KGH staff go mad for cancer equipment appeal

KGH staff go mad for cancer equipment appeal The cancer care unit at Kettering General Hospital is raising money for a £21,392 state-of-the-art machine which will help staff place central venous access devices required for the delivery of some chemotherapies. The Centenary Wing’s 25 staff have launched a “12 Months of Madness Appeal” to raise the money for a new PICC machine. Northamptonshire Telegraph

NHS pay data reveal sharp fall in 2015/16 GP income

NHS pay data reveal sharp fall in 2015/16 GP income GP income fell 1.2% on average across the UK in 2015/16 compared with the previous financial year, official data reveal. GP Online

Device that helps obese diabetics lose weight 'should be rolled out across NHS' - The Guardian

Device that helps obese diabetics lose weight 'should be rolled out across NHS' A device that helps obese people with type 2 diabetes shed more than two stone on average should be rolled out across the NHS, experts say.

The Endobarrier is a reversible treatment that provides people with an alternative to drastic gastric bypass surgery.

Patients can be fitted with the thin plastic sleeve via their mouth in less than an hour while under anaesthetic. The Guardian

Making sense of social prescribing

Making sense of social prescribing Social Prescribing Network - This guide, commissioned by NHS England, provides an introduction to social prescribing and outlines different models of social prescribing. It also highlights the key factors for successful social prescribing schemes. Kings Fund - Health Management and Policy Alert

Advanced stem cell therapy to help send cancer patients home sooner comes to Northampton

Advanced stem cell therapy to help send cancer patients home sooner comes to Northampton A specialist stem cell transplant therapy used in the last stages of treating cancer has arrived at Northampton General Hospital.

Patients can now be treated closer to home when before they would have to travel to Leicester to get the advanced form of chemotherapy. Northampton Chronicle and Echo