Wednesday, 10 August 2016

NHS group proposes non-vital operations ban

NHS group proposes non-vital operations ban

An NHS commissioning group considers putting a temporary ban on non-vital operations and some IVF services in a bid to save money. 
BBC News

Feeling the crunch: NHS finances to 2020

Feeling the crunch: NHS finances to 2020


As recognised by the NHS five year forward view, by 2020 the NHS will need to find savings of around £22 billion in order to balance its books. But there has been no clear articulation of how that gap is expected to be closed. The options for doing so include NHS providers becoming more efficient; NHS commissioners reducing the pace at which NHS activity is increasing each year, either through reducing demand or limiting access to care; more funding for the NHS; or some combination of these. This analysis examines different scenarios to determine exactly what it would take to close the gap.
Nuffield Trust 

GPs should start health checks on the phone to boost uptake

GPs should start health checks on the phone to boost uptake

GPs should begin health checks with patients over the phone before inviting them in to the surgery to finish the appointment in order to boost uptake, Public Health England (PHE) has suggested. 
GP Online

Hospital A&E wards 'in crisis over shortage of emergency doctors'

Hospital A&E wards 'in crisis over shortage of emergency doctors'


Royal College of Emergency Medicine says workforce is not growing fast enough to keep pace with rising numbers of patients

Hospital accident and emergency wards are in crisis as the supply of doctors fails to keep pace with demand for them in A&E departments according to medics’ representatives.

The warning from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine came as an A&E in the east Midlands announced it may have to temporarily close its doors at night owing to a national shortage of emergency doctors.
Guardian

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This is amount of exercise you should be doing every day

This is amount of exercise you should be doing every day

Exceeding the current recommended minimum levels each week can significantly reduce the risk of disease, experts claim.
Independent

A guide to volunteering in hospitals

A guide to volunteering in hospitals

The Helping in Hospitals programme backed by the Cabinet Office and the Department of Health worked with ten hospital trusts from 2014 to 2016 to help them build volunteering programmes.
NHS Networks