Northampton nurse gives advice for veterans 'triggered' by war in Ukraine and 'upsetting images' A top mental health nurse from Northampton has issued advice to ex-service personnel who may be struggling with “triggering” thoughts after watching the Ukraine crisis unfold. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Clinical commissioning groups: transferring the legacy into learning
Clinical commissioning groups: transferring the legacy into learning This report sets out reflections from clinical commissioning groups and eleven recommendations for integrated care systems (ICS) leaders to help them learn from this legacy. NHS Confederation
Speech: Health and Social Care Secretary speech on Health Reform
Speech: Health and Social Care Secretary speech on Health Reform Sajid Javid delivered a speech on healthcare reform at the Royal College of Physicians, London. Department of Health and Social Care
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- Policy paper: Build Back Better: Our Plan for Health and Social Care Department of Health and Social Care
- NHS recovery plan will prove impossible if chronic workforce crisis isn’t addressed BMA
- More choice over NHS services no replacement for having staff and capacity to deliver them The Health Foundation
- LGA responds to new NHS reform plan Local Government Association
- New ideas alone won’t be able to magic up new staff NHS Confederation
- NHS workforce planning critical to delivering reform agenda NHS Providers
- Javid calls on families to help NHS by pushing loved ones to improve health The Guardian
- Plans to tackle NHS workforce shortages to be published this year - but with no additional funding The Independent
- People urged to use NHS app instead of calling GPs The Independent
- Patients on waiting lists for two years can move hospital or get private care, Sajid Javid promises iNews
Shropshire baby deaths: Ockenden report delayed for second time
Shropshire baby deaths: Ockenden report delayed for second time The publication of a report into failures of maternity care at an NHS trust has been delayed again.
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden has been investigating hundreds of cases in which mothers and babies may have been harmed at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTh). BBC News
Stool tests might help spot early pancreatic cancer
Stool tests might help spot early pancreatic cancer tool tests might provide a useful way to help doctors spot early pancreatic cancer, say researchers.
They have been trialling the concept in a study with 136 volunteers.
The findings, described in the journal Gut, suggest detectable changes involving gut bugs could provide a warning sign that a tumour is present. BBC News
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Twin thought to be UK's most premature to survive goes home
Twin thought to be UK's most premature to survive goes home One of two twins thought to be the most premature to survive in the UK is home.
Harry and Harley Crane were born at 22 weeks and five days on 26 October 2021 at a Nottingham hospital.
After almost five months in intensive care, Harry - who now weighs 6lb - has been discharged with his sister expected to follow this week. BBC News
Daily Covid cases surge 60% in a week to 61,900 in biggest rise since Freedom Day
Daily Covid cases surge 60% in a week to 61,900 in biggest rise since Freedom Day Government dashboard data showed there were 61,900 new positive tests over the last 24 hours, up 58.7 per cent on last week's figure of 39,000. There were also a further 212 deaths. The Daily Mail
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UK Department of Health wants to burn 580 LORRIES' worth of unused PPE a month to make electricity
UK Department of Health wants to burn 580 LORRIES' worth of unused PPE a month to make electricity Ministers want to burn nearly 600 lorries' worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) per month to generate electricity.
Department of Health bosses told MPs today they have a radical plan to avoid wasting 5.5billion pieces of faulty or excess PPE bought during the pandemic. The Daily Mail
American baby makes medical history by becoming first person ever to receive a new heart AND thymus
American baby makes medical history by becoming first person ever to receive a new heart AND thymus A baby has become the first person in the world to receive a combined heart and thymus transplant — offering hope to millions of patients.
Easton Sinnamon was born with a weak heart and immune system and spent his first seven months in hospital. The Daily Mail
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