Tuesday 6 February 2018

Northampton hospital names new wards to honour town war hero and its first matron

Northampton hospital names new wards to honour town war hero and its first matron A Cobblers player who became the first black British Army officer will give his name to a new ward at Northampton General Hospital. Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Refreshing NHS plans for 2018/19

Refreshing NHS plans for 2018/19 NHS England - This guidance, published jointly with NHS Improvement, sets out the plans for the NHS in light of the November 2017 budget announcements. It outlines how the additional funding will impact on emergency and urgent care, elective surgery and other core frontline services such as mental health and primary care. It is accompanied by revised CCG allocations for the financial year 2018/19. King's Fund

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Research and analysis: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review

Research and analysis: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review In the government’s Tobacco Control Plan for England, Public Health England (PHE) was asked to update its 2015 evidence review on e-cigarettes and other novel nicotine delivery systems annually until the end of the current Parliament in 2022.

PHE commissioned a group of leading tobacco control researchers from the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS) to produce this report, which underwent international peer review. Gov.uk - Public Health England

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HPV vaccine offered to men who have sex with men in England

HPV vaccine offered to men who have sex with men in England England is following Scotland and Wales, who have already introduced vaccination programmes for men. BBC News - Health

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Every NHS trust tested for cybersecurity has failed, officials admit

Every NHS trust tested for cybersecurity has failed, officials admit Assessments after WannaCry attack reveal vulnerabilities across whole of health system.


Every NHS trust assessed for cyber security vulnerabilities has failed to meet the standard required, civil servants have said for the first time.

In a parliamentary hearing on the WannaCry attack which disrupted parts of the NHS last year, Department of Health (DoH) officials said all 200 trusts had failed, despite increases in security provision. The Guardian

President Trump: NHS 'going broke and not working' - BBC News

President Trump: NHS 'going broke and not working' US President Donald Trump has sparked a backlash from UK politicians by attacking the National Health Service.

In a tweet criticising US Democrats pushing for a universal health system, he said "thousands of people are marching" in the UK because the NHS is "going broke and not working".

This was believed to be a reference to a Save the NHS march on Downing Street on Saturday, demanding more funding. BBC News

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Missed NHS targets spell trouble - BBC News

Missed NHS targets spell trouble - BBC News It was late on a Friday and buried in a technical NHS document with no publicity surrounding it - but this was one of the most important health announcements in months.

The NHS in England says it will not this year hit the key target for treating or assessing 95% of patients in hospital Accident and Emergency departments within four hours.

This is very much at odds with the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's repeated assurances that the target could and would be hit in 2018. BBC News - Health

Guidance on menopause and the workplace

Guidance on menopause and the workplace The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) has produced guidance on menopause and the workplace. It pulls together the latest information on how menopause affects some women at work. NHS Employers

Funding boost for new mums’ mental health

Funding boost for new mums’ mental health The NHS has today confirmed that extra funding will be made available to improve the mental health of at least 3,000 pregnant women and those who have recently given birth.

The £23 million funding is part of a major programme of improvement and investment by NHS England which will see a total of 30,000 additional women getting specialist mental health care, in person and through online consultations including over skype, during the early stages of motherhood, supported by a total of £365m, by 2021. NHS England