Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Mental Healthcare in Young People and Young Adults
Mental Healthcare in Young People and Young Adults This review looks in detail at the mental healthcare provided to young people from the unique perspective of the overlap between physical and mental healthcare, the quality of physical and mental healthcare provided and how patients with mental health conditions use healthcare services. The overarching aim of this study was to identify areas of care that can be improved for all patients aged between 11 and 25 years.Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
Regulation survey 2019
Regulation survey 2019 Less than half of NHS trusts (39%) think NHS England, NHS Improvement and the Care Quality Commission are doing a good job of regulation, according to a survey by NHS Providers.
The survey highlights the growing tension between the current system of regulation, which focuses on organisations, and the ambition to move towards an approach that takes system working into account.
The survey highlights the growing tension between the current system of regulation, which focuses on organisations, and the ambition to move towards an approach that takes system working into account.
The good life: measuring inclusive growth across communities
The good life: measuring inclusive growth across communities This report produced jointly with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Inclusive Growth, introduces the new CPP Inclusive Growth Community Index. This combines data on five key outcomes – consumption, healthy life expectancy, leisure, inequality and unemployment – to create an inclusive growth score (IG score) applicable to local and combined authorities up and down the UK. Centre for Progressive Policy
Can you turn around the health of an entire town?
Can you turn around the health of an entire town? How do you improve the health of an entire town? That was the question facing the former fishing port of Fleetwood, in Lancashire.
It's a place where lives have been blighted by illness and people were dying younger.
So, in 2016, a local GP began to lead efforts to turn things around, helping people take control of their health.
Since then, there have been ups and downs with the progress of what's known as the Healthier Fleetwood initiative. BBC News
It's a place where lives have been blighted by illness and people were dying younger.
So, in 2016, a local GP began to lead efforts to turn things around, helping people take control of their health.
Since then, there have been ups and downs with the progress of what's known as the Healthier Fleetwood initiative. BBC News
Inquiry into safety and wellbeing concerns at two hospitals
Inquiry into safety and wellbeing concerns at two hospitals A public inquiry will be held to examine safety and wellbeing issues at the new children's hospital in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
The inquiry will determine how vital issues relating to ventilation and other key building systems occurred.
It will also look at how to avoid mistakes in future projects. BBC News
The inquiry will determine how vital issues relating to ventilation and other key building systems occurred.
It will also look at how to avoid mistakes in future projects. BBC News
Conflicts, climate change and mental illness among ‘biggest emerging threats to children', United Nations warns
Conflicts, climate change and mental illness among ‘biggest emerging threats to children', United Nations warns Conflicts, the worsening climate crisis, a decline in mental health and online misinformation are among the biggest emerging global threats to children, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has warned.
Global leaders must step up their efforts to address growing challenges facing the younger generation, the charity said. The Independent
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Global leaders must step up their efforts to address growing challenges facing the younger generation, the charity said. The Independent
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How hospitals can help nurse the planet back to health
How hospitals can help nurse the planet back to health | Anna Bawden Switching anaesthetic gases, using electric ambulances and ’greening’ dialysis are reducing the NHS’s carbon footprint
On Friday, thousands of adults across the world will take part in the global climate strike to show solidarity with Greta Thunberg and the young students who have been walking out of school for months to raise awareness of the climate emergency. Among them will be many public sector workers, including some NHS staff. The Guardian
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On Friday, thousands of adults across the world will take part in the global climate strike to show solidarity with Greta Thunberg and the young students who have been walking out of school for months to raise awareness of the climate emergency. Among them will be many public sector workers, including some NHS staff. The Guardian
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- How GPs can reduce their carbon emissions The Guardian
NHS fraud costs more than £1.2 billion a year, report reveals
NHS fraud costs more than £1.2 billion a year, report reveals The NHS is losing more than £1.2 billion to fraud each year, according to a new report which found that GPs are inventing patients in order to make extra money.
“List inflation”, where practices claim they are treating more patients than they are, fraud through self-prescribing and the filing of duplicate timesheets by agency staff are among a range of “sharp practices” investigators have uncovered. The Daily Telegraph
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“List inflation”, where practices claim they are treating more patients than they are, fraud through self-prescribing and the filing of duplicate timesheets by agency staff are among a range of “sharp practices” investigators have uncovered. The Daily Telegraph
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Outbreak of a flu-like illness 'could circulate the world in 36 hours and kill 80 million people'
Outbreak of a flu-like illness 'could circulate the world in 36 hours and kill 80 million people' A century ago the Spanish flu pandemic infected a third of the world's population and killed 50 million people.
If a similar outbreak were to happen with today's constantly-travelling population, the effects could be even worse, a report has suggested.
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), a team of health experts led by a former chief of the World Health Organization, has produced the report to try and spur world leaders into action. The Daily Mail
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If a similar outbreak were to happen with today's constantly-travelling population, the effects could be even worse, a report has suggested.
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), a team of health experts led by a former chief of the World Health Organization, has produced the report to try and spur world leaders into action. The Daily Mail
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- A Word at Risk: Annual report on global preparedness for health emergencies Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
Number of young adults with type 2 diabetes is on the rise
Number of young adults with type 2 diabetes is on the rise Record numbers of young adults are being diagnosed with diabetes because of the obesity epidemic.
One in eight new cases is now in the 18-40 age group, a major study revealed last night.
It found that these patients were significantly more likely to be overweight than those who only develop type 2 diabetes in later life. The Daily Mail
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One in eight new cases is now in the 18-40 age group, a major study revealed last night.
It found that these patients were significantly more likely to be overweight than those who only develop type 2 diabetes in later life. The Daily Mail
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