Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Healthy New Towns: how the NHS can help create healthy places
Healthy New Towns: how the NHS can help create healthy places We have been working with NHS England over the past 18 months, along with colleagues at the Town and Country Planning Association and The Young Foundation, to draw out the learning from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme. This has resulted in the publication of Putting health into place, which presents learning from the programme as practical guidance for local areas, and we will continue to play a role in supporting its implementation. The King's Fund
Nursing students are still dropping out in worrying numbers
Nursing students are still dropping out in worrying numbers Analysis by Nursing Standard and the Health Foundation shows a quarter of all nursing students are leaving or suspending their degrees before graduation.
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- How many nursing students are leaving or suspending their degrees before graduation? The Health Foundation
New HIV diagnoses fall by a third in the UK since 2015
New HIV diagnoses fall by a third in the UK since 2015 Data by Public Health England (PHE) reveal that new HIV diagnoses in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since 2000. New diagnoses fell by almost a third (28%) from 6,271 in 2015 to 4,484 in 2018.
RCGP calls for 5,000 GPs to be trained a year to meet workforce targets and safeguard patient care
RCGP calls for 5,000 GPs to be trained a year to meet workforce targets and safeguard patient care Currently, there are 3,500 placements for GP training a year - and this year, more junior doctors have chosen to specialise in general practice than ever before - but the College says these numbers must increase to at least 5,000 a year as soon as possible, and for this to be funded appropriately. Royal College of General Practitioners
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Unrelieved pain in palliative care in England
Unrelieved pain in palliative care in England This study estimates that currently there are approximately 125,971 end-of-life patients receiving, or in need of, palliative care suffering from unrelieved pain. Of these, an estimated 16,130 patients experience no relief from their pain at all in the last three months of life. Some of these patients suffer unnecessarily because of variations in the quality of care across care settings, for example, hospice versus at home services). Office of Health Economics
Suicide rate rises for first time since 2013
Suicide rate rises for first time since 2013 The suicide rate in the UK has risen for the first time since 2013, official figures show.
Office for National Statistics data for 2018 showed 11.2 deaths from suicide per 100,000 people - up from 10.1 in 2017.
Changes to the way suicides are recorded were brought in midway through last year and may account for some of the rise, the ONS says.
However, the suicide rate is still lower than its 1980s peak. BBC News
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Office for National Statistics data for 2018 showed 11.2 deaths from suicide per 100,000 people - up from 10.1 in 2017.
Changes to the way suicides are recorded were brought in midway through last year and may account for some of the rise, the ONS says.
However, the suicide rate is still lower than its 1980s peak. BBC News
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- Quarterly suicide death registrations in England: 2001 to 2018 registrations and 2019 provisional data Office for National Statistics
- Suicides in the UK: 2018 registrations Office for National Statistics
- Suicide prevention profile: September 2019 update Public Health England
- Amount of young people committing suicide in Britain is at a record high The Daily Mail
- Male suicides in record spike amid concern deaths were being wrongly recorded The Daily Telegraph
Cancer 'biggest middle-age killer in rich nations'
Cancer 'biggest middle-age killer in rich nations' Cancer now causes more deaths among the middle-aged in higher-income countries than cardiovascular disease, a study suggests.
Globally, heart problems and stroke is the leading cause of death at this age.
But the researchers say people in rich nations are 2.5 times more likely to die of cancer than cardiovascular disease in their middle years.
In poorer nations, the reverse is true - with cardiovascular disease three times more likely to claim the lives. BBC News
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Globally, heart problems and stroke is the leading cause of death at this age.
But the researchers say people in rich nations are 2.5 times more likely to die of cancer than cardiovascular disease in their middle years.
