Thursday 20 June 2019
Detailed guide: Mental health data and analysis: a guide for health professionals
Detailed guide: Mental health data and analysis: a guide for health professionals Guidance for commissioners and health professionals to make decisions about mental health services and interventions based on data and analysis. Public Health England
Health staff are suffering serious sexual harassment at work
Health staff are suffering serious sexual harassment at work Nurses, care assistants, cleaners and other NHS staff have suffered lewd sexual insults, groping and even rape while at work, according to research published by UNISON today.
Being leered at or subjected to offensive ‘banter’ and suggestive gestures are regular occurrences for some of the nearly one in ten (8%) healthcare staff who reported being sexually harassed in the past year.
Verbal abuse (64%), such as unwanted remarks and jokes was the most common complaint, according to the report It’s Never Ok,released on the penultimate day of UNISON’s annual conference in Liverpool.
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Being leered at or subjected to offensive ‘banter’ and suggestive gestures are regular occurrences for some of the nearly one in ten (8%) healthcare staff who reported being sexually harassed in the past year.
Verbal abuse (64%), such as unwanted remarks and jokes was the most common complaint, according to the report It’s Never Ok,released on the penultimate day of UNISON’s annual conference in Liverpool.
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Beyond the NHS: addressing the root causes of poor health
Beyond the NHS: addressing the root causes of poor health This report argues that a radical change of direction is required and focuses on how to develop and deliver a social model of health. It claims that the greatest socioeconomic challenges of our time, from poor-quality housing to knife crime, from skills’ deprivation to in-work poverty and homelessness, are also our greatest health challenges. Centre for Progressive Policy
Children's hospices 'to shut if NHS does not increase funding'
Children's hospices 'to shut if NHS does not increase funding' Children's hospices in England will be forced to cut services or shut unless the NHS increases its funding, a charity has warned.
Together for Short Lives, which helps terminally ill children, highlighted a "dangerous cocktail" of higher costs and a drop in state funding.
Its report examined funding for 27 of the 34 children's hospices in England.
But NHS England said funding for children's end-of-life care was "going up every year". BBC News
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Together for Short Lives, which helps terminally ill children, highlighted a "dangerous cocktail" of higher costs and a drop in state funding.
Its report examined funding for 27 of the 34 children's hospices in England.
But NHS England said funding for children's end-of-life care was "going up every year". BBC News
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MMR Vaccine: 'I was told why did you vaccinate your child?'
MMR Vaccine: 'I was told why did you vaccinate your child?' An increase in mumps and measles outbreaks have led to concerns over the number of people not being vaccinated. Certain communities have particularly low vaccination rates.
Immunologist Dr Aayesha Hassan is fighting misinformation and distrust within the UK Somali community. BBC News
Immunologist Dr Aayesha Hassan is fighting misinformation and distrust within the UK Somali community. BBC News
'Pigswill. Slop. Not fit for dogs.' Is hospital food that bad?
'Pigswill. Slop. Not fit for dogs.' Is hospital food that bad? Pigswill, slop and not fit for dogs. These are just some of the comments the Campaign for Better Hospital Food has received over the years from patients to describe the meals served up in hospitals.
It goes to show how bad a reputation hospital food has - and news that pre-packaged sandwiches and salads may have given patients listeria has just reinforced those impressions.
Even many staff cannot stomach it, it seems. A recent poll by Unison, which represents nurses and health care assistants among others NHS staff, found more than half would not eat what they serve up to patients. BBC News
It goes to show how bad a reputation hospital food has - and news that pre-packaged sandwiches and salads may have given patients listeria has just reinforced those impressions.
Even many staff cannot stomach it, it seems. A recent poll by Unison, which represents nurses and health care assistants among others NHS staff, found more than half would not eat what they serve up to patients. BBC News
Child mental health crisis exacerbated by closure of 1,000 Sure Start centres, says top psychiatrist
Child mental health crisis exacerbated by closure of 1,000 Sure Start centres, says top psychiatrist Massive cuts to pre-school children’s centres in poorer areas have heaped pressure on children’s mental health services and are fuelling the UK’s current crisis, a leading child psychiatrist has said.
