Have your say on the future of Northamptonshire's hospital services

 Have your say on the future of Northamptonshire's hospital services Hospital chiefs will be listening to public views on the strategy of Northampton and Kettering hospitals at an online event in April.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group – which runs the two acute units – is collecting feedback on its group clinical strategy which will be re-shaping the way it delivers services. Northamptonshire Telegraph

NHS staff survey 2021

NHS staff survey 2021 Each autumn everyone who works in the NHS in England is invited to take part in the NHS Staff Survey. The survey offers a snapshot in time of how people experience their working lives, gathered at the same time each year. The results of the survey report of under-staffing and in the last year, nearly half of staff reported feeling unwell due to work related stress. The survey also asked questions regarding the changes to working life due to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as diversity and inclusion in the workforce and other topics. NHS Staff Surveys

See also:

• NHS staff survey signals urgent need for a workforce strategy The Health Foundation
• ‘Over-stretched teams working in an under-staffed health service’ The King's Fund
• Fall in staff morale a real cause for concern NHS Confederation
•  Exploring and analysing the results of the 2021 NHS Staff Survey NHS Employers
• 2021 NHS Staff Survey: making each voice count NHS England
• Staffing crisis jeopardising safe care, says RCN in response to NHS survey findings Royal College of Nursing
• NHS Staff Survey highlights a number of workforce trends National Health Executive
• Nursing staff are fed up with poor pay, feel burnt out, and are looking to leave Nursing Notes
• NHS staff survey: morale, pay satisfaction and wellbeing declining Personnel Today

Vulnerabilities: applying All Our Health

Vulnerabilities: applying All Our Health This guidance helps frontline health professionals, team leaders or managers, and senior or strategic leaders to prevent ill health and promote wellbeing as part of their everyday practice. It recommends important actions that managers and staff holding strategic roles can take. Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

Policy paper: From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives

Policy paper: From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives A 10-year plan to cut crime and save lives by reducing the supply and demand for drugs and delivering a high-quality treatment and recovery system. Department of Health and Social Care et al.

Lifechanging technology to be rolled out to all type 1 diabetes patients

Lifechanging technology to be rolled out to all type 1 diabetes patients Everyone living with type 1 diabetes will be eligible for lifechanging flash glucose monitors on the NHS, thanks to new guidance published today.

The NHS Long Term Plan has already helped almost three in five people with Type 1 diabetes to access the monitors that allow people to check their glucose levels more easily and regularly. NHS England

Shrewsbury maternity scandal: Sajid Javid promises 'swift' changes

Shrewsbury maternity scandal: Sajid Javid promises 'swift' changes Sweeping changes to maternity services in England are expected after a report laid bare catastrophic failures at an NHS trust that may have led to the deaths of more than 200 babies.

Over 20 years, errors at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust led to babies being stillborn, dying after birth or being left severely brain damaged. BBC News

See also:

• Statement to Parliament: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Ockenden Report Statement Department of Health and Social Care
• Shrewsbury and Telford maternity scandal: 'Grave concern' as new cases reported BBC News
• Ockenden Review: Mothers were blamed for their babies' deaths in Shrewsbury maternity scandal The Daily Telegraph
• ‘As an NHS midwife, the Shrewsbury baby deaths report didn’t surprise me’ The Guardian
• Baby deaths inquiry points to issues across England’s maternity services The Guardian
• Mothers were shamed and traumatised at Shrewsbury hospital. I was one of them The Guardian
• Shrewsbury maternity inquiry: ‘Cruelty beyond comprehension’ as mothers blamed for babies’ deaths The Independent
• Shrewsbury maternity scandal: Key findings from damning Ockenden inquiry report The Independent
• At least 201 babies and nine mothers died as a result of maternity failings at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, report finds Sky News

Covid: Can I catch Omicron twice?

Covid: Can I catch Omicron twice? In the early days of the pandemic, it was extremely rare to hear of people catching Covid twice.

That's not the case anymore, especially since the Omicron variant emerged in late November 2021. BBC News

See also:

• Covid: Last day of free tests in England fuels concern BBC News
• End of Scottish face mask rules delayed until Easter BBC News
• Sir Patrick Vallance admits UK needs lockdown handbook for future pandemics as cases rise The Daily Mail
• Ministers have learned NOTHING from Covid pandemic, warns ex-testing tsar The Daily Mail
• Covid cases fall again as Sir Patrick Vallance says latest wave has peaked The Daily Mail
• Johnson refuses to admit lockdown rules were broken in Downing Street The Guardian
• Charging for Covid tests in England just as infections surge? This is an act of national self-sabotage | Frances Ryan The Guardian
• Covid labs given two weeks notice ahead of cut to testing contract The Independent
• Minister begrudgingly admits Covid laws were broken - despite No 10’s refusal The Independent
• COVID-19: Billions of pounds of taxpayers' money still at risk as a result of government's handling of PPE contracts, spending watchdog warns Sky News

Warnings that 400,000 patients may miss out on early cancer alert because of NHS shortages

Warnings that 400,000 patients may miss out on early cancer alert because of NHS shortages More than 400,000 people could miss out on an early cancer diagnosis over the next ten years due to ‘persistent failures’ to address shortages in the NHS, charities warn today.

Patients in England face the ‘deeply worrying prospect’ of survival rates going backwards unless the lack of staff and equipment is addressed, the head of Cancer Research UK said. The Daily Mail

MPs vote down plan to scrap scheme allowing women to take full course of abortion pills at home

MPs vote down plan to scrap scheme allowing women to take full course of abortion pills at home Women can continue to have abortions at home after Government plans to end the scheme were defeated.

The 'pills by post' service was set up at the start of the pandemic so that women who were unable to see doctors in person could still access early medical abortions.

The telemedicine service, relating to termination in the first ten weeks of pregnancy, allows women to take both doses of abortion pills at home. The Daily Mail