Friday 19 August 2016

New film puts spotlight on person centred dementia care

New film puts spotlight on person centred dementia care A new film released by Health Education England highlights the importance of person-centred care in enabling people in care homes to live well with dementia.

The film, Finding Patience – The Later Years, continues to follow Patience and her family, who we were introduced to in the film Finding Patience, as she moves into a care home. It explores the challenges faced by staff and demonstrates what good quality person-centred care looks like.

Healing a divided Britain: the need for a comprehensive race equality strategy

Healing a divided Britain: the need for a comprehensive race equality strategy This report considers race inequality in Great Britain, providing analysis on whether our society lives up to its promise to be fair to all its citizens. It looks across every area of people’s lives including education, employment, housing, pay and living standards, health, criminal justice, and participation. It examines where progress is being made and where there is room for improvement. Equality and Human Rights Commission

Nottinghamshire dentist Desmond D'Mello struck off by General Dental Council

NICE set to remove two drugs from the Cancer Drugs Fund

NICE set to remove two drugs from the Cancer Drugs Fund Everolimus for breast cancer and ibrutinib for mantle cell lymphoma are not cost-effective, NICE says. OnMedica

Cuts to NHS services for sex workers 'disastrous' say experts

Cuts to NHS services for sex workers 'disastrous' say experts British Medical Journal editorial warns of ‘avoidable harms and disastrous long-term costs’ caused by cuts to specialist services

Sex workers are at greater risk of violence and ill health due to substantial cuts to specialist NHS health and support services across the UK, according to experts, service providers and rights groups.

An editorial in the British Medical Journal, published this week, warned of “avoidable harms and disastrous long-term costs” of ongoing funding cuts to services available to sex workers. Continue reading... The Guardian

I learned the hard way that medicine can be humiliating and incestuous

I learned the hard way that medicine can be humiliating and incestuous Dressing downs in front of nurses and not knowing who is married to whom add to a junior doctor’s worries

Early in my career as a junior doctor I had a rotation I was looking forward to, where I was working with different senior doctors in the mornings and afternoons. I was quite excited as this was definitely a part of medicine I was interested in.

On one of my first days I arrived at 6.30am to meet my senior doctor. I waited in the pre-op area, a room with several beds and curtains where patients have their regular checks before an operation. A small congregation of doctors and nurses wandered in talking. I didn’t know what the senior doctor who I would be working with looked like so I asked one of the nurses. “Yes, that’s him there,” she said with a cautious look. I walked proudly up to him and introduced myself. Continue reading... The Guardian

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey faces disciplinary action for 'concealing temperature' from medics

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey faces disciplinary action for 'concealing temperature' from medics Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been accused of taking paracetamol to lower her temperature so she would pass screening checks at Heathrow Airport.

The Scottish medical worker is expected to face a fitness to practice hearing at the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) next month where she is accused of concealing her temperature from Public Health England officials. The Daily Telegraph

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Staff shortages leave 30,000 pregnant women with mental health problems without proper care

Staff shortages leave 30,000 pregnant women with mental health problems without proper care Around 30,000 new mothers with mental health conditions are being left to fend for themselves after giving birth because of a gaping shortage in properly trained staff, NHS figures reveal.

Currently just 15 per cent of areas provide the recommended level of post-birth community care, while 40 per cent offer no service at all.

The data emerged as NHS England announced it was making available the first tranche of a £365 million fund to provide better support for mothers with existing mental illnesses, as well as those with birth-induced conditions such as postpartum psychosis. The Daily Telegraph

Health chiefs' fury as tougher rules on junk food are axed