How can the NHS Staff Survey data help you to meet the core needs of your people?

How can the NHS Staff Survey data help you to meet the core needs of your people? The results of the 2021 NHS Staff Survey are out. The overwhelming picture of the lived experience of staff working in the NHS, and the consequences this is having on their health and wellbeing, is deeply concerning: national results show 46.8 per cent of staff have felt unwell as a result of work-related stress in the past 12 months and 54.5 per cent of staff have gone to work in the past three months despite not feeling well enough to perform their duties. The King's Fund

Loneliness and Mental Health Report UK

Loneliness and Mental Health Report UK We all know what loneliness feels like and feeling lonely from time to time is a normal part of life. But when loneliness is severe or lasts a long time, it can negatively affect our mental health.

This report explores what it’s like to be lonely: its causes, consequences and the groups of people who are more likely to experience severe and enduring loneliness. Mental Health Foundation

Integrated working to address frailty needs: Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership

Integrated working to address frailty needs: Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership The delivery of an integrated approach has led to significant health and social improvements among frail and older people within Bradford District and Craven. Key benefits and outcomes include: the transformation of the lives of more than 300 frail and older people; effective identification through data of patients most at risk; reduced gaps in care and risk through partnership working; improved navigation for patients through health and care services (considering health, care, socio economic needs); and reduced duplication through collaboration, ensuring patients are seen at the right place at the right time. NHS Confederation

Workforce Disability Equality Standard: 2021 data analysis report for NHS trusts and foundation trusts

Workforce Disability Equality Standard: 2021 data analysis report for NHS trusts and foundation trusts This report provides a summary of the 2021 national data analysis and presents key findings and recommendations for continued focus and actions by trusts. regions and the national Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team at NHS England and NHS Improvement. It enables a comparison of year on year progress into the career and workplace experiences of NHS disabled staff. NHS England

Ambulance wait times endangering patients, doctors say

Ambulance wait times endangering patients, doctors say Doctors and paramedics have told the BBC that long waits for ambulances across the UK are having a "dangerous impact" on patient safety.

BBC analysis found a 77% rise in the most serious safety incidents logged by paramedics in England over the past year, compared to before the pandemic.

In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the 999 system is also under "tremendous pressure", doctors say.

NHS England said the safety of patients is its "absolute priority". BBC News

Half of Covid-hospitalised still symptomatic two years on, study finds

Half of Covid-hospitalised still symptomatic two years on, study finds More than half of people hospitalised with Covid-19 still have at least one symptom two years after they were first infected, according to the longest follow-up study of its kind.

While physical and mental health generally improve over time, the analysis suggests that coronavirus patients discharged from hospital still tend to experience poorer health and quality of life than the general population. The Guardian

See also:

• Health outcomes in people 2 years after surviving hospitalisation with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study (open access) The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
• World complacent on Covid, warns former UK prime minister Gordon Brown BBC News
• Covid: Superhero images unhelpful, says nurse chief BBC News
• North Korea orders strict lockdown with first official Covid cases BBC News
• England logs just 9,700 new Covid cases on first day of UK-wide daily stats being scrapped The Daily Mail
• SAGE models were too scary and held too much weight... says lockdown architect behind them!  The Daily Mail
• Long Covid sufferers at far greater risk of blood clots, study says The Independent
• Impaired exercise capacity in post-COVID syndrome: the role of VWF-ADAMTS13 axis (open access) Blood Advances

Nurses top UK poll on who makes biggest contribution to society

Nurses top UK poll on who makes biggest contribution to society Nurses are judged to make the biggest contribution to society in Britain, ahead of doctors and teachers, a poll of the public has found.

YouGov asked a representative sample of 1,805 adults which group from a list of five types of professionals contributed the most to society. The Guardian

Hundreds of organisations breached patient data rules, reveals BMJ

Hundreds of organisations breached patient data rules, reveals BMJ Hundreds of organisations, including drug companies, private healthcare providers and universities, have breached patient data sharing agreements but not had their access to patient data withdrawn, a report reveals.

“High risk” breaches were revealed to have occurred at healthcare groups, pharmaceutical giants and educational institutions including Virgin Care, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Imperial College London, during audits by NHS Digital, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Guardian

See also:

• Hundreds of patient data breaches are left unpunished (open access) The BMJ
• NHS data breaches: a further erosion of trust (open access) The BMJ

Author of review into aborted GP data sharing in England opted out of scheme

Author of review into aborted GP data sharing in England opted out of scheme The author of a government review into medical data sharing personally opted out of the aborted plan to share GP health data, a parliamentary committee has heard.

Prof Ben Goldacre, a former Guardian columnist and the author of the Goldacre Review, exercised his right to opt out of the Government’s General Practice Data for Planning and Research scheme, he told the Commons Science and Technology committee, because he was concerned about the risks of deanonymisation. The Guardian

High Court to hear urgent case against NHS over 'life-threatening' wait times for trans healthcare

High Court to hear urgent case against NHS over 'life-threatening' wait times for trans healthcare A groundbreaking legal challenge against the years-long healthcare waits UK trans people face on the NHS will now be heard in court.

Four trans people, trans-led charity Gendered Intelligence and the Good Law Project have been given permission to bring a judicial review against NHS England on grounds stemming from massive waiting lists and failures by the NHS to help trans people access affirming healthcare. PinkNews

'Unfounded' NHS criticism and investigation caused unnecessary deaths at London heart surgery unit

'Unfounded' NHS criticism and investigation caused unnecessary deaths at London heart surgery unit Heart surgery patients in London have died “unnecessarily” and faced increased risk of death as botched NHS investigations into dozens of deaths reduced a hospital’s ability to treat people, a coroner has warned.

“Unnecessary” patient deaths have occurred as a result of heart surgery at St George’s University Hospital Trust being restricted and emergencies diverted to other “over stretched” hospitals, following investigations by national NHS bodies. The Independent

See also:

• Patients died needlessly because of 'botched' NHS inquiry into heart deaths at hospital, says coroner The Daily Telegraph

England's cancer backlog could take more than five years to clear, leading cancer charity warns

England's cancer backlog could take more than five years to clear, leading cancer charity warns England's cancer backlog won't be tackled for another five years without urgent action, charities warned today. 

MacMillan estimates 32,000 fewer patients than expected have started their first treatment in the two years since the start of the pandemic, due to a combination of hospitals prioritising Covid, poor access to GPs and patients being reluctant to come forward. The Daily Mail