Northampton care home set six-month deadline to get better after being labelled inadequate by inspectors A Northampton care home has been given a six-month deadline to improve after being placed in 'special measures.' Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Friday 14 January 2022
Northampton couple to run 48KM in 21 hours for neonatal ward after they saved son's life
Northampton couple to run 48KM in 21 hours for neonatal ward after they saved son's life A Northampton couple will be running 48 kilometres in 21 hours in later this year to raise funds for the Gosset Ward, at Northampton General Hospital, after staff there saved their premature baby's life. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Patients waiting for treatment face difficult journey as NHS recovery challenge grows
Patients waiting for treatment face difficult journey as NHS recovery challenge grows The situation on the ground right now across health and care services illustrates the incredibly difficult journey faced by patients waiting for treatment, and by staff in NHS and care services, given the waiting list has now reached the once unthinkable 6 million mark. Nuffield Trust
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- Government must be honest about consequences of not introducing new COVID-19 measures for the NHS The Health Foundation
- ‘It is clear that the road to recovery will not be a smooth one for NHS services’ The King's Fund
- One in NINE people in England now on NHS waiting list amid Omicron wave The Daily Mail
- Record 6m people waiting for routine hospital treatment in England The Guardian
Overcoming health inequalities in ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods
Overcoming health inequalities in ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods This report, published jointly with the Northern Health Science Alliance, shows the devastating impact of poor health for those living in deprived areas and left behind neighbourhoods (LBNs) and makes a number of recommendations to overcome the health inequalities faced by people living in these places. All-Party Parliamentary Group for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods
Caring in Covid
Caring in Covid To help record and highlight the response of the not-for-profit sector, this collection of stories from NCF members describes care, communities and leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic. National Care Forum
Record number of NHS ambulance call outs for life-threatening conditions in December, despite jump in Omicron absences
Record number of NHS ambulance call outs for life-threatening conditions in December, despite jump in Omicron absences NHS staff dealt with the highest ever number of life-threatening ambulance call outs last month, new figures show today. Ambulances responded to 82,000 category one calls in December, an average of one every 33 seconds and higher than any other month on record. NHS England
Self-isolation for those with COVID-19 can end after 5 full days following 2 negative LFD tests
Self-isolation for those with COVID-19 can end after 5 full days following 2 negative LFD tests From Monday 17 January, people with COVID-19 in England can end their self-isolation after 5 full days, as long as they test negative on day 5 and day 6. Department of Health and Social Care
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- Free PPE for frontline extended for another year Department of Health and Social Care
- New advertising drive calling on young people to Get Boosted Now Department of Health and Social Care
- Statement to Parliament: Oral statement on the government's COVID-19 response Department of Health and Social Care
- Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam to step down as Deputy Chief Medical Officer in March 2022 Department of Health and Social Care
- National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports published UK Health Security Agency
Covid in pregnancy linked to birth-related complications
Covid in pregnancy linked to birth-related complications A new study has linked Covid-19 to complications during pregnancy.
Scottish researchers found that women who catch the virus near the end of pregnancy were more vulnerable to birth-related complications.
They are more likely to suffer them than women who catch Covid in early pregnancy or not at all. BBC News
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- SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland (open access) Nature Medicine
- The best of Jonathan Van-Tam's Covid analogies BBC News
- Covid isolation period cut to five full days in England - Javid BBC News
- Lockdown parties in No 10 on eve of Prince Philip's funeral BBC News
- WHO warns that repeated booster shots are not sustainable The Daily Mail
- Covid UK: Cases fall by nearly 40% in a week to 109,133 as Omicron wave continues to collapse The Daily Mail
- Boris's ex-communications director 'apologises unreservedly for anger and hurt caused' over boozy 'lockdown-breaking party' at Downing Street on eve of Prince Philip's funeral The Daily Mail
- ‘Red levels of staffing are the norm’: NHS workers on coping with Covid The Guardian
- 'Tonight, we're going viral': the Jonathan Van-Tam quotes that won't be forgotten – video The Guardian
- Renewed calls for PM to resign over parties on eve of Philip funeral The Guardian
- Boris Johnson’s former spokesperson ‘apologises unreservedly’ for No 10 party during Covid restrictions The Independent
- Downing Street inquiry ‘set to find parties were not criminal The Independent
- Covid-19: Number of NHS staff off work in England is falling The Independent
- NHS under pressure all over, but where are the pinch points? Sky News
Skin cancer: Newcastle University test predicts spread of melanoma
Skin cancer: Newcastle University test predicts spread of melanoma Scientists have developed a test which reliably predicts the spread or return of the most deadly form of skin cancer.
The Newcastle University team made the breakthrough in understanding how skin cancer tumours grow.
The test, known as AMBLor, is applied to a standard biopsy of the primary melanoma when it is removed. BBC News
NHS chief warned Sajid Javid that deal for private hospitals could waste of taxpayers' money
NHS chief warned Sajid Javid that deal for private hospitals could waste of taxpayers' money NHS England's boss told Sajid Javid the £90million a month deal to rope in private hospitals if Covid spiralled out of control could waste taxpayer money, it emerged today.
The three-month contract sees private healthcare staff and facilities put on standby to help, should Omicron trigger unsustainable levels of hospital admissions or staff absences. The Daily Mail
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Glandular fever may be the biggest cause of multiple sclerosis
Glandular fever may be the biggest cause of multiple sclerosis Glandular fever may be the biggest cause of multiple sclerosis, a major study has concluded.
Harvard scientists say they have 'compelling evidence' the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – which causes the 'kissing disease'/mononucleosis – is to blame.
They tracked the prevalence of MS among 10million soldiers in the US military over the course of two decades. Volunteers regularly had blood tests taken to see if they had EBV. The Daily Mail
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