Make sure A&E is what you need as Northamptonshire hospitals 'under extreme pressure'

Make sure A&E is what you need as Northamptonshire hospitals 'under extreme pressure' Northamptonshire's hospitals are under extreme pressure and people need to make sure they definitely need to go to A&E before just turning up.

That is according to Kate Holt, the chief executive of Healthwatch Northamptonshire, an independent organisation which supports the NHS in the county and stands up for patients. Daventry Express

Number of people with diabetes in Northamptonshire reaches record 42,000

Number of people with diabetes in Northamptonshire reaches record 42,000 New analysis released this week by Diabetes UK shows that the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Northamptonshire has jumped from 40,486 to 42,112 since last year.

In the UK 3.9 million people are currently living with a diagnosis of diabetes, and 90 per cent of those with type 2. Northamptonshire Telegraph

See also:

• Number of people with diabetes reaches 4.8 million Diabetes UK
• New report shows Britons with Type 2 diabetes are 50 per cent more likely to pass away prematurely The Daily Mail

Inspectors scold Northampton care agency for gaps in knowledge on how to keep patients safe

Inspectors scold Northampton care agency for gaps in knowledge on how to keep patients safe A Northampton agency that cares for people in their homes has been scolded by the healthcare watchdog for it's weak understanding of what to do if someone in their care choked.

Lighthouse Care Agency looks after people in their homes by helping them with eating and cleaning - but the CQC says they are unconvinced staff would know what to do if a patient began choking. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

See also:

• Lighthouse Care Agency Care Quality Commission

What the quality of work means for our health

What the quality of work means for our health Social, economic, commercial and environmental conditions are the strongest determinants of people’s health. This includes people’s access to homes that are safe, stable and warm; the availability of an adequate financial safety net; access to healthy, affordable food; and the quality of their work. This long read presents new analysis exploring changes in one of these wider determinants of health: the labour market. This includes the quantity and quality of employment over the last ten years, the implications of these changes for health, and what they mean for public policy. It is the first in a series addressing changes in the wider determinants of health and what they mean for health inequalities. The Health Foundation

Reducing variation in lung cancer care

Reducing variation in lung cancer care The UK Lung Cancer Coalition has published advice for clinicians, commissioners and policy-makers to help ensure that consistent and equitable treatment and care options are being offered to patients who present with similar profiles, regardless of where they live.

Coronavirus officially named Covid-19, says WHO

Coronavirus officially named Covid-19, says WHO The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19.

"We now have a name for the disease and it's Covid-19," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.

It comes after the death toll from the virus passed 1,000. Tens of thousands of people have been infected.

Dr Ghebreyesus called on the world to fight the new virus as aggressively as possible. BBC News

See also:

• Coronavirus: Health Secretary's statement to Parliament Department of Health and Social Care
• Government to monitor impact of coronavirus on UK medicine supply Department of Health and Social Care
• Coronavirus in the UK: 5 things you need to know about Covid-19 BBC News
• Coronavirus: UK businessman linked to virus cases speaks out BBC News
• Coronavirus: What it does to the body BBC News
• Coronavirus: Can it spread via door handles? And other questions BBC News
• COVID-19: World Health Organization finally names deadly SARS-like coronavirus The Daily Mail
• Health Secretary warns coronavirus outbreak will 'get worse before it gets better' The Daily Mail
• Men account for up to 68% of coronavirus cases, research suggests The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus: a quick guide to the outbreak sweeping the world The Daily Telegraph
• Brighton councillor claims coronavirus threat is being hidden The Guardian
• Coronavirus: Prisoner being tested for deadly virus identified The Independent
• Coronavirus news – live: UK schools allow children to ‘self-isolate’, as cruise ship cases grow and death toll rises to 1,100 The Independent
• Coronavirus news: Virus given name Covid-19 as identity of British ‘super-spreader’ revealed and death toll passes 1,000 The Independent
• Coronavirus: Two healthcare workers in UK test positive for deadly virus as GP surgery closed The Independent
• Further healthcare worker infected with coronavirus in UK OnMedica
• NHS 111 still 'directing patients with potential coronavirus to consult their GP' Pulse

Health inequality greater than previously thought, report finds

Health inequality greater than previously thought, report finds Women are living nearly ten years longer in poor health than previous estimates, while men are living an extra seven years, according to a report based on new NHS data launched by the health secretary on Wednesday.

The new analysis means that men on average are being diagnosed with their first significant long-term condition at 56 and women at 55. In the poorest areas, women are getting their first significant long-term illness at just 47 and men at 49 years old. The Guardian