Drop-in jabs now available seven-days-a-week at Northamptonshire vaccination centre

Drop-in jabs now available seven-days-a-week at Northamptonshire vaccination centre Drop-in vaccine sessions will be opened up seven-days-a-week in Northamptonshire during the countdown to the government's July 19 target to offer first dose Covid-19 jabs to all adults. Northamptonshire Telegraph

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• Covid vaccinations set to reach 500,000 first doses in Northamptonshire as experts step up plea to get protected Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Thousands of abortions recorded in Northamptonshire

Thousands of abortions recorded in Northamptonshire Thousands of women in Northamptonshire had an abortion last year, figures show, amid a relaxation in rules around seeking treatment at home. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Whole system quality: a unified approach to building responsive, resilient health care systems

Whole system quality: a unified approach to building responsive, resilient health care systems This paper describes a more holistic approach to quality management. Through a process of rigorous learning, health care organizations can design resilient and responsive management systems to continuously deliver services that reliably and sustainably meet the evolving needs of patients, populations, and communities — in times of both stability and crisis. Free registration is required to access this paper. Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Socially excluded older people and their access to health and care services: insights from professionals

Socially excluded older people and their access to health and care services: insights from professionals In this report Age UK and the Salvation Arm, together with people who are socially excluded and key professionals, explore some of the challenges older people face when accessing support. Themes the research highlighted are: older people who are socially excluded are living with complex health challenges; existing support services often don't meet the needs of older people; unhealthy behaviours present a greater risk as we get older; and older people face certain attitudes and stereotypes.

Shared decision making

Shared decision making This guidance advises that shared decision making should be part of everyday practice across all health care settings. It sets out ways for health care professionals to work with people using services to make decisions about their treatment and care, and to ensure this is best practice at an organisational level. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Funding boost for young people’s mental health services

Funding boost for young people’s mental health services Children and young people will benefit from a cash injection to mental health services which includes addressing the increasing demand for the treatment of eating disorders.

An extra £40 million has been allocated to address the COVID impact on children and young people’s mental health and enhance services across the country. NHS England

Data strategy to support delivery of patient centred care

Data strategy to support delivery of patient centred care The way data is used across health and care sectors is set to be transformed, giving patients control of their health data and enabling staff to save more lives through improved care and treatment.

The draft strategy ‘Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data’ published today by NHSX builds on the ground-breaking use of data during the pandemic with privacy and security of data at its core. Department of Health and Social Care

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• Government publishes NHS patient data strategy BBC News
• UK patients to have greater control over healthcare data Health Europa

Covid-19: Matt Hancock hopes to scrap isolation for double-jabbed contacts

Covid-19: Matt Hancock hopes to scrap isolation for double-jabbed contacts Plans to ease Covid restrictions in England on 19 July are "looking good", the prime minister has said.

Boris Johnson said that was based on the efficacy of vaccines against identified variants.

But he warned there could be a "rough winter for all sorts of reasons", including a resurgence of flu. BBC News

See also:

• Covid booster vaccine plan to come in a few weeks - Matt Hancock BBC News
• Covid in Scotland: Sturgeon to confirm delay to lockdown easing BBC News
• Covid: Vaccines running out in poorer nations, WHO says BBC News
• Covid vaccine: Why are Australians cancelling AstraZeneca jabs? BBC News
• We'll be having Covid jabs for the next 10 YEARS, predicts Chris Hopson from NHS Providers The Daily Mail
• Flu could be a bigger problem than Covid this winter because immunity is so low, advisor warns The Daily Mail
• Boris Johnson pours cold water on easing Covid rules early The Daily Mail
• Fourth lockdown: Is UK likely to face new restrictions? The Independent
• Thousands of asthma sufferers failed to receive Covid vaccine on time, estimates show The Independent

More than 300 NHS workers attempted suicide in Covid pandemic as charity warns of mental health crisis

More than 300 NHS workers attempted suicide in Covid pandemic as charity warns of mental health crisis More than 300 NHS workers attempted suicide as they responded to the coronavirus pandemic last year, according to figures showing the scale of the mental health crisis facing the frontline.

iNews can reveal that a six-month study by the Laura Hyde Foundation (LHF), which supports emergency workers, found that 226 nurses, 79 paramedics and ambulance staff members and 17 medical students attempted to end their lives in 2020. It warned that a mental health pandemic is on the horizon.

Calls to change the law due to fears patients are being deceived by unqualified ‘nurses’

Calls to change the law due to fears patients are being deceived by unqualified ‘nurses’ The government is being urged to make the term “nurse” a protected legal title amid fears the public is being deceived and put at risk by people masquerading as qualified nurses.

A petition calling for the change has already attracted almost 14,000 signatures and was prompted by the recent case of anti-vaccine activist Kate Shemirani, who was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council last month. The Independent 

Infected blood scandal: Ex-pupil tells inquiry he did not know he was in a trial

Infected blood scandal: Ex-pupil tells inquiry he did not know he was in a trial A man who was one of scores of pupils infected with contaminated blood products at a specialist boarding school has told a public inquiry neither he nor his parents were told that he was taking part in medical trials.

Out of 89 haemophiliac children who attended Treloar College in Hampshire in the 1970s and 1980s, less than a quarter of former pupils are still alive, the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal heard on Monday. The Guardian

Scientists unlock secret of how people die from a broken heart after tests reveal stressful life events increase levels of two key molecules in heart cells

Scientists unlock secret of how people die from a broken heart after tests reveal stressful life events increase levels of two key molecules in heart cells Scientists have identified why people sometimes die from a broken heart after grief or relationship breakdowns.

They found stressful life events increase levels of two molecules in heart cells which play a crucial role in the development of takotsubo cardiomyopathy – or ‘broken heart syndrome’. The Daily Mail

See also: 

• Circulating microRNAs predispose to takotsubo syndrome following high-dose adrenaline exposure (open access) Cardiovascular Research
• Broken heart syndrome markers could help identify those at risk Imperial College London