In poorer nations, the reverse is true - with cardiovascular disease three times more likely to claim the lives. BBC News
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- Cancer's global epidemiological transition and growth (open access) The Lancet
Violence in the NHS: staff face routine assault and intimidation
Violence in the NHS: staff face routine assault and intimidation Lack of training and prosecutions, and workforce shortages, are placing staff in greater danger, say health unions
When Dr Miranda Roland, an A&E registrar, was held hostage by a patient brandishing a pair of steel surgical scissors in a cubicle, she didn’t panic. Moments earlier, she had gone in to check on the young patient, who was having a mental health episode after taking drugs, and had closed the door behind her. Although she was alone, Roland thought she was safe – all sharp and dangerous objects had been removed. Unfortunately, the patient had managed to hide a pair of scissors, which she pulled out before backing the doctor into a corner. “I was able to keep calm and talk her out of stabbing me,” Roland recalls. “I was lucky. It was that tense, it could have gone either way.” The Guardian
When Dr Miranda Roland, an A&E registrar, was held hostage by a patient brandishing a pair of steel surgical scissors in a cubicle, she didn’t panic. Moments earlier, she had gone in to check on the young patient, who was having a mental health episode after taking drugs, and had closed the door behind her. Although she was alone, Roland thought she was safe – all sharp and dangerous objects had been removed. Unfortunately, the patient had managed to hide a pair of scissors, which she pulled out before backing the doctor into a corner. “I was able to keep calm and talk her out of stabbing me,” Roland recalls. “I was lucky. It was that tense, it could have gone either way.” The Guardian
Violence in mental health can't be ignored, but nor can the pain of punitive policies
Violence in mental health can't be ignored, but nor can the pain of punitive policies | Peter Beresford Modern understanding of disability takes account of the barriers people face. Let’s do the same for mental health policy
When Anna became physically unwell as a student, her GP referred her to a psychiatrist and she agreed to voluntary treatment. After interviewing her for less than an hour, the psychiatrist diagnosed her with schizophrenia and told her there was a risk she would kill her mother.
“I have never been violent in my life, ever,” she says. But for 35 years Anna has had to live with this information, knowing it is written in her medical records and has limited her life opportunities for two decades. The Guardian
When Anna became physically unwell as a student, her GP referred her to a psychiatrist and she agreed to voluntary treatment. After interviewing her for less than an hour, the psychiatrist diagnosed her with schizophrenia and told her there was a risk she would kill her mother.
“I have never been violent in my life, ever,” she says. But for 35 years Anna has had to live with this information, knowing it is written in her medical records and has limited her life opportunities for two decades. The Guardian
'Miracle' jab which cures rare form of child blindness to be offered by the NHS, Simon Stevens to announce
'Miracle' jab which cures rare form of child blindness to be offered by the NHS, Simon Stevens to announce A “miracle” jab which cures a rare form of child blindness will now be offered by the NHS, Simon Stevens will announce today.
Previously no treatment has been available for infants born with inherited retinal dystrophies disorders, which cause poor vision and often result in complete blindness by childhood.
Mr Stevens, chief executive of the NHS, is expected to announce the revolutionary gene therapy treatment, which costs over £600,000 per patient, at the Health Innovation Expo conference in Manchester. The Daily Mail
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Previously no treatment has been available for infants born with inherited retinal dystrophies disorders, which cause poor vision and often result in complete blindness by childhood.
Mr Stevens, chief executive of the NHS, is expected to announce the revolutionary gene therapy treatment, which costs over £600,000 per patient, at the Health Innovation Expo conference in Manchester. The Daily Mail
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- NHS to fund revolutionary treatment for blindness in children NHS England
- Gene therapy for rare eye disease set to be offered on NHS BBC News
- Blind children battling rare condition to have their sight restored on the NHS The Daily Mail
- One-off injection will save children from inherited blindness The Guardian
NHS could save thousands of pounds by cutting back on expensive air mattresses
NHS could save thousands of pounds by cutting back on expensive air mattresses High-tech mattresses used by the NHS are no better than cheaper alternatives at protecting against pressure sores, according to a study.
The devices, built into one in ten hospital beds, are allocated to patients at risk of pressure sores - mostly the elderly.
Whether they work compared to cheaper special foam mattresses had not been studied in depth until now. The Daily Mail
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The devices, built into one in ten hospital beds, are allocated to patients at risk of pressure sores - mostly the elderly.
Whether they work compared to cheaper special foam mattresses had not been studied in depth until now. The Daily Mail
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