Tens of millions of pounds of repairs needed at Northampton General Hospital

Tens of millions of pounds of repairs needed at Northampton General Hospital Tens of millions of pounds worth of repairs need to be carried out at the Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust in order to bring its facilities up to scratch.

Data released by NHS Digital has revealed the extent of the maintenance backlog across NHS property and facilities in England, with the British Medical Association warning it is having an impact on patient care.

The Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is currently sitting on a backlog of £20.4 million worth of repairs or replacements which should have been carried out on its buildings and equipment. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

More than £1 million worth of repairs need to be carried out at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

More than £1 million worth of repairs need to be carried out at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust More than £1 million worth of repairs need to be carried out at the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in order to bring its facilities up to scratch.

Data released by NHS Digital has revealed the extent of the maintenance backlog across NHS property and facilities in England, with the British Medical Association warning it is having an impact on patient care. Daventry Express

Developing governance to support integrated care: a bumpy ride?

Developing governance to support integrated care: a bumpy ride? Having spent a year working at The King’s Fund with integrated care systems (ICSs), I have seen first-hand the potential of this new way of working for NHS patients and staff. A key aspect has been developing governance systems, which is both important and challenging. As the recent King’s Fund report on the first year of the pilot sites has shown, building an approach to governance has helped to start creating order and process in an environment where there is currently a distinct lack of a rule book.

End of life care: strengthening choice

End of life care: strengthening choice All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children Who Need Palliative Care has been examining the extent to which the government is meeting its end of life care choice commitment to babies, children and young-people with life-limiting conditions and their families.  

Despite the commitment – which outlines six ways ministers believe that people approaching the end of their lives should be supported – the APPG has heard evidence from young people, families, services and professionals that the quality of palliative care children and families can access is patchy and depends on where in England they live.

Cervical screening: Millions missing smear tests

Cervical screening: Millions missing smear tests About three million women across England have not had a smear test for at least three-and-a-half years.

GPs are trying to improve take-up rates as figures show up to half of women under 50 in some areas have not had a cervical screening in the recommended time frame.

Screening rates are at their lowest for two decades.

Public Health England said it was "concerned" by the fall. BBC News

NHS pledges to eliminate ethnicity pay gap

NHS pledges to eliminate ethnicity pay gap The Department of Health and Social Care has pledged to eliminate the ethnicity pay gap in the NHS and set a goal to increase black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) representation in senior leadership to match that seen across the rest of the NHS by 2028.

Recent NHS ethnicity pay analyses show that senior white NHS managers are paid thousands more than managers from ethnic minority backgrounds, and that fewer BAME staff reach the most senior levels of management. OnMedica

Rise in antibiotic resistant infections in England could put millions at risk and push medicine 'back to dark ages'

Rise in antibiotic resistant infections in England could put millions at risk and push medicine 'back to dark ages' Millions of routine operations could become life threatening, experts have warned as a rise in drug-resistant bacterial infections risks pushing medicine “back to the dark ages”.

Too many people are putting themselves, their families and vulnerable members of the public at risk by taking antibiotics when they’re not needed, Public Health England (PHE) has said. The Independent

Children's services are at breaking point, experts say

Children's services are at breaking point, experts say Charities, teaching unions and medical colleges accuse UK government of ignoring young people

Children’s services from Sure Start to schools and NHS mental health are at breaking point, according to a coalition of 120 organisations that have called on the chancellor to invest in young people in the budget next week.

An open letter to Philip Hammond and Theresa May from a group of charities, teaching unions and medical colleges accuses the government of ignoring children and young people in its spending plans. The Guardian

UK has 'hostile environment' to accessing the dentist as 380,000 people visit GP with dental problems every year, study finds

UK has 'hostile environment' to accessing the dentist as 380,000 people visit GP with dental problems every year, study finds GPs see 380,00 patients a year with dental problems, a study has found, as ministers are urged to end the 'hostile environment' to accessing a dentist in the UK.

The new study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, warned that GP appointments for dental problems are "often not an effective or efficient use of resources”, with the result being that pressure is “piled on overstretched GPs who are simply unequipped to help.” The Daily Telegraph

NHS hospitals need repairs costing £1billion to prevent risk to patients health, figures show

NHS hospitals need repairs costing £1billion to prevent risk to patients health, figures show More than £1billion worth of urgent repairs need to be carried out across the NHS to prevent ‘catastrophic’ failures and risk to safety, figures show.

NHS trusts in England are sitting on a record-high backlog of almost £6 billion of repairs or replacements on their buildings and equipment.

A staggering £billion of these are classed as ‘high-risk’ repairs. The Daily Mail