MP: CCG must clarify Corby Urgent Care Centre contingency plans

MP: CCG must clarify Corby Urgent Care Centre contingency plans The MP for Corby has asked commissioners to clarify their plans should no new operator be found for the town’s urgent care centre.

This morning Corby CCG announced that the only bidder for a new contract to start on October 1 had withdrawn from the bidding process.

The news has left the future of the site unknown once the current operator Lakeside Plus’ contract expires on September 30, with the CCG saying it is ‘considering its options’.

Corby’s MP Tom Pursglove has written to Corby CCG’s chief executive Carole Deghani to clarify the contingency plans. Northamptonshire Telegraph

See also:

• No takers for new Corby Urgent Care Centre contract Northamptonshire Telegraph

Suicide by children and young people: National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness.

Suicide by children and young people: National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. This report examines findings from a range of investigations, such as coroner inquests, into the deaths by suicide of people aged under 25 between January 2014 and December 2015 in England and Wales, extracting information about the stresses they were facing when they died. Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership

Child sexual exploitation: prevention and intervention

Child sexual exploitation: prevention and intervention This report summarises the emerging evidence from the UK on the issue of child sexual exploitation. It provides practice examples to support local public health leaders to establish a public health framework for prevention and intervention. The accompanying literature search is a summary of the latest international research about effective interventions to prevent child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation. Public Health England

MH:2K Oldham: a youth-led approach to exploring mental health

MH:2K Oldham: a youth-led approach to exploring mental health From September 2016 to July 2017, Involve worked with Leaders Unlocked, to deliver a pilot project to engage young people in conversations about mental health in Oldman. It aimed to empower 14-25 year olds to identify the mental health issues that they viewed as most important; engage their peers in exploring these topics; and work with local decision-makers to make recommendations for change. The project report outlines the methodology of the the pilot project and the final evaluation report presents the impacts of the project. Involve

Can you talk about your mental health to your boss?

Can you talk about your mental health to your boss? When web developer Madalyn Parker took time off work to focus on her mental health, the supportive response of her CEO won much praise.

But not everyone can count on their employers' understanding and many people feel unable to be open at work about their mental health.

The BBC asked for your experiences of mental health and the workplace.

Some people shared stories of colleagues showing sensitivity, while others described reactions of incomprehension. BBC News

See also:

• Do I need a mental health sick day – and how do I ask for one? The Daily Telegraph

Grenfell Tower fire: Two more hospitals fail fire safety checks

Grenfell Tower fire: Two more hospitals fail fire safety checks Two more hospitals have failed fire safety checks, ordered in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Buildings at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust and University College Hospital in London have been found to have combustible cladding.

They will now have to take action and continue with 24-hour fire warden patrols in the meantime.

It brings the total of failed sites to five - none of the buildings has patients staying overnight.

One is an office building, while the others see and treat patients during the day. BBC News

GP-patient relationship at risk if data-sharing opt-out is scrapped, says BMA

GP-patient relationship at risk if data-sharing opt-out is scrapped, says BMA BMA leaders have voiced 'serious concerns' over government plans to remove patients' right to opt out of having their data shared with NHS Digital. GPonline

Roll out of NHS Wi-Fi to GP surgeries begins

Roll out of NHS Wi-Fi to GP surgeries begins NHS Digital has begun roll out of NHS Wi-Fi to GP surgeries in England and it should be completed by 31 December 2017.

Using NHS Wi-Fi, patients will be able to access the internet free of charge in their GP's waiting room, via their smart phone or tablet. It will enable patients to link in with local health clinics and services and is paving the way for future developments in digital patient care.

Internet access will be granted through an NHS.UK landing page which will host national healthcare information alongside locally generated content from the general practice or CCG, such as information about local clinics and health services. Patients can use the service to access and download health apps, browse the internet and look up health and care information. OnMedica

More patients waiting too long in A&E despite it being NHS priority

More patients waiting too long in A&E despite it being NHS priority Latest figures show fewer patients treated within four-hour target time even though trusts were ordered to improve their performance

The NHS is taking longer to treat patients attending accident and emergency departments despite ministers and health officials making A&E waiting times a top priority. The latest official NHS performance figures show that in May, hospital-based A&E units in England treated just 84.6% of patients within their four-hour target time, despite a requirement to treat 95% within that time.

That was down on both the previous month (85.7%) and May last year (85.4%). Medical leaders warned that the figures showed that the NHS could be in for an even tougher winter later this year than it experienced in 2016-17. Continue reading... The Guardian

Workers spend their entire retirement in poor health

Workers spend their entire retirement in poor health Public Health England says boys born between 2013 and 2015 have an average 'healthy life expectancy' of just 63.4 - and will then spend another 16.1 years in poor health. The Daily Mail