Tuesday 24 May 2016

Child and adult safeguarding campaign launched in Northamptonshire

Child and adult safeguarding campaign launched in Northamptonshire

A public awareness campaign has been launched in Northamptonshire to raise the profile of child and adult safeguarding in Northamptonshire. Evening Telegraph

FOI release: FOI Agency shifts exceeding the price caps by trust since 21 April 2016

FOI release: FOI Agency shifts exceeding the price caps by trust since 21 April 2016


This request was for data on agency shifts exceeding price caps since 21 April 2016. The request asked for the data to be broken down by week and staff group. The request also asked for information on the cost of covering these shifts.

NHS Improvement held some of the information and decided to release it. Monitor

NHS performance continues to fall, says King’s Fund

NHS performance continues to fall, says King’s Fund

Nearly two-thirds of NHS trust finance directors and more than half of CCG finance leads say the quality of patient care in their area has deteriorated over the past year, according to a report from the King’s Fund. NHS Networks

All this obesity advice is a recipe for confusion. Just eat smaller portions | Archie Bland

All this obesity advice is a recipe for confusion. Just eat smaller portions | Archie Bland


A new report says eating low-fat foods is unhealthy, contradicting long-standing diet information. While experts argue, we need a more simple message

If you’re not confused, you’ve not been paying attention.

The National Obesity Forum (NOF), one authoritative-sounding body, has issued a report which argues that telling people to eat low-fat foods to combat obesity is a mistake which has had “disastrous health consequences”. Public Health England, another authoritative-sounding body, has responded furiously, calling the report “a risk to the nation’s health”, “irresponsible”, and potentially deadly. During a tense discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, the NOF’s Dr Aseem Malhotra alleged that the government’s obesity adviser, Prof Susan Jebb, had previously done work funded by Coca-Cola; separately, Prof Simon Capewell of the Faculty of Public Health, another authoritative-sounding body, warned that it was not clear who funded the NOF report.

Whatever the precise constituents of our diet, one fact is indisputable: we are eating a lot more food than we used to.  Guardian

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NHS regulator to scale back hospital inspections after budget cuts

NHS regulator to scale back hospital inspections after budget cuts


CQC will rely more on information provided by patients and trusts, concentrating on visits to hospitals classed as requiring improvement or inadequate

The tough inspection regime for hospitals introduced to prevent a repeat of the Mid Staffordshire care scandal is being relaxed as the NHS regulator adjusts to budget cuts brought in by the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will undertake fewer and smaller inspections of hospitals in England and rely more on information provided by patients and NHS trusts themselves under the watchdog’s new five-year strategy.  Guardian

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A low priority? How local health and care plans overlook the needs of dying people

A low priority? How local health and care plans overlook the needs of dying people

This report examines local health planning and needs assessments in relation to dying people and finds that 34 per cent of health and wellbeing boards do not take into account end of life care needs. In addition to this, 27 per cent of CCGs do not have a strategy for addressing end of life care for adults in their area, with the figure rising to 71 per cent for children and young people. The report calls for greater collaboration in order to better cater for local palliative and terminal care needs. Hospice UK
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Resources to support GPs deliver care to autistic patients sent to every practice in England

Resources to support GPs deliver care to autistic patients sent to every practice in England



Resource packs to support GPs and their teams to make their surgeries more visibly friendly for patients with an autism spectrum disorder have been sent to every GP practice in England this week. NHS Networks