Policy paper: Implementing the Forward View: Supporting providers to deliver

Policy paper: Implementing the Forward View: Supporting providers to deliver This report from Monitor is for NHS provider organisations and is part of a series of planned roadmaps that draw on messages from the NHS shared planning guidance, and set out the key priorities for the organisations responsible for delivering high quality health and care this year and beyond.

Each roadmap reflects a shared vision for the health and care sector as set out in the Five Year Forward View about the challenges ahead, and the choices we face about the kind of health and care service we want and need in 2020.

The report:

• outlines the challenges and changes ahead
• describes a coherent set of activities for NHS providers in the coming years
• shows how providers across the country are beginning to deliver these
• outlines the support providers can expect from NHS Improvement

Mental health integration past, present and future: a report of national survey into mental health integration in England

Mental health integration past, present and future: a report of national survey into mental health integration in England This report examines the impact of change on the integration of health and social care in mental health services. This was done through the use of a comprehensive survey of a range of professionals, and interviews with local and national leaders across England involved in both mental health provision and social care along with a review of published literature. NHS Health Education North West

NHS bosses speak out on doctors letter

NHS bosses speak out on doctors letter Ten NHS chief executives whose names appeared on a letter recommending Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt impose contracts on junior doctors in England say they do not back the move. BBC News

See also:

• Health chief: letter backing 'whatever is necessary' on contracts was not agreed The Guardian

Jeremy Hunt unilaterally imposes new contract on junior doctors without their agreement

Jeremy Hunt unilaterally imposes new contract on junior doctors without their agreement NHS junior doctors will be forced to accept a controversial new contract without agreement or further negotiation, the Health Secretary has announced.

Jeremy Hunt said imposing the contract unilaterally would end “uncertainty” in the health service. The Independent

See also:

• Contract imposition 'a total failure' British Medical Association
• Junior doctors cannot and will not accept a contract that is bad for the future of patient care, the profession and the NHS as a whole British Medical Association
• Statement to Parliament: Jeremy Hunt updates Parliament on the junior doctors' contract Department of Health
• Junior doctors contract – statement Monitor
• Junior Doctors Contract – statement NHS England
• Junior doctors' contract introduced from August 2016 NHS Employers
• Response to announcement of new junior doctor contract NHS Employers
• RCGP response to Government decision to impose junior doctors' contract Royal College of General Practitioners
• As Jeremy Hunt imposes new contracts, 200 a week are applying for life abroad The Daily Mail
• Jeremy Hunt - how dare you turn patients against us': Junior doctor describes treating 100 cancer patients single-handedly as as new contract is imposed The Daily Mail
• Jeremy Hunt mocked for 'irony' of announcing review of junior doctors' morale as new contract is forced through The Daily Telegraph
• The junior doctors' strike is run by media-savvy militants in white coats The Daily Telegraph
• BMA 'will not accept' imposed contract GP Online
• Junior doctors vow to fight on after Jeremy Hunt imposes new contracts The Guardian
• Junior doctors' contract dispute: has Jeremy Hunt won? The Guardian
• Junior doctors say they may leave the NHS after contracts imposed The Guardian
• 'We can't be stretched thinner': junior doctors respond to Jeremy Hunt The Guardian
• The Guardian view on the junior doctors’ dispute: diktats and discord in the National Hunt Service | Editorial The Guardian
• Junior doctors: BMA 'considering all options' for opposing new contract The Independent
• Junior doctors Q&A: What's in the new contract? What can they do about it? The Independent
• Royal College of GPs warns Jeremy Hunt's new contract will starve the NHS of doctors The Independent 
• Jeremy Hunt co-authored book calling for NHS to be replaced with private insurance The Independent 

Gender identity issues among children increase tenfold in six years

Gender identity issues among children increase tenfold in six years Latest Gender Identity Development Service figures show children as young as three being referred to the NHS. The Independent

See also:

• Rise in child 'gender issue' referrals BBC News
• What should I do if I think I might be transgender? The Guardian

Pfizer boss slams NHS watchdog for denying patients life-changing treatments

Pfizer boss slams NHS watchdog for denying patients life-changing treatments Erik Nordkamp, managing director of Pfizer UK, says England is also one of the worst countries in the world - if not the worst - for getting breakthrough drugs to those who need them. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Pharma's woes: profits, policies and patients The Guardian

Four in five NHS staff thought about leaving

Four in five NHS staff thought about leaving Exclusive Healthcare staff in Guardian survey say increasing workloads, unreasonable expectations, cuts and long hours are damaging their lives

Four out of five healthcare workers have considered leaving their job in the NHS, and an overwhelming majority (84%) of those have thought about it more in the past year, a Guardian survey has found.

Increasing workloads, cuts to the health service, unreasonable expectations and long working hours are some of the factors they say are damaging the lives of NHS professionals at a time of escalated pressure. Continue reading... The Guardian

Are locum doctors and nurses really bankrupting the NHS?

Are locum doctors and nurses really bankrupting the NHS? Temporary staff are often blamed for the budget crisis, but healthcare agencies say new maximum rates of pay are too low and will force them to walk away

It was the hours, rather than the money, that prompted Wol Sibanda to leave the National Health Service for a healthcare agency.

Sibanda worked for the NHS as a nurse for eight years. But it became impossible to juggle her two children, her hospital work and heart problems. So in January she made the switch: same work, more flexible shifts – and better pay. Continue reading... The Guardian

The postcode lottery of new mothers' mental health services

The postcode lottery of new mothers' mental health services With one in 10 women developing a mental illness during or after pregnancy, including postpartum psychosis, not all are lucky enough to be cared for in a specialist mother and baby unit

The arrival of a baby is supposed to be one of the happiest times of a woman’s life. But for a sizeable minority, it takes a heavy toll on their mental health, posing a risk to the welfare of mother and baby alike.

More than one in 10 women develop a mental illness while expecting a child or in the first year after giving birth. For about 40,000 women it is severe and in extreme cases necessitates admitting mother and baby to a specialist unit. Continue reading... The Guardian

Women under 65 in 2016 will spend a third of their lives in retirement, life expectancy figures show

Women under 65 in 2016 will spend a third of their lives in retirement, life expectancy figures show The length of time pensioners can expect to live once they reach milestones in old age has reached a record high. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Life expectancy at older ages is the highest it’s ever been Public Health England
• Life expectancy high at older ages BBC News
• Pensioners are living longer according to new figures The Independent