About 1,000 Sure Start centres providing early years health and education services have closed in the past decade, according to Dr Bernadka Dubicka, who leads the child and adolescent mental health faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
These services have been shown to prevent thousands of hospital admissions a year and save the NHS millions but have seen their budgets cut by two-thirds under the government’s austerity programme. The Independent
About 1,000 Sure Start centres providing early years health and education services have closed in the past decade, according to Dr Bernadka Dubicka, who leads the child and adolescent mental health faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
These services have been shown to prevent thousands of hospital admissions a year and save the NHS millions but have seen their budgets cut by two-thirds under the government’s austerity programme. The Independent
Vital medicine supplies at risk if UK crashes out of EU, MPs warned
Vital medicine supplies at risk if UK crashes out of EU, MPs warned Shortages could occur within weeks of no-deal Brexit, pharmaceutical industry says
Crashing out of the EU on 31 October would have serious implications for hospitals, patients and pharmacies, with shortages of some medicines within weeks, MPs have been told by the pharmaceutical industry.
Critical medicines and short shelf-life medicines – some of which may need to be refrigerated until they are consumed – would be most vulnerable in a no-deal scenario, parliament’s Brexit select committee heard on Wednesday. The Guardian
Crashing out of the EU on 31 October would have serious implications for hospitals, patients and pharmacies, with shortages of some medicines within weeks, MPs have been told by the pharmaceutical industry.
Critical medicines and short shelf-life medicines – some of which may need to be refrigerated until they are consumed – would be most vulnerable in a no-deal scenario, parliament’s Brexit select committee heard on Wednesday. The Guardian
Hospital bed cutbacks have gone too far, NHS England boss says
Hospital bed cutbacks have gone too far, NHS England boss says Policy has left hospitals unable to cope with rise in patient numbers, Simon Stevens says
Shutting beds has left hospitals unable to cope with the growing number of patients needing care and needs to stop, the head of the NHS has admitted.
In a surprise U-turn, Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said the policy had gone too far and that hospital beds had become “overly pressurised” as a result of years of closures. The Guardian
Shutting beds has left hospitals unable to cope with the growing number of patients needing care and needs to stop, the head of the NHS has admitted.
In a surprise U-turn, Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said the policy had gone too far and that hospital beds had become “overly pressurised” as a result of years of closures. The Guardian
NHS plans for faster treatment of stroke 'will save thousands of lives'
NHS plans for faster treatment of stroke 'will save thousands of lives' Small hospitals must stop treating stroke emergencies in order to save thousands of lives, England's top doctor will today say.
The national medical director will say NHS trusts across the country must centralise services, so that victims get the right help sooner.
Professor Stephen Powis will say hospitals should follow a controversial model pioneered in London and Manchester, which is now saving around 170 lives a year. The Daily Telegraph
The national medical director will say NHS trusts across the country must centralise services, so that victims get the right help sooner.
Professor Stephen Powis will say hospitals should follow a controversial model pioneered in London and Manchester, which is now saving around 170 lives a year. The Daily Telegraph
NHS to send surgeons into schools to combat knife crime epidemic
NHS to send surgeons into schools to combat knife crime epidemic Surgeons will be sent into schools under NHS plans to combat Britain’s epidemic of knife crime.
The health service has appointed its first “violence reduction” tsar in a bid to cut levels of violence, by educating children about the consequences of stabbings.
The radical schemes will also see youth workers helping victims of gang crime while they are still being treated in hospital to help break the cycle of violence. The Daily Telegraph
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The health service has appointed its first “violence reduction” tsar in a bid to cut levels of violence, by educating children about the consequences of stabbings.
The radical schemes will also see youth workers helping victims of gang crime while they are still being treated in hospital to help break the cycle of violence. The Daily Telegraph
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NHS 'covered up' a report telling them to change 'unsatisfactory' children's cancer services
NHS 'covered up' a report telling them to change 'unsatisfactory' children's cancer services A Hospital in London has been accused of covering up a report criticising its children's cancer services.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust's hospital in Sutton was told in 2015 the way it treats children with cancer was causing unnecessary stress and danger.
Transferring young patients between hospitals for different types of care puts their health at risk, experts said, and was even deemed to have led to at least one child 'dying in terrible agony'.
But bosses at the hospital trust did not act on the report, according to an investigation by the Health Service Journal. The Daily Mail
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust's hospital in Sutton was told in 2015 the way it treats children with cancer was causing unnecessary stress and danger.
Transferring young patients between hospitals for different types of care puts their health at risk, experts said, and was even deemed to have led to at least one child 'dying in terrible agony'.
But bosses at the hospital trust did not act on the report, according to an investigation by the Health Service Journal. The Daily Mail
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