Friday 18 August 2017

REVEALED: The best and worst GP surgeries in Kettering as rated by you

REVEALED: The best and worst GP surgeries in Kettering as rated by you Mawsley Village Surgery is the best GP practice in the Kettering district, according to the results of a patient survey. The surgery in School Road came out on top with 94 per cent of patients who go there saying they had a ‘good’ experience. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Next stage of world-leading childhood obesity plan announced

Next stage of world-leading childhood obesity plan announced As set out in the plan, PHE will now consider the evidence on children’s calorie consumption and set the ambition for the calorie reduction programme to remove excess calories from the foods children consume the most.

Ready meals, pizzas, burgers, savoury snacks and sandwiches are the kinds of foods likely to be included in the programme.

Over the past year, real progress has been made on reducing the level of sugar in many products.

The Soft Drinks Industry Levy has become law and will come into effect in April 2018 and PHE has formulated a comprehensive sugar reduction programme with the aim of a 20% reduction in sugar in key foods by 2020. Leading retailers and manufacturers have also announced they are, or already have, lowered the amount of sugar in their products as a result of these programmes. Public Health England and the Department of Health

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Joint statement on handling conflicts of interest

Joint statement on handling conflicts of interest This joint statement, produced alongside other health professions regulators, sets out expectations on how health and care professionals are expected to manage conflicts of interest. Health and Care Professions Council

Mental health services patchy, says PM

Mental health services patchy, says PM Theresa May says the UK's mental health services are "patchy" and has told Newsbeat she's going to review them.

She's pledged to support teenagers through a new strategy and better access to help.

"The National Citizens Service will build in mental health awareness," the prime minister explained.

She added that "10,000 members of staff" will be trained in "spotting issues around mental health". BBC News

Now NHS cuts are stripping basic medicines from the poor

Now NHS cuts are stripping basic medicines from the poor The government tries to deny cuts exist. But some hapless GPs are being forced to stop providing everyday medications to those unable to pay for them

The retreat of the health service is stealthy and haphazard, as a creeping postcode lottery of cuts gradually erodes the “national” in NHS. IVF, hip and knee operations are being cut back randomly in some regions. In some places patients can only get one cataract fixed: seeing with one eye is enough.

The ban on all over-the-counter medicines comes with a screed of cant about the importance of promoting 'self-care' Continue reading... The Guardian

NHS's longest serving chief executive sacked

NHS's longest serving chief executive sacked The NHS's longest serving chief executive has been sacked for gross misconduct, but he has claimed he was dismissed for suspending senior consultants who used hospital premises to have sex.

Sir Leonard Fenwick, who joined Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 1965, said he had been the victim of an "orchestrated witch-hunt". The Telegraph

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Work hard, work hard - a quarter of modern medical students are teetotal

Work hard, work hard - a quarter of modern medical students are teetotal The ‘work hard, play hard’ medical student who burns the candle at both ends, consuming prodigious quantities of alcohol before an early morning anatomy class, has long been a staple of university life.

But a new survey carried out for the British Medical Journal suggests this stereotype is now little more than a myth.

Merely one in ten future doctors currently exceed the Government’s recommended weekly alcohol limit, and a quarter profess themselves to be completely teetotal. The Daily Telegraph

A quarter of trainee GPs want to work as stand-ins

A quarter of trainee GPs want to work as stand-ins A quarter of trainee GPs are intending to shun a full-time job in the NHS by becoming locums, research has found.

Many have been put off taking permanent posts by the long hours and intense workload and will instead seek the flexibility of working as stand-in doctors.

The study by Warwick University found that only two-thirds planned to work as GPs six months after they finished training. The remainder were intending to take a career break, move abroad or quit working for the NHS altogether. The Daily Mail