Wednesday 30 March 2022

Independent Review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Independent Review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust  The final report of the Independent Review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

This report identifies more than 60 Local Actions for Learning for the Trust and another 15 key Immediate and Essential Actions to improve all maternity services in England, including financing a safe and sustainable maternity and neonatal workforce and ensuring training for the whole maternity team meets the needs of todays maternity services. We state that trust Boards must have oversight and understanding of their maternity services. Trust boards must ensure that they listen to and hear local families and their own staff. Ockenden Maternity Review

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Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2021: Results from the British Social Attitudes survey

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2021: Results from the British Social Attitudes survey Analysis of NatCen's 2021 British Social Attitudes survey in a report by Nuffield Trust and The King's Fund shows a huge and unprecedented drop in public satisfaction with the NHS and its individual services, despite widespread support for the fundamental principles of the health service. So what's driving this change?

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Shifting the Dial: evaluating a community programme to promote young Black men’s mental health

Shifting the Dial: evaluating a community programme to promote young Black men’s mental health Young Black men are overrepresented in restrictive mental health settings, but are less likely to get early community-based mental health support. This report shares learning from a three-year project to promote the mental health and wellbeing of young Black men in Birmingham. The project built upon the findings from CMH’s evaluation of an earlier pilot, Up My Street. Shifting the Dial has worked with more than 500 young Black men, offering peer support, mentoring, theatre productions, skills development and community events. Centre for Mental Health
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2022 pre-election period: dos and don'ts for the NHS

2022 pre-election period: dos and don'ts for the NHS Our tips for NHS organisations' activities over the pre-election period ahead of elections across the UK in May 2022. NHS Confederation
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Investigation into the management of PPE contracts

Investigation into the management of PPE contracts The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) continues to deal with the contract management issues caused by the need to purchase unprecedented volumes of PPE in 2020 due to COVID-19, with billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money still at risk, according to a report by the National Audit Office.

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Government sets out next steps for living with COVID

Government sets out next steps for living with COVID New guidance outlines free COVID-19 tests will continue to be available to help protect specific groups once free testing for the general public ends on 1 April. Department of Health and Social Care
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Endometriosis: A hidden disease affecting one in 10 women

Endometriosis: A hidden disease affecting one in 10 women Endometriosis is a cruel and debilitating disease that affects one in 10 women globally of reproductive age.

Although it is common, many women are dismissed and continue life undiagnosed as the average wait for diagnosis is eight years. BBC News
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Free parking for NHS staff introduced during pandemic to end this week

Free parking for NHS staff introduced during pandemic to end this week Free parking for NHS staff introduced during the Covid pandemic will end this week, the health secretary has said.

Parking fees were waived for NHS staff working in hospitals in England – but Sajid Javid said this would end on Friday.

Defending the move, he said over 93% of NHS trusts that charge for car parking have now “implemented free parking for those in greatest need, including NHS staff working overnight.” The Independent

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Just 64% of people are now self-isolating after Freedom Day, data shows

Just 64% of people are now self-isolating after Freedom Day, data shows The number of people self-isolating after testing positive for Covid plummeted after Freedom Day in England, official data shows. 

Just 64 per cent of people with the disease said they stayed home and quarantined for at least five days between February 28 and March 8, according to the Office for National Statistics. The Daily Mail

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Mobile phone users do not have an increased risk of brain tumours, new study finds

Mobile phone users do not have an increased risk of brain tumours, new study finds Regularly using a mobile phone does not boost your risk of brain tumours, a major study has concluded.

Despite becoming a staple of modern life, there have been long-standing fears our phones may emit cancer-causing radiation, often peddled by conspiracy theorists.

But research that tracked more than 400,000 Britons over a decade uncovered no link between regular mobile phone use and the prevalence of brain cancers. The Daily Mail

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