Thursday 3 October 2019

Kettering General Hospital needs investment 'here and now'

Kettering General Hospital needs investment 'here and now' An A&E department which used doctors' offices and broom cupboards for extra patient space needs new investment "here and now".

Kettering General Hospital's emergency ward was built to see 100 people a day, but now regularly has 300 patients.

For six years bosses have been asking for funding for a new urgent care hub.

Jo Fawcus, Chief Operating Officer, said it was needed "because of our rising demand and the challenges we face every day". BBC Northampton

NHS publishes response and recommendations on Long Term Plan legislative proposals

NHS publishes response and recommendations on Long Term Plan legislative proposals The NHS Long Term Plan included suggested changes to the law to help implement the Plan. In Spring, NHS staff, partner organisations and interested members of the public were invited to give their views on our proposals. The NHS has published its response to the views it received during engagement and set out its recommendations to Government and Parliament for an NHS Bill. This Bill could help deliver improved patient care by removing barriers and promoting collaboration between NHS organisations and their partners. NHS England

Drug exports restricted 'to protect NHS patients'

Drug exports restricted 'to protect NHS patients' The UK government has announced a ban on some drug exports to protect NHS patients' access to medicines.

The 24 medicines affected include hormone replacement therapy drugs, contraceptives and adrenaline pens.

The move comes after a survey of local pharmacists found shortages of every major type of medicine in the past six months. BBC News

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Deafblind doctor: I was told not to touch patients

Deafblind doctor: I was told not to touch patients Alexandra Adams, 25, is set to become the NHS’s first deaf and blind doctor.

Ms Adams was born registered blind and uses a cane, as well as using a hearing aid to deal with her hearing loss. She says she is yet to encounter a treatment she cannot learn.

She told the Victoria Derbyshire programme that the discriminatory comments she received when she started her hospital placements made her question her future as a medical student. BBC News

Home Office in U-turn over NHS doctor facing deportation

Home Office in U-turn over NHS doctor facing deportation Dr Mu-Chun Chiang was told to leave the UK after a tiny error in her visa application despite 18 years in the country

The Home Office has abandoned its plan to deport an NHS doctor who has lived in the UK for 18 years, after its decision to throw her out sparked a furious backlash.

Dr Mu-Chun Chiang will now be able to stay in the country and undertake the three years of training she began in August to become an NHS GP. The Guardian

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'Little progress' for NHS patient safety over past 20 years, says chief inspector of hospitals

'Little progress' for NHS patient safety over past 20 years, says chief inspector of hospitals “Little progress” has been made improving patient safety in the NHS over the past 20 years, the top health service watchdog has said.

Serious accidents such as surgery on the wrong part of the body remain commonplace due to an “insidious” culture of defensiveness and blame, the Chief Inspector of Hospitals at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said. The Daily Telegraph

A QUARTER of GP surgeries take more than two years to start prescribing new drugs

A QUARTER of GP surgeries take more than two years to start prescribing new drugs Patients' care is being put at risk because many GP surgeries around the country are playing catch up with prescriptions, experts warn.

British researchers found a quarter of practices took around two-and-a-half years to switch to new treatments.

A small number of surgeries (10 per cent) took 32 months to start prescribing the new drugs. The Daily Mail

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Nearly HALF of nurses have been victims of racial discrimination in the past year

Nearly HALF of nurses have been victims of racial discrimination in the past year Nearly half of nurses claim they have been victims of racial discrimination over the past year, research suggests.

The Nursing Times asked 1,000 nurses from across the UK if they have ever been unjustly treated at work because of their ethnicity.

Forty-eight per cent said they had personally experienced 'racial discrimination or disadvantage' in the past 12 months.

In nearly a fifth of cases (19 per cent), patients or their families were behind the vicious verbal attacks. The Daily Mail

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