GP feds trailblazer urges colleagues to get their heads down and deliver change

GP feds trailblazer urges colleagues to get their heads down and deliver change GPs need to stop behaving like meerkats and start thinking about how they and their local partners can deliver primary care at scale and new models of care, according to Mike Smith, a federation trailblazer and board member of the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC). NHS Networks

Towards affordable healthcare: why effective innovation is key

Towards affordable healthcare: why effective innovation is key This report finds that whilst the UK is well placed to innovate to improve health outcomes and reduce costs, it's often not doing enough with the tools at its disposal. NHS Networks

Maternity services monthly statistics, January 2017

Maternity services monthly statistics, January 2017 This is a report on NHS-funded maternity services in England for January 2017, using data submitted to the maternity services data set (MSDS). The MSDS has been developed to help achieve better outcomes of care for mothers, babies and children. NHS Networks

Call for drug test services at all UK festivals and clubs after successful pilot

Call for drug test services at all UK festivals and clubs after successful pilot Secret Garden Party founder backs the calls after a successful pilot scheme at his 2016 event. BBC News

Antibiotic spending per patient varies 2.4-fold across England

Antibiotic spending per patient varies 2.4-fold across England Some areas of England spend an average of 2.4 times more per patient on antibiotics compared with other regions, analysis of official prescribing data has revealed. GP Online

Heart surgeon spared jail for molesting women after judge says it may be in public interest for him to operate again

Heart surgeon spared jail for molesting women after judge says it may be in public interest for him to operate again A world-renowned heart surgeon has been spared jail for molesting two women after a judge said it may be in the public interest for him to operate again. Mohamed Amrani, 54, was found guilty of twice groping a woman's breasts through her clothes at the Harefield Hospital in west London between 2003 and 2004. A decade later, in 2014, he smacked another woman's bottom at Bupa's private Cromwell Hospital in Kensington. The consultant has performed a string of life-saving operations around the world and hit the headlines in 2007 when he performed the UK's first double heart valve replacement using keyhole surgery. Telegraph