Northamptonshire awards ceremony puts carers in the spotlight

Northamptonshire awards ceremony puts carers in the spotlight More than 120 people attended the annual Northamptonshire Jane Roebuck Carers Awards which brought together carers from across Northamptonshire to acknowledge and celebrate the fantastic contribution that they make to the county.

The prestigious awards ceremony, which was held at Barton Hall, Kettering, not only recognises the commitment, hard work, and selflessness of carers, but it provides an opportunity for them to enjoy an occasion which is dedicated solely to them. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Guidance: Kettering and Northamptonshire: bowel cancer screening

Guidance: Kettering and Northamptonshire: bowel cancer screening Executive summary of quality assurance (QA) visit to Kettering and Northamptonshire Bowel Cancer screening service held on 6 March 2018. Public Health England

Making the NHS a World Leader in improving the mental wellbeing of its staff and learners

Making the NHS a World Leader in improving the mental wellbeing of its staff and learners There are 1.4 million people in the NHS taking care of the health needs of patients up and down the country, their physical and emotional health is key to patient welfare.

Professor Simon Gregory, Health Education England Primary Care Lead and Clinical Director of the recently published NHS Staff and Learners’ Mental Wellbeing Commission today sets out how the NHS can rise to this challenge and be a world leader in improving the mental wellbeing of its staff and learners. Health Education England

See also:

• Mental Wellbeing Commission report Health Education England
• NHS staff to get safe spaces and 24 hour helpline to avoid burnout The Daily Telegraph
• NHS staff should be able to jump the queue to access mental health support, health secretary proposes The Independent

International comparisons of health and wellbeing in adolescence and early adulthood

International comparisons of health and wellbeing in adolescence and early adulthood Young people aged 10–24 make up approximately a fifth of the population of most high-income countries and there are strong health and economic arguments for improving their health outcomes. This report summarises how 17 key indicators of the health and wellbeing of young people aged 10–24 vary in a selection of 19 similar high-income countries both within and outside of Europe. Nuffield Trust and Association for Young People's Health

See also:

• Sound the alarm: we must improve our young people’s health services Nuffield Trust
• Asthma: Young people in the UK 'more likely to die' BBC News
• British teenagers have the highest rate of obesity in Europe, major study finds The Daily Mail
• Revealed: asthma’s deadly toll on young people in the UK The Guardian
• UK government letting down young people by failing to tackle health inequalities, report warns The Independent

Reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance

Reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance The widespread use of antimicrobials, particularly antibiotics, has accelerated the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in microbes. A recent report by the Health and Social Care Committee called for AMR to be a ‘top five policy priority’. This POSTnote evaluates the main reservoirs of AMR microbes arising from the use of antimicrobials in both humans and animals. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

A teachable moment: delivering perioperative medicine in integrated care systems

A teachable moment: delivering perioperative medicine in integrated care systems This report showcases a number of innovative and award-winning programmes in hospitals across England that are improving patient care before, during and after surgery. The time preparing for, undergoing and then recovering from an operation is known as the perioperative period and the College believes that tailored care throughout this time will improve long-term outcomes for patients after surgery. Royal College of Anaesthetists

With 38 Days To Go, The NHS Is Advertising 200+ Jobs To Prepare For No-Deal Brexit

With 38 Days To Go, The NHS Is Advertising 200+ Jobs To Prepare For No-Deal Brexit NHS England is internally advertising hundreds of roles in preparation for a no-deal Brexit, HuffPost UK can reveal.

With only 38 days until Britain leaves the EU and political negotiations seemingly deadlocked, the health service is hiring people to monitor the potential stockpiling of medicines, manage the supply of “critical” drugs, and ensure information can still be shared with the EU. Huffington Post UK

Directors of cystic fibrosis drug firm in NHS standoff made £15m

Directors of cystic fibrosis drug firm in NHS standoff made £15m Patients can’t access vital drug Orkambi as Vertex Pharmaceuticals refuse to drop price

Two UK directors of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the company in a stand-off with the NHS over the high price of its breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug, made more than £15m from share options in 2017, the Guardian can reveal.

Vertex refuses to drop the price of Orkambi, a drug that treats the underlying causes of the life-shortening disease, to a level that the NHS says it can afford. Negotiations have been going on for two years and in stalemate for six months, while children and young adults with cystic fibrosis who could be helped suffer infections and irretrievably lose some of their lung function. The Guardian

Bacteria develop tougher membranes to resist antibiotics, report into superbugs finds

Bacteria develop tougher membranes to resist antibiotics, report into superbugs finds Scientists have identified how deadly bacteria resist antibiotics at a molecular level for the first time, in a discovery that could have significant implications for the development of much-needed new drugs. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Membrane charge and lipid packing determinepolymyxin-induced membrane damage (open access) Nature Scientific Communications

Millions face menopause without hormone replacement therapy because of 'decades old scare stories'

Millions face menopause without hormone replacement therapy because of 'decades old scare stories' Millions of women are being forced to cope with the menopause without help, leading doctors have warned.

Prescriptions of hormone replacement therapy have plummeted by two thirds this century with experts claiming GPs are still influenced by scare stories about the side-effects of HRT published nearly two decades ago.

Despite more recent studies showing these scares were overblown, many doctors are still reluctant to prescribe the drugs. The Daily Mail