Cardiologist asked Northampton patient to excite herself during examination to raise heart rate - Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Cardiologist asked Northampton patient to excite herself during examination to raise heart rate A heart doctor faces being struck off after asking a woman to sexually excite herself during a medical examination at Northampton General Hospital... three years after asking the same thing of a different patient.

A tribunal heard that locum cardiologist Dr Nilesh Jagjivan made the lewd suggestion of Miss A, who was a medical student and was shadowing him, after he had offered to examine her for an irregular heartbeat. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Doomed to repeat? Lessons from the history of NHS reform

Doomed to repeat? Lessons from the history of NHS reform NHS leaders are now hard at work on a long-term plan for the health service, due to be published in the coming months. Those who have been involved with health care in England for some time could be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu, as NHS history is littered with similar plans. So what lessons can be learned from these previous plans, and how can we ultimately ensure that this time is a success? Nuffield Trust

Progress on the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: On the road to parity

Progress on the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: On the road to parity The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mental Health has published a new report into the delivery of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (FyFV-MH). The FyFV-MH was published in 2016 and is the Government's five-year strategy to transform mental health services by 2020/21.

This report comes halfway through the FyFV-MH and is the result of the APPG's inquiry into the delivery of the Government's strategy. It asks what has gone well, what needs to be improved and outlines what the focus beyond 2020/21 should be.

See also:

• People in mental health crisis neglected by NHS, MPs warn The Guardian

New nursing associate standards published

New nursing associate standards published Find out about the new nursing associate standards and resources available to support them. NHS Employers

Physician associates at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Physician associates at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust The Royal Free London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has successfully recruited two physician associates. This case study explores how the introduction of physician associates within urology at the trust has helped to increase educational opportunities for junior doctors, reduced workload intensity and improved continuity care for patients. It describes how the trust developed a business case for the roles, how physician associates were integrated into the workforce, and the education and training involved. NHS Employers

Crackdown on painkillers amid addiction fears

Crackdown on painkillers amid addiction fears Two painkillers are to be reclassified as class C controlled substances amid concerns people are becoming addicted to them and misusing them.

The drugs - pregabalin and gabapentin - are also used for epilepsy and anxiety.

The move, announced by the Home Office, means it will now be illegal to posses the drugs without a prescription and it will be illegal to supply or sell them to others.

The government acted after experts said tighter controls were needed. BBC News

See also:

• Consultation outcome: Pregabalin and gabapentin: proposal to schedule under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 Home Office

NHS 'failing self-harming over-65s' despite suicide risk increasing with age

NHS 'failing self-harming over-65s' despite suicide risk increasing with age The NHS is not referring the vast majority of older people who self-harm to specialist psychiatric support, despite their chances of committing suicidesignificantly increasing, a study has found.

Researchers from the University of Manchester found that over-65s whose medical records showed reported self-harm were 20 times more likely to die from suicide in the following year – but just 12 per cent were referred to psychiatric specialists.

Over the entire 13 year follow up period, unnatural deaths – predominantly suicides – were 145 times higher among older people who self-harmed. The Independent

GPs will not tell couch potatoes that exercise could boost their health

GPs will not tell couch potatoes that exercise could boost their health Most GPs are failing to give patients basic advice to do some exercise, despite evidence it can halve the risk of major diseases, experts say.

Public Health England (PHE) said GPs too often failed to raise the topic - because they were ignorant of the benefits of exercise, or were not sure how to bring it up.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock today called for “a culture shift” in medicine where referrals for exercise were as common as doling out a drug prescription. The Daily Telegraph

The damning vaginal mesh dossier: The shocking failures behind the scandal

The damning vaginal mesh dossier: The shocking failures behind the scandal That failure of regulatory oversight is bad enough. But we can also reveal that the new evidence was tainted by a multi-million- dollar deal between that company and the Swedish doctor who invented TVT. The Daily Mail

NHS pays out £100million to disabled children left brain damaged at birth in just 24 hours

NHS pays out £100million to disabled children left brain damaged at birth in just 24 hours The NHS paid out more than £100million within just 24 hours to disabled children who suffered brain damage at birth.

The High Court approved settlements in 11 cases on Monday and Tuesday last week, which breached the monumental sum in total.

One of the payouts was for a record £37million, which was awarded to a six-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic brain injury after contracting herpes in hospital.

Negligence victims receive up to three times what they used to after ministers decided to alter how payouts are calculated last year. The Daily Mail