- KGH staff receive top awards for 'outstanding, compassionate, and sensitive care' to patients Northamptonshire Telegraph
This blog covers the latest UK health care news, publications, policy announcements, events and information focused on the NHS, as well as the latest media stories and local news coverage of the NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire.
Monday, 1 November 2021
Four midwives from Northampton General Hospital trust win national awards for outstanding contributions
Votes open for Northamptonshire healthcare Quality Awards where patients can vote on who wins
How can the green agenda help the health agenda?
How can the green agenda help the health agenda? Climate change is a global health emergency. What can we learn from how ‘green’ has gone up the agenda? And how might we apply useful lessons to getting further improvements in another complex and difficult challenge – improving the health of the UK population and reducing inequalities? The Health Foundation
Chart of the week: Which areas of England have the highest number of patients per GP?
Chart of the week: Which areas of England have the highest number of patients per GP? With large differences in the number of GPs between different parts of England, this week Lucina Rolewicz takes a closer look at which areas of the country have the highest and lowest number of patients per GP. Nuffield Trust
The state of the world's children 2021
Staff psychological support response to Covid-19
NHS set to deliver COVID-19 jabs in hundreds more schools as students return to class this week
Covid booster jabs available at walk-in sites in England
- Covid-19 vaccine: Jabs offered to 12-15-year-olds at 800 schools BBC News
- Some Covid booster doses brought forward BBC News
- Thousands of children will be told to mask up when they return to school The Daily Mail
- More than ONE MILLION people in England were infected with Covid in week before half-term The Daily Mail
- Coronavirus cases fall for the EIGHTH day in a row: Infections drop to 38,009 but deaths rise to 74 The Daily Mail
- Don't assume Delta is most contagious Covid variant, SAGE warns The Daily Mail
- All NHS Covid testing sites will start closing early from Monday The Daily Telegraph
- UK Covid infections are at record levels, but cases may have peaked The Guardian
- Covid R rate in England could be as high as 1.3, latest figures show The Independent
- The NHS faces another Covid crisis this winter but no one is listening The Independent
Menopause: HRT prescription costs to fall, says government
We aren’t yet into winter but pressure on the NHS is already unsustainable
NHS facing ‘mass exodus’ of GPs in England, experts warn
- General practice can’t afford to lose GPs to early retirement because of undoable workload pressure, warns College Royal College of General Practitioners
- The patients who face ONE HOUR on phone to reach their GP The Daily Mail