Northamptonshire Police probe second care home in company's portfolio

Northamptonshire Police probe second care home in company's portfolio Northamptonshire Police is investigating a second care home that is run by the same company.

A safeguarding incident from a year ago is being probed at Duncote Hall in Towcester, Northamptonshire, run by Minster Care.

The company also owns Temple Court in Kettering which was closed after 16 residents died from coronavirus. BBC Northampton 

Meet the Northampton nursing lecturer who answered Government calls to return to the frontline

Meet the Northampton nursing lecturer who answered Government calls to return to the frontline A nursing lecturer who worked as a nurse before taking up teaching answered Government calls to return to the frontline during the pandemic. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Beyond the bursary: workforce supply

Beyond the bursary: workforce supply The current nursing workforce shortage is the result of successive governments’ underinvestment in workforce supply. To get more people into the nursing degree and successfully graduating in England, the government must provide appropriate support both on entering and throughout the degree. This report details modelling, undertaken by London Economics, which demonstrates the level of funding required to increase the number of applicants to the nursing degree. Royal College of Nursing

See also:

• Investment needed in nurse training placement capacity NHS Employers

Misinformation in the Covid-19 infodemic

Misinformation in the Covid-19 infodemic This report finds that online misinformation about Covid-19 was allowed to spread virulently across social media without the protections offered by legislation, promised by the government in the Online Harms white paper published in April 2019. The report details evidence on a range of harms from dangerous hoax treatments to conspiracy theories that led to attacks on 5G engineers. The Committee calls for the government to make a final decision on the appointment of an independent online harms regulator immediately. House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Gender recognition and the rights of transgender people

Gender recognition and the rights of transgender people This briefing paper considers the current law relating to gender recognition; the medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria; the current protections from discrimination; consultations by the UK government and the Scottish government on reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and the 'self-identification' debate. House of Commons Library

Being a patient

Being a patient This is the report report from the Patients Association programme of work on patient experience. It suggests that it is time for a fresh look at patient experience. While there is considerable activity in the health and care system devoted to measuring patient experience, the approach is quite narrow and doesn’t truly capture things from the patient’s point of view. The Patients Association

Out of routine: a review of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in families where the children are considered at risk of signifcant harm

Out of routine: a review of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in families where the children are considered at risk of signifcant harm This review sets out recommendations and findings for government and local safeguarding partners to better protect infants from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI). The aim is to identify what might have been done differently and how to improve approaches to embed safer sleeping advice in families with children considered to be at risk of significant harm through child abuse or neglect. Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

NHS doctors and dentists to receive 2.8% pay rise

NHS doctors and dentists to receive 2.8% pay rise NHS dentists and doctors in England will receive a 2.8% pay rise, backdated to April 2020. Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: 'Infection here for many years to come'

Coronavirus: 'Infection here for many years to come' The UK will be living with coronavirus for many years to come and even a vaccine is unlikely to eliminate it for good, experts are warning. 

Wellcome Trust director Prof Sir Jeremy Farrar told the House of Commons' Health Committee "things will not be done by Christmas". 

He went on to say humanity would be living with the virus for "decades". BBC News

See also:

• Coronavirus: NHS nurses told 'lives would be made hell' BBC News
• Senior Bradford nurse survives 40-day coronavirus coma BBC News
• Coronavirus UK: 110 new fatalities in daily death toll The Daily Mail
• Are official figures overstating England's Covid-19 death toll? The Guardian 
• UK targets up to 12 Covid-19 vaccines from around the world The Guardian 
• Chief nurse was dropped from briefings after refusing to back Cummings The Guardian 
• Coronavirus: Scientists call for caution after study suggests warm weather reduces severity of Covid-19 The Independent

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: 500 more cases included in maternity services inquiry

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: 500 more cases included in maternity services inquiry Nearly 1,900 cases are now part of the inquiry into what is described as the worst maternity scandal in the history of the NHS. Sky News

See also:

• Shropshire baby deaths: More than 1,800 cases under review BBC News
• Baby deaths at Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals – key questions answered The Guardian
• Hundreds more potentially avoidable baby deaths found at Shropshire NHS trust The Guardian
• Shrewsbury maternity scandal: More than 1,800 families affected, reveals inquiry The Independent
• Shrewsbury maternity scandal: Hospital bosses ‘softened’ damning safety report The Independent