Taking stock: is the government meeting its commitments to increase NHS staff numbers? The government’s 2019 manifesto included ambitious targets to increase the numbers of nurses and GPs in the NHS. Lucina Rolewicz takes a look at performance against these targets since the 2019 election and outlines some of the broader challenges in staffing health services. Nuffield Trust
Tuesday 2 November 2021
The WHO Prison Health Framework: a framework for assessment of prison health system performance
The WHO Prison Health Framework: a framework for assessment of prison health system performance This framework has been developed to fully capture the specificities of prisons and other places of detention. This document describes the conceptualization, development and operationalization of the framework. The framework will improve assessment of prison health system performance and the quality of data collected by the periodic Health In Prisons European Database (HIPED) surveys, which aim to inform progress in achieving equivalence of care for people living in prison. World Health Organization
Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 2 January and 24 September 2021
Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 2 January and 24 September 2021 Between 2 January and 24 September 2021, the age-adjusted risk of deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) was 32 times greater in unvaccinated people than in fully vaccinated individuals.
The weekly age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) for deaths involving COVID-19 were consistently lower for people who had received two vaccinations compared with one or no vaccinations. Office for National Statistics
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Guidance updated to allow flexibility in booster programme for most vulnerable
Guidance updated to allow flexibility in booster programme for most vulnerable COVID-19 booster vaccines can now be given sooner than 6 months after their second dose to certain vulnerable people where this makes operational sense, as the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) Green Book has been updated. Department of Health and Social Care
Covid-19 deaths pass five million worldwide
Covid-19 deaths pass five million worldwide More than five million people are known to have died of Covid-19 worldwide, 19 months since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Vaccines have slowed the death rate, but some health experts say the true toll could be far higher. BBC News
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- Delay making Covid vaccines compulsory for NHS workers until April so NHS can 'get through winter' The Daily Mail
- UK's Covid cases RISE for first time in nine days to 40,077 The Daily Mail
- COVID-19 breakthrough cases more likely in people with lower antibody levels, study finds The Daily Mail
- 'Zero Covid absolutists' accuse JCVI of being 'anti-vax' for considering herd immunity in children The Daily Mail
- Compulsory Covid vaccines for NHS workers could trigger winter staff crisis The Daily Telegraph
- Law group threatens to sue over Immensa Covid testing scandal The Guardian
Dr Aaron Beck: Cognitive behavioural therapy pioneer dies aged 100
Dr Aaron Beck: Cognitive behavioural therapy pioneer dies aged 100 Dr Aaron Beck, an American psychiatrist considered the father of cognitive behavioural therapy, has died aged 100.
CBT, which was originally developed to manage depression, aims to help change the way people think to improve how they feel and alter their behaviour.
Dr Beck's work is considered hugely influential. He published hundreds of articles and 25 books in his career. BBC News
Thousands of adverse birth outcomes in England down to ‘alarming’ inequality
Thousands of adverse birth outcomes in England down to ‘alarming’ inequality Thousands of babies in England are being born prematurely, smaller than expected or stillborn because of “alarming” and “devastating” socioeconomic and racial inequalities across the country, a landmark study has suggested.
Both are known risk factors for poor pregnancy outcomes. However, until now, little has been known about the scale of their “heartbreaking” impact on women and babies. The Guardian
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GPs will be balloted on industrial action over access plans by next month, BMA confirms
GPs will be balloted on industrial action over access plans by next month, BMA confirms The BMA has confirmed it will press ahead with an indicative ballot of GPs over action the profession can take in protest over controversial access plans that have ‘added fuel’ to problems with unsustainable workload, burnout and bureaucracy. GPonline
Zinc supplements ‘may cut how long respiratory infections last’
Zinc supplements ‘may cut how long respiratory infections last’ Taking a zinc supplement may cut how long respiratory infections last, while also easing symptoms, a review of limited evidence suggests.
The new study of 28 existing studies involving almost 5,500 people found that taking zinc by mouth or as a nasal spray could ward off infection and may make people feel better more quickly. The Independent
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The antibiotic jab that can ease back pain
The antibiotic jab that can ease back pain An injection of acne-fighting antibiotics could revolutionise the treatment of back pain.
Doctors in the UK are testing whether a one-off jab of a new drug known as PP353 can ease — and even cure — the chronic lower back pain that affects millions.
The antibiotic kills bacteria that normally cause acne but have also been found lurking in the damaged spinal discs of patients with back pain. The Daily Mail
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