Monday 9 November 2020

Health chiefs' concern at rise in Covid-19 cases among Northamptonshire's older age groups

Health chiefs' concern at rise in Covid-19 cases among Northamptonshire's older age groups Health chiefs admit they are concerned by Covid-19 spreading among Northamptonshire's older age groups. 

Figures from Public Health Northamptonshire on Friday showed the number of lab-confirmed positive tests has more than quadrupled in a month, from 117 in a week to October 4 to 480 on November 1st.  Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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Homelessness: The Northampton man feeding people on the streets

Homelessness: The Northampton man feeding people on the streets Every morning, whatever the weather, one man delivers hot breakfasts to a town's rough sleepers. What drives his mission, what do the people he feeds think - and why is he a controversial figure? BBC Northampton
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NHS-funded library and knowledge services in England value proposition: the gift of time

NHS-funded library and knowledge services in England value proposition: the gift of time According to this report, specialist library services are freeing up the time of clinicians, enabling them to devote more hours to patient care, and could be saving the NHS as much as £77 million a year. It finds that if the ratio of librarians to health professionals was increased to the level recommended by Health Education England, it’s thought that figure could rise to as much as £106 million. It finds that health librarians and knowledge specialists make the gathering of information as easy as possible for healthcare professionals, relieving the burden of sourcing and making sense of evidence, helping NHS organisations meet their statutory duty to use evidence from research within the service. Health Education England
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    Be honest about safety risks of short staffing this winter, demands RCN

    Be honest about safety risks of short staffing this winter, demands RCN The government must make decisions about NHS service provision based on available numbers of nursing staff and what they can safely maintain.

    This week NHS services in England moved to their highest level of emergency preparedness as the number of people seriously ill with COVID-19 being treated in hospital rose to more than 11,000 from 2,000 at the end of September. 

    The RCN has grave concerns about how services will be safely staffed as we move into winter as it's too late to find the nurses to meet the likely demands. Royal College of Nursing

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    Social media giants agree package of measures with UK Government to tackle vaccine disinformation

    Social media giants agree package of measures with UK Government to tackle vaccine disinformation Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden and Health Secretary Matt Hancock have agreed with social media platforms new measures to limit the spread of vaccine misinformation and disinformation and help people find the information they need about any COVID-19 vaccine. Department of Health and Social Care

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    Covid-19: Global coronavirus cases pass 50 million

    Covid-19: Global coronavirus cases pass 50 million The total of confirmed coronavirus cases has surged past 50 million following record numbers of new cases in several countries. 

    More than 1.25 million people have now died after contracting the virus, according to Johns Hopkins university.

    But the numbers are thought to be higher because of insufficient testing in many countries. BBC News

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    Covid: Lack of medical supplies 'hits' disabled people

    Covid: Lack of medical supplies 'hits' disabled people Some disabled people in the UK have been struggling to obtain essentials such as medication and breathing equipment during the Covid pandemic, research for the BBC suggests.

    Some 60% of those who rely on social care told a YouGov survey they were finding it hard to obtain at least one of their necessities. BBC News
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    Anorexia inquests: 'Confront it early. Get help.'

    Anorexia inquests: 'Confront it early. Get help.' A coroner says much more needs to be done for people suffering from anorexia nervosa - calling it a complex and terrifying disease.

    Inquests into the deaths of five women have led to calls for a number of changes to the way people with anorexia are cared for. BBC News

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    NHS prescriptions for outdoor walks create more anxiety than spontaneously enjoying nature, study finds

    NHS prescriptions for outdoor walks create more anxiety than spontaneously enjoying nature, study finds NHS prescriptions for walks in the park have fewer mental health benefits than spontaneously enjoying nature as they put people under pressure, a study has found.

    So-called "green prescriptions" are typically given alongside conventional therapies, and encourage the patient to be more physically active. The Daily Telegraph

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