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No honour in abuse: harnessing the health service to end domestic abuse
No honour in abuse: harnessing the health service to end domestic abuse This report looks at domestic abuse from a health perspective and states NHS England and the Department of Health must play a greater role in tackling what has traditionally been seen as a criminal justice issue. Health professionals need to be given the training and confidence to call out domestic abuse, which has such an enormous mental and physical impact on survivors, perpetrators, and their children. The health service needs to improve its collaboration with third sector support services which can often be better at meeting the need of victims. Centre for Social Justice
Tackling mental health disparities
Tackling mental health disparities Mental health inequalities mean that while it is true that anyone can experience mental ill health, the risks are much higher for certain groups who experience structural discrimination and disadvantage. This briefing sets out ten evidence-based actions that the government could take in the forthcoming disparities white paper. Centre for Mental Health
Beds in the NHS
Beds in the NHS This report shows that an additional 13,000 staffed beds are required in the NHS across the UK to drive meaningful change and improvement. Meaningful change and improvement would constitute a significant improvement in A&E waiting times, ambulance response times, ambulance handover delays, and a return to safe bed occupancy levels. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
See also:
- Emergency care is in “dire” situation after loss of NHS beds, says royal college The BMJ
- NHS needs 13,000 extra beds with major shortage putting lives at risk The Daily Mail
- Loss of 25,000 NHS beds caused ‘serious patient safety crisis’, finds report The Guardian
- NHS needs 13,000 beds to tackle A&E waiting times and ambulance delays – report The Independent
NHS staffing tracker: General practice
NHS staffing tracker: General practice Monitoring and analysis of key workforce targets and trends.
Most of the contact that people have with the NHS is with general practice: there are an estimated 300 million appointments each year. These services provide the first step in diagnosing and treating most patients’ health conditions.
What are the trends in staff numbers working in general practice? Nuffield Trust
See also:
- GP pressures being felt across the country, but some areas more impacted than others Royal College of General Practitioners
- The areas with the fewest GPs revealed BBC News
Violent incidents at GP surgeries double in five years
Violent incidents at GP surgeries double in five years Violent incidents at GP surgeries have doubled in less than five years, according to figures from police forces across the UK.
An investigation by the British Medical Journal found the number of assaults at surgeries and health centres resulting in injury had almost doubled too.
Police forces recorded 1,068 violent incidents between 2021 and 2022, up from 586 between 2017 and 2018. BBC News
See also:
- Violent incidents at GP surgeries double in five years, BMJ investigation finds (open access) The BMJ
- RCGP responds to BMJ investigation on increase in abuse against GP staff Royal College of General Practitioners
- GPs tell of ‘appalling’ abuse as violence at UK surgeries worsens The Guardian
- Criminal acts of violence at UK GP surgeries almost double in five years The Guardian
Cervical screening every five years ‘prevents as many cancers as every three’
Cervical screening every five years ‘prevents as many cancers as every three’ Women could be screened for cervical cancer every five years instead of every three and as many cancers could still be prevented, a new study suggests.
Researchers at King’s College London said that screening women aged 24 to 49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) at five-year intervals prevented as many cancers as screening every three years. The Independent
See also:
- Extension of cervical screening intervals with primary human papillomavirus testing: observational study of English screening pilot data (open access) BMJ
- Women can safely have fewer smears thanks to HPV test BBC News
- Screening every five years safe for women who test negative for HPV, study confirms King's College London
Shrewsbury hospital bed death of ex-police officer ‘avoidable’, inquest rules
Shrewsbury hospital bed death of ex-police officer ‘avoidable’, inquest rules The death of a retired police officer whose head became trapped between the rails and mattress of his hospital bed was an “avoidable accident”, a coroner has concluded.
Max Dingle, 83, died 15 minutes after he was found “entrapped” on a ward at Royal Shrewsbury hospital on 3 May 2020. A senior coroner found resuscitation had not been attempted despite Dingle electing for life-saving intervention and having a pulse when he was found. The Guardian
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Monkeypox: Eleven more cases detected in England, taking UK total to 190
Monkeypox: Eleven more cases detected in England, taking UK total to 190 A further 11 cases of monkeypox have been detected in England, health officials have said.
It brings the total number confirmed since 7 May to 183.
There are also four cases of the virus in Scotland, two in Northern Ireland and one in Wales, taking the UK total to 190, while the first case was reported in Ireland last Saturday. Sky News
See also:
- UK monkeypox cases rise to 190 as 11 more Brits test positive The Daily Mail
- Warning as monkeypox scam targets NHS patients The Daily Telegraph
- Monkeypox isn’t shingles in disguise Full Fact
- Festival season could 'amplify' monkeypox outbreak as nearly 200 cases identified in UK ITV News
Suicide rates are THREE times lower in young people who go to university, official data suggests
Suicide rates are THREE times lower in young people who go to university, official data suggests oung people who go to university are almost three times less likely to commit suicide than those who don't, official data suggests.
An Office of National Statistics (ONS) report looked at the rates in the general population compared to people in higher education, which also included college.
It found that, between 2017 and 2020, suicides among under-25s in England and Wales were 2.7 times lower in people studying compared to those who were not. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Estimating suicide among higher education students, England and Wales Office for National Statistics
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