health emergency after it had its fingers burned with the Swine Flu pandmeic. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Liberia confirms fresh Ebola cases BBC News
• Thousands died needlessly from ebola because of World Health Organisation’s response The Daily Mail
• Ebola: Scale of latest epidemic is unlikely to be repeated, says expert The Indepdendent