Covid-19 vaccine 'Big Weekend' as drive to boost 1.1million jabs total continues in Northamptonshire

Covid-19 vaccine 'Big Weekend' as drive to boost 1.1million jabs total continues in Northamptonshire Thousands of extra appointments and a string of drop-in clinics are being made available on a 'Big Weekend' for Covid-19 vaccinations in Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Thug's £1,800 court bill for shoving nurse against a wall during routine Northampton GP appointment

Thug's £1,800 court bill for shoving nurse against a wall during routine Northampton GP appointment A Northampton man has been fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £800 compensation for shoving a GP nurse against a wall.

Magistrates heard how Ionut-Bogdan Anghel, aged 41, suddenly became aggressive while having a routine injection — not a Covid vaccination — at a surgery in East Hunsbury in June this year. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Fit for the future: what can the NHS learn about digital health care from other European countries?

Fit for the future: what can the NHS learn about digital health care from other European countries? The rapid increase in the use of technology during the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that digital health technology will be a fundamental part of health system recovery and for preparing for the future. This report examines the approach that five European countries have taken to implementing digital technology and draw out learnings for the NHS. Nuffield Trust

Invisible women: understanding women’s experiences of long-term imprisonment

Invisible women: understanding women’s experiences of long-term imprisonment This briefing highlights the far-reaching consequences of a lack of specialist, gender-specific, trauma informed provision for the the small minority of women serving very long determinate or indeterminate prison sentences. Most women serving long prison sentences will have extensive histories of trauma and are often victims as well as perpetrators. In a study of women serving life sentences, 60 per cent reported histories of sexual abuse, 80 per cent had experienced physical abuse and 54 per cent reported both sexual and physical abuse. Women lacking specialist support can feel isolated in their trauma; those serving long sentences are more exposed to repeat traumatisation. Prison Reform Trust

Doctor says healthcare regulator misled the public

Doctor says healthcare regulator misled the public A doctor has accused England's health and care regulator of "moral corruption".

Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Shyam Kumar says the Care Quality Commission misled the public over patient safety.

Mr Kumar alleges he was unfairly dismissed from his role as a special adviser to the CQC because he acted as a whistleblower. BBC News

Government considering single leader for local NHS and care services

Government considering single leader for local NHS and care services A single person would be accountable for planning health and care services in each local area under plans being reviewed by government, Health Service Journal has reported.

Senior sources involved in the work confirmed to HSJ that the proposal could be included in the government’s planned integration white paper, which may be published before Christmas. Local Government Chronicle

MPs say NHS staff 'crisis' could undermine Covid recovery as they open probe into why people are quitting

MPs say NHS staff 'crisis' could undermine Covid recovery as they open probe into why people are quitting MPs have warned the “crisis” of NHS staff shortages will hold back recovery from Covid as they launched a probe into why so many people are leaving healthcare professions.

The Health and Social Care Committee of MPs has opened an inquiry into “how to end staff drain” among doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. iNews

Three in 10 Brits no longer self-isolate if they get Covid-like symptoms, official figures show

Three in 10 Brits no longer self-isolate if they get Covid-like symptoms, official figures show Three in 10 Britons who develop Covid symptoms do not self-isolate while they wait on their test result, official figures show.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) — which surveyed 1,000 people in England earlier this month who had the virus — found 29 per cent did not stay at home when they started feelin ill. The Daily Mail

See also: 

• Coronavirus and self-isolation after testing positive in England: 1 November to 6 November 2021 Office for National Statistics
• Daily Covid cases rise by 14% in a week to 43,676 but hospital admissions drop for EIGHTH day The Daily Mail
• New Botswana variant with 32 'horrific' mutations is the most evolved Covid strain EVER The Daily Mail
• Man 'obsessed' with Covid jailed over bomb scare which halted AstraZeneca vaccine factory The Daily Telegraph
• Here’s what the UK can learn from other countries’ responses to Covid-19 The Guardian
• Will there be a new UK lockdown before Christmas? The Independent

NHS patients could be moved around the country under plan to reduce waiting lists

NHS patients could be moved around the country under plan to reduce waiting lists Follow-up appointments are to be scrapped and patients moved around the country under radical plans to tackle the enormous NHS waiting list backlog, it was reported last night.

The Health Secretary Sajid Javid is understood to have ordered NHS health chiefs to come up with proposals to ease the backlog. The Daily Mail