It's 'Grab a Jab' weekend as drop-in vaccinations available for all Northamptonshire over-18s Drop-in jabs for all adults will be available this weekend as part of a big push to get as many Northamptonshire folk as possible protected against Covid-19. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Friday 25 June 2021
Nurse struck off for secretly filming woman on toilet in Northampton for sexual gratification
Nurse struck off for secretly filming woman on toilet in Northampton for sexual gratification A nurse has been struck off after secretly filming a woman on the toilet at a venue in Northampton for sexual gratification while there to administer flu jabs. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Switched on: how do we get the best out of automation and AI in health care?
Switched on: how do we get the best out of automation and AI in health care? This report calls on policymakers and NHS leaders to invest in infrastructure and skills to enable NHS staff to use automation technologies and AI safely and effectively in the future, and to engage with the public and NHS workforce to build confidence in technology enabled care. It found that 36 per cent of the general public and 44 per cent of NHS staff surveyed wanted to see more automation and AI in health care in the future – compared to 21 per cent of the public and 14 per cent of NHS staff who said they would like to see less. The Health Foundation
Admin matters: the impact of NHS administration on patient care
Admin matters: the impact of NHS administration on patient care High-quality NHS admin processes can improve patient experience, help to address inequalities and promote better care. This long read suggests a framework for improving the quality of admin based on insight from patients, carers and NHS staff. The King's Fund
Test and trace in England – progress update
Test and trace in England – progress update With one of the largest pandemic-related budgets, the NHS Test and Trace Service (NHST&T) has expanded its testing capacity, tracing activities and distribution of rapid tests, but has further to go in reducing the overall time taken for reaching all cases and their contacts, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
Today’s report is the NAO’s second on government’s approach to test and trace services in England and focuses on the period from November 2020 to April 2021. National Audit Office
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NHS walk-in vaccination sites open up in ‘Grab A Jab’ weekend
NHS walk-in vaccination sites open up in ‘Grab A Jab’ weekend Hundreds of walk-in NHS COVID-19 vaccination sites will be operating this weekend with any adult able to turn up and ‘grab a jab’. Anyone aged 18 or over can turn up at the sites, which include football stadiums, theatres, supermarket car parks and shopping centres, and get vaccinated without needing to book in advance. NHS England
Covid: The man who tested positive for Covid 43 times
Covid: The man who tested positive for Covid 43 times Scientists are studying the case of a man in Bristol who has recovered from 290 days being positive with SARS-CoV-2.
Dave, 72, is a driving instructor and musician who's spent the last 10 months with an active coronavirus infection, visiting hospital seven times. His immune system was vulnerable to the virus after a leukaemia diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment. BBC News
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- Covid: High risk kidney patients in tapeworm drug trial BBC News
- Britain records 16,703 Covid cases in highest toll since start of FEBRUARY The Daily Mail
- Around 4% of COVID-19 patients who lost their smell still had not gotten it back ONE YEAR later The Daily Mail
- Entire schools closed owing to Delta variant The Daily Telegraph
- ‘Your body just stops’: long Covid sufferers face new ordeals as sick pay runs out The Guardian
- Experts press ministers to publish mass event pilot findings for England The Guardian
- Covid: Hundreds of walk-in vaccination sites to open to anyone in ‘grab a jab’ weekend The Independent
Woman dies after Scottish cancer screening error
Woman dies after Scottish cancer screening error A woman has died from cervical cancer after being wrongly excluded from Scotland's screening programme.
Public Health Minister Maree Todd said about 430 women who had partial hysterectomies were wrongly told they didn't need to be screened.
A "small number" of these women later developed cervical cancer and one has since died. BBC News
Rates of skin cancer type in UK men jumps by nearly half in decade, research finds
Rates of skin cancer type in UK men jumps by nearly half in decade, research finds Diagnoses of a type of skin cancer has jumped by nearly half for men in the UK in the space of a decade, according to new research.
The average incidence rate for Melanoma was 19.5 per 100,000 a year among UK males between 2005 and 2007, according to Cancer Research UK. The Independent
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- Men’s skin cancer rates increase by 50% over decade Cancer Research UK
A&E units in UK report rapid rise in children’s infections
A&E units in UK report rapid rise in children’s infections A&E units are treating a sudden surge in young children suffering from infections usually only seen in winter after the rules on social contact were relaxed, doctors have revealed.
Anxious parents are bringing in preschool age children who have a high temperature and difficulty breathing, increasing demand on emergency departments that are already “overwhelmed”. The Guardian
Anxious parents are bringing in preschool age children who have a high temperature and difficulty breathing, increasing demand on emergency departments that are already “overwhelmed”. The Guardian
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Blood test that can detect more than 50 cancers to be trialled by NHS
Blood test that can detect more than 50 cancers to be trialled by NHS A blood test which can detect more than 50 types of cancer has been developed and is being trialled by the NHS.
Scientists from the US trialled the blood test on 2,823 people already diagnosed with cancer, with cases ranging from stage one to four and with myriad forms of the disease. The Daily Telegraph
Pregnant women to be offered up to £400 of shopping vouchers to quit smoking
Pregnant women to be offered up to £400 of shopping vouchers to quit smoking Pregnant women are to be offered up to £400 of shopping vouchers to quit smoking, under new rules for the NHS.
Health Chiefs said the measure was proved to be "both effective and cost effective".
The scheme will be policed using biochemical tests to check whether participants have quit. The Daily Telegraph
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