Special delivery! Parents reunited with midwives after baby Adara born in Northampton General Hospital car park

Special delivery! Parents reunited with midwives after baby Adara born in Northampton General Hospital car park At about 6am Shannon quickly called Northampton General Hospital who advised the couple to wait a little while longer but come 8.15am Shannon was close to giving birth. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

NHS rolls out staff retention scheme as part of the Long Term Plan

NHS rolls out staff retention scheme as part of the Long Term Plan A scheme that has helped keep more than a 1,000 nurses, midwives and other clinicians in the NHS will be rolled out to cover staff working in general practice as well as hospitals, the NHS announced today. A ‘transfer window’ lets staff move within the NHS between areas while developing new skills. Rewards from local businesses like discount gym membership and targeted mentoring for new joiners are among the incentives used to keep them. NHS England

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Disability, mental health and wellbeing support in DHSC: workforce report 2019

Disability, mental health and wellbeing support in DHSC: workforce report 2019 The Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) first annual workforce report on disability, mental health and wellbeing. The voluntary report sets out work the department is doing to support staff and promote good practice around disability, mental health and wellbeing. GOV.UK

LGA charts growing impact of health and wellbeing boards

LGA charts growing impact of health and wellbeing boards This report highlights how health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) are making a real difference through a wide range of initiatives, including reducing hospital admissions and time spent in hospital, reducing demand for GP appointments, helping thousands of smokers to quit, imposing restrictions on fast food outlets near schools, and reducing unemployment, poverty and poor housing. NHS Networks

Daily drink of fruit juice can increase the risk of cancer by 12%, major study suggests

Daily drink of fruit juice can increase the risk of cancer by 12%, major study suggests The findings, from a major study in France, come a week after Boris Johnson said he may reverse the sugar tax on drinks. Doctors said it should serve as a warning to the Government to take action. Mail Online

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• Are sugary drinks causing cancer? BBC News - Health
• Sugary drink consumption and risk of cancer: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort The BMJ (British Medical Journal)

After days visiting my sick dad, I am in awe of the compassion of hospital staff | Adrian Chiles

After days visiting my sick dad, I am in awe of the compassion of hospital staff | Adrian Chiles If I knew how to sculpt, I would carve statues to Redditch’s clinicians and cleaners

I have been in hospital in Redditch all week. My dad has not been well and I am proving myself to be a loyal but not especially competent carer, lacking as I do patience, bravery and basic organisational skills. The Guardian

Hackers 'could target anaesthetic devices'

Hackers 'could target anaesthetic devices' A type of anaesthetic machine that has been used in NHS hospitals can be hacked and controlled from afar if left accessible on a hospital computer network, a cyber-security company says.

A successful attacker would be able to change the amount of anaesthetic delivered to a patient, CyberMDX said. Alarms designed to alert anaesthetists to any danger could also be silenced. GE Healthcare, which makes the machines, said there was no "direct patient risk". BBC News

Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Estimates of the impact of English public health grant on mortality and morbidity

Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Estimates of the impact of English public health grant on mortality and morbidity Most previous attempts to estimate the marginal productivity of English health care expenditure have employed instruments that rely on statistical tests alone for their justification. A new approach to instrumentation has proposed the use of ‘funding rule’ variables as instruments, which can be justified on theoretical grounds. This paper exploits the availability of a funding formula for local authority (LA) public health expenditure in England to investigate the relationship between such expenditure and mortality. King's Fund Management and Policy Alert