Northampton General Hospital responds to visitors 'ripping santiser dispensers' from walls and stealing supplies

Northampton General Hospital responds to visitors 'ripping santiser dispensers' from walls and stealing supplies Northampton General Hospital is asking for the public to "respect" their efforts to keep patients safe in the face of residents reportedly stealing hand sanitiser from wards. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

See also:

• Coronavirus: Visitors steal hand sanitiser gel from hospital BBC Northampton
• Hand sanitiser being stolen from UK hospitals amid coronavirus outbreak The Independent
• Relatives are stealing hand sanitiser from Northampton General Hospital's wards amidst coronavirus scare Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Government outlines further plans to support health and social care system in fight against COVID-19

Government outlines further plans to support health and social care system in fight against COVID-19 Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces further proposed measures to combat spread of COVID-19, as government's enhanced approach to pandemic preparation continues. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Detailed guide: Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice Department of Health and Social Care
• More than one million people use NHS 111 online to get quick advice about coronavirus NHS England
• Guidance: COVID-19: infection prevention and control Public Health England
• Research and analysis: Coronavirus (COVID-19): number of cases in England Public Health England
• Number of Northamptonshire coronavirus cases moves to four Daventry Express
• Coronavirus: Boris Johnson to hold emergency Cobra meeting BBC News
• Coronavirus: NHS to get 'whatever it needs' to cope says chancellor BBC News
• Coronavirus: Emergency legislation 'will protect NHS volunteers' BBC News
• 'The NHS could have to make difficult choices' BBC News
• Coronavirus: Advice for people with health conditions BBC News
• Coronavirus: UK to spend £46m on vaccine and testing research BBC News
• Coronavirus: Man in his 60s becomes third UK death BBC News
• Coronavirus: Advice for people with health conditions BBC News
• Coronavirus: Trapped in a virus-struck care home BBC News
• Coronavirus: Ambulance chiefs consider facial hair ban BBC News
• By the time a coronavirus vaccine is found, it could all be over The Daily Mail
• Forcing suspected coronavirus patients into quarantine 'causes long-term mental health problems' The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus symptoms: how quickly they show – and what to look for The Daily Telegraph
• Italy locks down 16 million people in the north in drastic bid to curb coronavirus spread The Daily Telegraph
• Practices to receive advice on how to use PPE after CMO warning GPonline
• Hancock tries to reassure UK public as GPs warn of coronavirus crisis The Guardian
• Rishi Sunak: NHS will get whatever it needs to deal with coronavirus The Guardian
• Emergency law would safeguard jobs of NHS volunteers as virus crisis deepens The Guardian
• ‘We’re concerned but calm’: five voices from the frontline against Covid-19 The Guardian
• Coronavirus: Women and children less likely to die from illness than men, research suggests The Independent
• Coronavirus: Doctors warn UK hospitals running out of protective equipment for staff The Independent
• Coronavirus: What the government's four stages to fight the disease mean The Independent

CQC case studies show how trusts have maintained their ratings

CQC case studies show how trusts have maintained their ratings In 2017 and 2018, CQC published reports on NHS acute trusts and NHS mental health trusts.

The reports showed how the trusts had achieved significant improvements in their ratings.

Towards the end of 2019 we revisited four of those trusts. We found out how they had sustained the improvements or improved further. Care Quality Commission

Home and dry: the need for decent homes in later life

Home and dry: the need for decent homes in later life This report, written with Care & Repair England, reveals that over two million over-55s are living in a home that endangers their health or wellbeing. The report into non-decent housing in England found that over 4.3 million homes in England don’t meet basic standards of decency, most commonly because of the presence of a serious hazard to their occupants’ health or safety. Centre for Ageing Better

Hospify becomes first NHS-approved clinical messaging app

Hospify becomes first NHS-approved clinical messaging app Hospify has become the first clinical messaging app to be made available on the NHS Apps Library.

The app, which provides an NHS-compliant platform for sending and receiving messages and can be used by clinicians to share patient information, is now approved for use by professionals and patient across the NHS.

Hospify said it had taken more than a year for the app to pass through “rigorous” testing and assessment processes by various NHS organisations and regulatory bodies. Digital Health

Gender pay gap leaves general practice missing out on 'huge pool of talent'

Gender pay gap leaves general practice missing out on 'huge pool of talent' General practice is missing out on a huge pool of talent because of disincentives for women to become partners that are central to the profession's yawning gender pay gap, a top BMA official has warned. GPonline

International Women's Day: Personalised scrub caps for women surgeons

International Women's Day: Personalised scrub caps for women surgeons A group of female surgeons are heading up a new initiative to stop them being mistaken for non-surgical staff.

To mark International Women's Day they have produced personalised theatre scrub caps to promote women in surgery.

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) in Oswestry, Shropshire, said approximately 12% of surgeons across the UK were female.

Gillian Cribb had the idea, saying many people assumed "if you're not male, you're not an orthopaedic surgeon". BBC News

NHS campaign promoting cervical smear tests fails to mention women in leaflet

NHS campaign promoting cervical smear tests fails to mention women in leaflet An NHS campaign to encourage more people to attend smear tests included leaflets which failed to specifically mention women in a section detailing who is eligible. The Daily Mail

Bowel cancer screening for over-50s is still not happening despite health chiefs' pledge

Bowel cancer screening for over-50s is still not happening despite health chiefs' pledge The Department of Health and Social Care pledged to take steps to lower the screening age from 60 to 50 in 2018. By 50, an individual has double the risk of developing bowel cancer than at 40. The Daily Mail