Corby Urgent Care Centre will not close on Friday

Corby Urgent Care Centre will not close on Friday Health bosses have confirmed that Corby Urgent Care Centre will not be closing on Friday. It comes after a row over funding led to Lakeside+ Plus Limited, which runs the busy centre, saying it may have to close if they couldn’t reach an agreement over the prices they are paid for services provided there. The threat of closure led to concern for patients, staff and all involved with the running of the centre. Northamptonshire Telegraph

SPECIAL REPORT: 'Alternative' day care offered in Northampton cannot cater for our parents

SPECIAL REPORT: 'Alternative' day care offered in Northampton cannot cater for our parents Relatives of dementia patients whose day care funding plug has been pulled say they will scrimp to pay for the activity sessions themselves – rather than send their loved ones to the alternative being offered. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Major reform of social care funding and provision needed

Major reform of social care funding and provision needed The Communities and Local Government Committee report says that the Government needs to urgently review how social care is funded in the long term and address serious threats to social care provision.

See also:

• Social care still needs a sustainable funding settlement The King's Fund
• How care homes hit middle classes by charging them more The Daily Mail

National Statistics Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet - England, 2017

National Statistics Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet - England, 2017 This statistical report presents information on obesity, physical activity and diet, drawn together from a variety of sources. NHS Digital

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• Just one in four adults eating their five a day, NHS reveals The Daily Telegraph
• Quarter of adults in England 'exercise for less than half hour a week' The Guardian

Simon Stevens' delivery plan for the NHS explained

Simon Stevens' delivery plan for the NHS explained With the health service under unprecedented pressures of both finance and demand, the NHS England chief has outlined proposals to safeguard its future

The chief of NHS England, Simon Stevens, has pledged to make an array of changes to benefit patients in his proposals for the future of the health service.

In the delivery plan for his Five-Year Forward View, he sets out the way in which providers of NHS care must overhaul their working practices, despite the unprecedented pressures they are facing and the service having less money than he believes it needs to do its job properly. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View NHS England
• Welcoming NHS England’s Next steps on the Five Year Forward View The King's Fund
• NHS operations: Waiting times to rise in 'trade-off', boss says BBC News
• NHS boss warns longer waits for hip operations The Daily Mail
• Hip and knee surgery waiting lists to lengthen as NHS focus on A&E and cancer care The Daily Telegraph
• The Guardian view on changes to the NHS: transformative but not sustainable | Editorial The Guardian
• NHS accused of waving white flag as it axes 18-week operation target The Guardian
• NHS 18 week wait target "jettisoned in all but name" The Independent

Record number of EU citizens quit working in NHS last year

Record number of EU citizens quit working in NHS last year Surge in number of doctors and nurses from other EU states leaving renews fears that Brexit could exacerbate staffing crisis

A record number of EU nationals left the NHS last year, renewing fears that Brexit could exacerbate a staffing crisis. Continue reading... The Guardian

Toddler died after urgent operation was repeatedly delayed

Toddler died after urgent operation was repeatedly delayed The family of Kayden Bancroft claim he was ‘put in a room and left’ at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital despite suffering intense pain as a car crash victim had taken priority. The Daily Mail

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• Surgeon: 'How many more children like Kayden must die?' BBC News

Weekend NHS GPs for everyone within two years

Weekend NHS GPs for everyone within two years At least 50 per cent of NHS patients in England and Wales would have access to out-of-hours’ appointments by 2018, rising to 100 per cent by 2019 under the new blueprint unveiled today. The Daily Mail

Man terminally ill with motor neurone disease loses court bid to change law on assisted dying

Man terminally ill with motor neurone disease loses court bid to change law on assisted dying A man with terminal motor neurone disease says he will appeal against a High Court decision not to allow him to challenge the law on assisted dying.

Three judges rejected Neil Conway's bid to change the law, which currently means it is illegal to help someone take their own life.

But they praised Mr Conway's "selfless" actions in bringing the case and said they felt "deep sympathy" for him and his family.

Passing judgment Lord Justice Burnett said that it would be "institutionally inappropriate" for the court to challenge the decision of Parliament. The Daily Telegraph