Questions over decision to appoint part-time boss of struggling Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust - Leicestershire Live

Questions over decision to appoint part-time boss of struggling Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Health campaigners have questioned the decision to appoint a part-time chief executive to a failing Leicestershire health trust.

Angela Hillery has been hired to replace retiring chief of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Dr Peter Miller, and faces the challenging task of overturning a recent CQC report which highlighted multiple failings within the trust.

Ms Hillery will stay in post at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - a trust rated outstanding by the CQC - while carrying out the role.

Health campaigners have questioned the move saying it is unrealistic to expect the required level of change while maintaining standards across the border in Northamptonshire. Leicestershire Live

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• Health campaigners question whether Northamptonshire health trust boss can take on a second job Northampton Chronicle and Echo

UK plans £3m no-deal medicine transport

UK plans £3m no-deal medicine transport The Department of Health and Social Care plans to spend £3m on no-deal Brexit measures to transport medication.

It wants to hire an "express freight service" to transport medicines, blood and transplant tissue.

But experts have warned that the deadline of 1 September set for the deal is a "tight" timeframe.

The government's current plan is to leave the EU on 31 October, with or without a trade deal. BBC News

NHS is out and proud for Pride

NHS is out and proud for Pride Hundreds of thousands of NHS staff are set to join Pride celebrations across the country this weekend and throughout summer.

Ahead of London Pride today (Saturday) the NHS has confirmed that more than 200 hospitals are launching dedicated schemes that support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities.

As many as 150,000 doctors, nurses, cleaners, surgeons, midwives and other health service staff are taking up a new Rainbow Badge initiative which gives staff the opportunity to show their support for LGBT+ patients and staff. NHS England

NHS operations cancelled in standoff with consultants

NHS operations cancelled in standoff with consultants Hospitals are having to cancel operations and cancer scans are going unread for weeks because consultant doctors have suddenly begun working to rule in a standoff over NHS pensions.

Doctors say the dispute is escalating so quickly that it will send NHS services “into meltdown” and is so serious that it poses “an existential threat” to the health service’s survival. The Guardian

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• NHS waiting lists surge due to pensions row BBC News

NHS should ban bell-ringing ceremonies celebrating end of cancer treatment, charity says

NHS should ban bell-ringing ceremonies celebrating end of cancer treatment, charity says
The NHS should scrap bell-ringing ceremonies celebrating the end of cancer treatment, because it is a "kick in the teeth" for those still suffering, a patient battling the disease has said.

The bell-ringing ritual at the end of chemotherapy or radiation has become common in hospitals and clinics nationwide in recent years.

Friends and family and staff clap and cheer as the patient reads out a poem before ringing a bell to show they have "beaten" the disease.

The ceremonies, often proudly shared by patients in online videos, originated in the US and now feature at around 200 UK hospitals.

But critics are complaining that the bells are a "divisive and cruel" reminder for incurable patients on wards that they will never get to ring one. The Telegraph

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•  NHS should scrap bell-ringing ceremonies, says cancer patient who has had 88 rounds of chemo Mail Online

Commissioning standard for urgent dental care

Commissioning standard for urgent dental care NHS England has published a standard to support the commissioning of consistent patient-centred urgent dental care services that are aligned with other urgent care services. NHS Networks

Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke backs new NHS stroke plan

Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke backs new NHS stroke plan Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke, who suffered a devastating stroke eight years ago, is backing an NHS drive to improve stroke care for young people.

Clarke, who is an ambassador for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), is supporting a programme to train more nurses to become specialists in neuro rehabilitation.

The plan will improve stroke care for those aged 18 to 40, both in the private sector and the NHS. ITV News

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• Emilia Clarke backs NHS plan to support young stroke survivors BBC News
• Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke says she put pressure on herself "to feel normal" after suffering a stroke The Telegraph

Right-touch assurance assessment for sonographers

Right-touch assurance assessment for sonographers The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has published a report considering the most appropriate form of assurance for the role of sonographer, based on an assessment to the risk of harm arising to patients from the practice.

The PSA have concluded that, as most sonographers are qualified nurses and radiographers and are therefore statutorily registered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), statutory regulation for this profession is not currently recommended. Although, this could change if the number of people joining the profession through an undergraduate route significantly increases. NHS Employers

Air pollution could shorten a child's life by up to seven months

Air pollution could shorten a child's life by up to seven months  Air pollution could shorten a child's life by up to seven months says the first study conducted since new Government guidelines.

An eight-year-old child born in 2011 may die between two to seven months early if exposed over their lifetime to projected future pollution concentrations, King's College London researchers studying the city of Birmingham have found. It is the first time new Government guidance on "mortality burdens" of air pollution, which was published last August has been applied in practice in a large city area. The Telegraph

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• Air pollution could cut seven months off the life span of current primary school pupils Mail Online