NHFT in top quarter of NHS trusts for openness and transparency

NHFT in top quarter of NHS trusts for openness and transparency Local healthcare provider Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has been ranked 56th out of 230 NHS Trusts in the Department of Health's ‘Learning from Mistakes League'.

See also:

• Statement to Parliament: An NHS that learns from mistakes Department of Health
• Speech: From a blame culture to a learning culture Department of Health
• Press release: New league launched to encourage openness in the NHS Monitor
• Transparency data: Learning from mistakes league Monitor

Kettering Hospital’s maternity service named as finalist for national award

Kettering Hospital’s maternity service named as finalist for national award Kettering General Hospital’s maternity service is a finalist for a national award that celebrates the way organisations use feedback from patients and staff to improve healthcare services. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Living with a long-term condition: the importance of psychological support

Living with a long-term condition: the importance of psychological support In a guest blog to coincide with the launch of our report on integrating physical and mental health care, Tessa Jelen writes about the importance of information and support – for both physical and mental wellbeing – for people diagnosed with a long-term condition. Tessa was a member of a focus group we ran as part of our research that explored service user perspectives on what well-co-ordinated, integrated care would look like. The King's Fund

The structure of the NHS in England

The structure of the NHS in England Major reforms to the structure of the health service in England were introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, with a large number of new organisations established on 1 April 2013. This briefing provides an overview of the funding and accountability relationships under the new system, and an introduction to the roles of key organisations. It also highlights some of the key health policy issues for the current Parliament, including patient safety, funding, and the integration of health and social care. House of Commons Library

A&E delays 'reach record levels'

A&E delays 'reach record levels' A&E delays in England have reached record levels, official figures show, as demand soars. BBC News

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• NHS records worst ever performance figures The Guardian

Second NHS strike day 'more difficult'

Second NHS strike day 'more difficult' The second day of the 48-hour junior doctors' strike on Thursday is likely to be more difficult for hospitals in England, NHS bosses are warning. BBC News

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• Hospitals 'may end up over-crowded during strike' BBC News
• Junior doctors' strike could continue until SUMMER: Patients face months of chaos after union refuses to rule out further action The Daily Mail
• Junior doctors' strike: Second day expected to be "more difficult" The Daily Telegraph
• Time to admit and resolve NHS errors The Daily Telegraph
• Junior doctors' strike: thousands of operations cancelled as 48-hour walkout begins The Daily Telegraph
• BMA legal challenge over junior doctor contract 'bound to fail' says government GP Online
• Junior doctors slam 'bullying' government as 48-hour walkout begins GP Online
• Junior doctors in third walkout as dispute over new contract escalates The Guardian
• In the junior doctors dispute neither side wants to settle, both want a fight The Guardian
• Working as a junior doctor is like being in an abusive relationship The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt has given my working week a facelift. The result is hideously ugly | Stephen Fabes The Guardian
• Striking junior doctors run lifesaving classes for parents The Guardian

Teen pregnancy rate 'continues to fall'

Teen pregnancy rate 'continues to fall' The number of teenage girls getting pregnant in England and Wales is continuing to fall, figures show. BBC News

New report calls for UK to become ‘tobacco-free’ by 2035

New report calls for UK to become ‘tobacco-free’ by 2035 Tobacco-related diseases on track to cost £3.6bn per year. OnMedica

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• Aiming High: Why the UK should aim to be tobacco free Cancer Research and the UK Health Forum

World Kidney Day: 10-year-old boy with no kidneys waits 9 years for donor organs

World Kidney Day: 10-year-old boy with no kidneys waits 9 years for donor organs There are around 7,000 people on the UK national transplant waiting list. The Independent

Nuffield Health: employee wellbeing is as important as patient health

Nuffield Health: employee wellbeing is as important as patient health Su Waters, head of recruitment, explains what it’s like to work at the not-for-profit healthcare provider, which is taking on staff in a range of roles Continue reading... The Guardian

Number of kidney stone cases increases by 115% in 10 years

Number of kidney stone cases increases by 115% in 10 years An increase in obesity may account for the greater prevalence of the condition, which can be mitigated by drinking enough water

Emergency hospital admissions for kidney stones have risen by 115% in a decade, figures indicate. Continue reading... The Guardian

Time to admit and resolve NHS errors

Time to admit and resolve NHS errors Telegraph View: Jeremy Hunt's laudable approach to clinical errors also shows the BMA how it should end its mistaken industrial action. The Daily Telegraph

British mums sent home sooner after birth than any other developed country

British mums sent home sooner after birth than any other developed country British women are sent home after 36 hours compared with two days in the US and more than four days in France. The Daily Telegraph

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• UK mothers spend least time in maternity wards in developed world, study warns The Independent