Wednesday, 1 February 2017
NHS Employers welcomes GMC consultation on a single Medical Licensing Assessment
NHS Employers welcomes GMC consultation on a single Medical Licensing Assessment The assessment would help provide employers, and patients, with clearer assurance that all doctors practicing in the UK are working to the same standards of knowledge, skills and preparedness, says Danny Mortimer. NHS Employers
Minister's social care ideas ignore the million childless over-65s | Kirsty Woodard
Minister's social care ideas ignore the million childless over-65s | Kirsty Woodard
The idea that older people may not have family members who are able to help, or may have no family at all, seems not to have occurred to the government
This year, for the first time, more older people need care and support than there is family to provide it. In the UK, there are already 1 million people aged over 65 who do not have adult children. This figure will double by 2030, as one in five people over the age of 50 do not have children.The Guardian
The idea that older people may not have family members who are able to help, or may have no family at all, seems not to have occurred to the government
This year, for the first time, more older people need care and support than there is family to provide it. In the UK, there are already 1 million people aged over 65 who do not have adult children. This figure will double by 2030, as one in five people over the age of 50 do not have children.The Guardian
Down and anxious
Down and anxious As a new national commission for loneliness is launched, two women share their experiences. BBC News
- Why loneliness is so bad for you Daily Mail
Worcestershire hospitals trust ordered to urgently improve patient safety
Worcestershire hospitals trust ordered to urgently improve patient safety
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust given six weeks to improve, after the deaths of two patients forced to endure long waits for care
The NHS watchdog has ordered a troubled hospital trust to urgently overhaul patient safety or face sanctions weeks after two patients died after enduring long waits on trolleys in a corridor.
The Care Quality Commission has given Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust six weeks to make significant improvements at the three hospitals it runs in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster. The Guardian
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust given six weeks to improve, after the deaths of two patients forced to endure long waits for care
The NHS watchdog has ordered a troubled hospital trust to urgently overhaul patient safety or face sanctions weeks after two patients died after enduring long waits on trolleys in a corridor.
The Care Quality Commission has given Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust six weeks to make significant improvements at the three hospitals it runs in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster. The Guardian
Progress is being made on GP Forward View - but much more must be done urgently to support frontline GPs and patients
Progress is being made on GP Forward View - but much more must be done urgently to support frontline GPs and patients
That is the verdict of the Royal College of GPs, nine months on from the launch of NHS England’s ‘lifeline’ for general practice.
In its interim assessment of the GP Forward View published today, the College says that on crucial issues such as practice resilience, local implementation has been far too slow.
The 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans – intended to shape the NHS at a local level – also come in for criticism for prioritising NHS hospital trusts over general practice, and in some cases even planning to reduce GP numbers. Royal College of General Practitioners
That is the verdict of the Royal College of GPs, nine months on from the launch of NHS England’s ‘lifeline’ for general practice.
In its interim assessment of the GP Forward View published today, the College says that on crucial issues such as practice resilience, local implementation has been far too slow.
The 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans – intended to shape the NHS at a local level – also come in for criticism for prioritising NHS hospital trusts over general practice, and in some cases even planning to reduce GP numbers. Royal College of General Practitioners
- Warning of cuts to family doctors in NHS overhaul The Telegraph
Sudden death warning over faulty heart gene
Sudden death warning over faulty heart gene A charity estimates 620,000 people carry a faulty gene that affects the heart - and most are unaware. BBC News
Queer in the head: Do LGB people in the UK have poorer mental health? #LGBTHM17
Queer in the head: Do LGB people in the UK have poorer mental health? #LGBTHM17 At the start of LGBT History Month, Sarah Carr presents some recent research into sexual orientation and symptoms of common mental disorder or low wellbeing. National Elf Service: Mental Elf
NHS should charge health tourists 'upfront' instead of chaotic debt chase
NHS should charge health tourists 'upfront' instead of chaotic debt chase
NHS hospitals should charge foreign patients “upfront” unless the case is an emergency, the government has said - as a damning report warns Britain is failing to recoup hundreds of millions of pounds.
MPs said “chaotic” systems and a lack of sanctions for hospitals which failed to recover debts meant legitimate patients were being starved of vital resources. The Telegraph
NHS hospitals should charge foreign patients “upfront” unless the case is an emergency, the government has said - as a damning report warns Britain is failing to recoup hundreds of millions of pounds.
MPs said “chaotic” systems and a lack of sanctions for hospitals which failed to recover debts meant legitimate patients were being starved of vital resources. The Telegraph
Device could help people with 'locked-in' syndrome
Device could help people with 'locked-in' syndrome To help people with locked-in syndrome to communicate, researchers at the Wyss Centre for Bio and Neuroengineering in Geneva created a new brain-computer interface. Daily Mail
- Completely 'locked-in' patients can communicate BBC News Health
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