Guidance: Data security and protection for health and care organisations

Guidance: Data security and protection for health and care organisations This document sets out what all health and care organisations will be expected to do to demonstrate that they are putting into practice the 10 data security standards recommended by the National Data Guardian. Department of Health

Professionalism animations to support nurses and midwives

Professionalism animations to support nurses and midwives Three animations demonstrate how nurses and midwives could use the Enabling professionalism framework to reflect on practice and challenge poor behaviour.

Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) from the four countries of the UK, supported by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), have today launched three animations that outline how nurses and midwives can use the Enabling professionalism in nursing and midwifery practice guide to reflect on their practice. Nursing and Midwifery Council

NHS pay rise conditional on boost in productivity, Jeremy Hunt suggests - The Independent

NHS pay rise conditional on boost in productivity, Jeremy Hunt suggests - The Independent Philip Hammond will only fund a pay rise for doctors and nurses if the NHS becomes more productive, Jeremy Hunt has suggested.

The Health Secretary hinted the Chancellor had agreed to discuss a pay rise in parallel with looking at “the ways that we could improve productivity”. The Independent

See also:

Lifting the cap: the fiscal and economic impact of lifting the NHS pay cap King's Fund
NHS bosses issue 'cry for help' after years of Government funding cuts  The Independent

No end in sight for GP workforce crisis, warns think tank

No end in sight for GP workforce crisis, warns think tank Numbers of staff in primary care are 'moving further away from the government target of net growth of 5,000 more' full-time equivalent GPs by 2020, a report by the Health Foundation warns.

Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace

Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace "Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report says," writes BBC News. This was just one of the UK media outlets that published the findings of a report looking at the extent of mental ill health in the workplace, and the related economic and social costs. NHS Choices

See also:

Mental health costs employers '£33 billion to £42 billion a year FMWorld
Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers  Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health

The £97m bill for 'midwife shortage'

The £97m bill for 'midwife shortage' UK maternity units are turning to expensive temporary staffing arrangements such as overtime and agency staff to plug gaps in midwife rotas, union leaders say.

Royal College of Midwives data showed the bill hit nearly £100m in 2016, with services having to pay hourly fees twice as high as the normal rates. BBC News

The Front Line In The Battle For The Nation's Mental Health Isn't The NHS - HuffPost UK

The Front Line In The Battle For The Nation's Mental Health Isn't The NHS - HuffPost UK Half of all mental health problems are established by the age of 14 and after school, the average adult will spend 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime. The front lines in the battle for good mental health in the UK are not within our NHS, they are in our nation's schools, colleges, universities and workplaces. By the time we reach the NHS, all too often we've already reached crisis point. HuffPost

Young people 'not receiving mental health care they need' - BBC News

Young people 'not receiving mental health care they need' - BBC News Young people are facing long waiting times and unequal access to mental health services, a review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said.
The commissioner said this could be "putting young people's lives at risk". BBC News

See also:

Review of children and young people's mental health services: phase one report Care Quality Commission

I’ve been a cancer nurse for over 30 years – things have never been so bad

I’ve been a cancer nurse for over 30 years – things have never been so bad
This morning, we had nine new patients on the ward. They will all need support to manage the rollercoaster that is having cancer. The Guardian

Rotten state of children's teeth in England exposed in hospital data

Rotten state of children's teeth in England exposed in hospital data Twice as many children under the age of 10 receive hospital treatment for tooth decay as those treated for broken arms, figures for England show.

There were 34,205 cases of patients under 10 needing hospital treatment for dental caries in the year to March, the youngest less than a year old, according to the faculty of dental surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons. The Guardian

NHS trusts accused of backdoor privatisation over subsidiary firms

NHS trusts accused of backdoor privatisation over subsidiary firms Health trusts have been accused of taking a first step towards privatisation by transferring the employment of support staff to new subsidiary companies.

At least three NHS foundation trusts in Yorkshire, the West Country and northern England have set up firms with the intention of taking thousands of workers off the NHS’s books. The Guardian

GPs to vote on breaking away from NHS to set up private model

GPs to vote on breaking away from NHS to set up private model GPs are threatening to break away from NHS and calling on their union to help them set up a "private alternative model," in a vote next week.

The motion, due to be debated by a national conference of doctors next week, follows repeated claims by the British Medical Association that the health service is at breaking point. The Telegraph

See also:

Family doctors threaten to quit NHS and go private Mail Online