Delays to the creation of a new children’s services trust in Northamptonshire could cost up to £7.3m

Delays to the creation of a new children’s services trust in Northamptonshire could cost up to £7.3m Plans to move the department that looks after vulnerable children at Northamptonshire County Council over to a limited company will not now happen until at least December 2017, meaning most of the savings it promised to bring will not be achieved in this year’s budget. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

World alzheimer report 2016: Improving healthcare for people living with dementia - coverage, quality and costs now and in the future

World alzheimer report 2016: Improving healthcare for people living with dementia - coverage, quality and costs now and in the future This report reviews research evidence on the elements of healthcare for people with dementia, and, using economic modelling, suggests how it should be improved and made more efficient. It argues that current dementia healthcare services are over-specialised, and that a rebalancing is required with a more prominent role for primary and community care which could increase capacity, limit the increased costs associated with scaling up coverage of care, and, coupled with the introduction of care pathways and case management, improve the coordination and integration of care. Alzheimer's Disease International

Cohort study of 2006 medical graduates: tenth report

Cohort study of 2006 medical graduates: tenth report The BMA Cohort Doctor report is a ten year study of 430 doctors who, nine years post-graduation, are mostly progressing through specialty training or are working as qualified GPs. This report provides insights into career choice and working environments in terms of workplace morale, work related stress and work-life balance. It finds that almost half of doctors are looking to move overseas as their current experience of being a doctor is worse than they expected when they graduated. British Medical Association

Most areas 'struggling' on cancer care

Most areas 'struggling' on cancer care More than eight in 10 areas need to improve if England is going to meet its ambitious target of developing "world class" cancer care by 2020, according to an analysis by NHS bosses. BBC News

See also:

• England's cancer shame: Eight out of 10 NHS groups are letting down patients The Daily Mail
• Cancer patients face survival lottery The Daily Telegraph
• Nine out of 10 NHS groups failing on cancer care, ratings show The Guardian

NICE approves first new drug for Cancer Drugs Fund

NICE approves first new drug for Cancer Drugs Fund Lung cancer drug osimertinib has become the first new treatment made available by NICE under the Cancer Drugs Fund since it began an overhaul of the scheme earlier this year. GP Online

NHS England chief faces his biggest challenge

NHS England chief faces his biggest challenge The changing face of government will test Simon Stevens’s delicate balancing act, keeping both the ‘NHS family’ and his new political masters happy

Simon Stevens’s long honeymoon is finally coming to an end. NHS England’s chief executive has in his two and a half years in the job skilfully kept his own side, “the NHS family”, believing in both his vision for the future as the only answer to what some see as the service’s potentially existential problems and, crucially, his ability to deliver. At the same time he has enjoyed strong relationships in government, including in No 10 and the Treasury. Persuading a dubious George Osborne, the former chancellor, last autumn to frontload £3.8bn into this year’s NHS budget of the extra £8bn promised by 2020, to cover deficits and kickstart the belated implementation of 2014’s Five Year Forward View, was Stevens at his influential best. Continue reading... The Guardian

Jeremy Hunt accused of devaluing contribution of foreign doctors to UK

Jeremy Hunt accused of devaluing contribution of foreign doctors to UK Health secretary’s plan to produce more homegrown doctors by increasing places at medical schools has drawn criticism

Jeremy Hunt has been criticised over plans to train more homegrown physicians to make the NHS “self-sufficient” in doctors after Britain leaves the EU.

The health secretary will tell the Conservative party conference on Tuesday that UK medical schools will be allowed to offer up to 1,500 extra places a year to reduce reliance on foreign-trained medics.

Theresa May just brough back her racist #GoHomeVans - for our NHS doctors. Dangerous and disgraceful.

The arrogance of this from UKG is breathtaking...like they're somehow doing these doctors a favour by 'allowing' them to save lives here. https://t.co/oUnOiEkRfG

My dad is a senior doctor with nearly 30 years service to this once great country. Is he supposed to pack up and go back to Iraq?

My parents coming here has added 1 doctor, 2 dentists, and a psychologist to the country but hey, whatever, back to Iraq it is Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

•  Up to 1,500 extra medical training places announced Department of Health
• Read Jeremy Hunt's speech on four-year NHS service and overseas doctors in full GP Online
• How GPs reacted to Jeremy Hunt's plan to cut NHS reliance on overseas doctors GP Online
• 42% of British doctors plan to move abroad, study shows OnMedica

Student nurse 'on the brink of giving up' reveals what her job is really like

Student nurse 'on the brink of giving up' reveals what her job is really like The anonymous submission from a single mother in Ireland reveals her struggles from looking after 20 patients to having so little money she worries she can't pay the bills. It already has 10,000 likes. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Student nurse reveals 'soul destroying' realities of career in open letter The Independent

The NHS by numbers

The NHS by numbers Here is a look at the numbers behind the National Health Service as Jeremy Hunt is expected use his Conservative Party conference speech to announce plans to train up to 1,500 more doctors a year in England. The Daily Telegraph