CCTV released of man over theft from Northampton General Hospital

CCTV released of man over theft from Northampton General Hospital Police would like to speak to the man in the attached images who may have information about the theft of a handbag from NGH. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Taking the right approach to community-based health services

Taking the right approach to community-based health services On Boxing Day, Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer at NHS England, wrote a letter to The Telegraph reflecting on what – on the surface – seemed to be a fairly standard NHS policy position, that the NHS should shift care closer to home and invest in community-based health care rather than hospital buildings.

Nothing new there, it's been a key component of much health policy for the past decade or more. But I started looking at readers’ comments on articles where her letter was discussed, and was taken aback by the strength of feeling from those commenters that the policy was wrong. The King's Fund

Support after a suicide: a guide to providing local services

Support after a suicide: a guide to providing local services This practical guidance helps commissioners understand why and how they can deliver support after suicide (also known as postvention support) in their local areas. Public Health England

Policy paper: Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: government response

Policy paper: Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: government response This report sets out the government’s response to the work of the Mental Health Taskforce. The taskforce report to NHS England, the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, is an independent and far-reaching overview of what modern mental health services should be.

The government will accept the taskforce report’s recommendations in full. This report provides full responses to each of the 58 recommendations made to government.

All of the recommendations, whether for NHS England or for government, will be taken forward. NHS England’s response to their recommendations can be found in Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health. Department of Health

Theresa May promises mental health care overhaul

Theresa May promises mental health care overhaul Plans to "transform" attitudes to mental health, with a focus on children and young people, have been announced by Theresa May.

Additional training for teachers, an extra £15m for community care, and improved support in the workplace were among measures announced by the PM.

Mental health experts said more funding was needed to improve services.

Mrs May's speech comes as she outlined her plans to use the state to create a "shared society".

The government says one in four people has a mental disorder at some point in their life, with an annual cost of £105bn.

Figures show young people are affected disproportionately with over half of mental health problems starting by the age of 14 and 75% by 18.

The prime minister said mental health had been "dangerously disregarded" as secondary to physical health and changing that would go "right to the heart of our humanity". BBC News

See also:

• Press release: Prime Minister unveils plans to transform mental health support Department of Health
• Mental health problems are everyone’s problem: article by Theresa May Department of Health
• Statement to Parliament: Mental health and NHS performance Department of Health
• Funds for mental health must reach the front line if Prime Minister’s vision is to be realised The King's Fund
• Prime Minister unveils plans to 'transform' mental health support Mind
• Professor Sir Simon Wessley, President of the RCPsych responds to the PM's speech Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Urgent action needed to make aspirations for mental health care a reality, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
• 'Nobody is immune' to mental health problems BBC News
• Theresa May vows to tackle the 'huge stigma' around poor mental health as part of her 'shared society' vision - and No 10 says it's NOT the same as David Cameron's 'big society' The Daily Mail
• Theresa May vows to make her Government a 'force for good' in new plan to tackle mental health The Daily Telegraph
• Theresa May is right to talk about mental health, both morally and economically The Daily Telegraph
• Every secondary school in Britain offered mental health training in bid to end 'stigma' and help children The Daily Telegraph
• Using children's mental health funding to plug NHS gaps is 'like theft', says former health minister The Independent
• 2 charts that show what has happened to mental health under the Conservatives The Independent
• Theresa May pledges to tackle 'stigma' of mental health but dismisses call for extra funding The Independent
• Theresa May's mental health pledge should start with fair funding The New Statesman

Jeremy Hunt sets out the measures to relieve 'distressed' A&Es

Jeremy Hunt sets out the measures to relieve 'distressed' A&Es The Health Secretary has told the Commons how hospital trusts can relieve their 'distressed' emergency departments on a temporary basis.

Jeremy Hunt was also responding to claims from the Red Cross that the NHS was facing a 'humanitarian crisis'. BBC News

See also:

• Statement to Parliament: Mental health and NHS performance Department of Health
• Hunt casts doubt over A&E target BBC News
• Jeremy Hunt says one in three of us shouldn't be in casualty as ops are axed The Daily Mail
• Jeremy Hunt makes emergency statement on NHS The Daily Telegraph
• GP referrals blocked as Hunt says seven-day service can end NHS 'humanitarian crisis' GP Online
• GPs could be drafted in to support struggling urgent care services, says Hunt GP Online
• This isn’t a freak day – this is winter in the NHS The Guardian
• The Guardian view on the NHS crisis: Theresa May is in denial | Editorial The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt accused of watering down four-hour A&E waiting target The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt: up to 30% of people using A&E departments do not need emergency care – video The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt rejects Red Cross claim of NHS 'humanitarian crisis' – video The Guardian
• Red Cross NHS remark touches nerve with Conservatives The Guardian
• Chart highlights NHS hospital bed shortage crisis in comparison to other European countries The Independent
• NHS crisis: Intensive care bed shortages are forcing doctors to choose who lives and dies The Independent
• Senior A&E doctor declares working in NHS emergency medicine 'sucks you in and spits you out' The Independent
• When to go to A&E: Patients urged to consider other options amid NHS hospital crisis The Independent
• Hunt: 'Unprecedented demand' on NHS after A&E visits surge ITV News

Two die in NHS every day of thirst and starvation

Two die in NHS every day of thirst and starvation Hunger or thirst were responsible for 1,022 registered deaths in 2015, the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show. Experts believe it may be due to increasing demands on the NHS. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Deaths registered in England and Wales: 2015 Office of National Statistics
• Starving patients BBC News
• Two patients die from starvation or thirst each day in UK hospitals and care homes, say statistics The Independent

'Doctors are too busy for more than one problem per appointment'

'Doctors are too busy for more than one problem per appointment' Those with multiple illnesses are being banned from booking 20-minute consultations – instead being told to book a standard ten-minute appointment for each condition. The Daily Mail

Around 16,000 people still receiving 'flying visits' by carers, despite Government's minimum standard

Around 16,000 people still receiving 'flying visits' by carers, despite Government's minimum standard More than a fifth of councils in England are still commissioning 15-minute social care visits, despite the Government agreeing half an hour should be the minimum standard, it was reported.

Around 16,000 people are still receiving "flying visits" by carers for needs such as washing, dressing and eating, an investigation by ITV News and the charity Leonard Cheshire Disability found.

Ninety-five of the 152 councils in England responded to a Freedom of Information request, of whom 34 admitted they were still commissioning 15-minute visits for personal care, ITV News said. The Daily Telegraph