Northamptonshire Police to carry overdose life-saver drug Naloxone

Northamptonshire Police to carry overdose life-saver drug Naloxone Medication that can save the life of someone following a drugs overdose is to be carried by a police force's front line officers

The nasal spray Naloxone counters the effects of overdoses from drugs like heroin.

Northamptonshire Police said the number of drug-related deaths from synthetic opioids in the county was increasing. BBC Northampton

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• Frontline police in Northampton and Kettering to carry life-saving spray after rise in drug overdoses Northamptonshire Telegraph

Patient-initiated follow-up: does it work, why it matters, and can it help the NHS recover?

Patient-initiated follow-up: does it work, why it matters, and can it help the NHS recover? The NHS’s elective recovery strategy includes a target of moving 5% of outpatient attendances to patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) pathways by March next year. But what exactly is PIFU? As the NHS prepares to scale it up nationally, Sarah Reed and Nadia Crellin explain more about what it is, the problems it could solve, and what is known so far about how well it works. Nuffield Trust

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• Patient-initiated follow-up: will it free up capacity in outpatient care? (report) Nuffield Trust

More of the same won't fix general practice

More of the same won't fix general practice In recent years it has become commonplace to describe general practice as being in a state of ‘crisis’. Staff are feeling ‘demonised and demoralised’, one in seven GP posts are vacant, and people are increasingly dissatisfied with services.

As a result, policy-makers are looking for levers they can pull to turn things round. The King's Fund

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• How to make change happen in general practice The King's Fund

Long-term funding of adult social care

Long-term funding of adult social care This report examines the Government’s charging reforms and local government finance, unpaid carers and workforce challenges. It says the Government urgently needs to come forward with additional funding this year to help the adult social care sector meet immediate pressures, including inflation and unmet care needs. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

Expected ways of working between integrated care partnerships and adult social care providers

Expected ways of working between integrated care partnerships and adult social care providers This guidance was developed by the Department of Health and Social Care, Local Government Association and NHS England, in partnership with the Care Provider Alliance. It sets out a series of advisory principles for integrated care partnerships (ICPs) and adult social care (ASC) providers to guide their work together. It aims to ensure ASC providers are involved as essential partners, alongside commissioners, people with lived experiences of care or unpaid carers among others, in the work of the ICPs as they all have valuable perspectives to contribute to service planning across England. Department of Health and Social Care

Research: Direct and indirect health impacts of COVID-19 in England: emerging Omicron impacts

Research: Direct and indirect health impacts of COVID-19 in England: emerging Omicron impacts This paper assesses the direct and indirect health impacts of COVID-19 on the population in England, with a focus on the emerging Omicron impacts. Department of Health and Social Care

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• National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports published UK Health Security Agency

Growth in NHS recruits from abroad prompts concern about over-reliance

Growth in NHS recruits from abroad prompts concern about over-reliance The NHS in England is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the UK and EU, analysis has found.

Some 34% of doctors joining the health service last year came from overseas, a rise from 18% in 2014.

The government said overseas recruitment had always been part of its strategy.

But unions have warned it is an unsustainable way of recruiting in the long-term. BBC News

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• Dependence on international doctors highlights workforce emergency in the NHS BMA

This Is Going To Hurt creator Adam Kay issues NHS suicide warning

This Is Going To Hurt creator Adam Kay issues NHS suicide warning Suicides among NHS staff are being "brushed under the carpet", the creator of This Is Going To Hurt has warned.

Former junior doctor Adam Kay, who based the hit BBC show on his memoir of the same name, planted a long-awaited tribute tree at Ealing Hospital, on Thursday.

The Shruti tree is the first national memorial to health workers. BBC News

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• NHS suicides 'brushed under carpet', BBC show creator says as memorial unveiled Evening Standard
• NHS suicides ‘brushed under carpet’ creator of 'This Is Going To Hurt' says as memorial unveiled ITV News

LGBT groups demand more action on monkeypox

LGBT groups demand more action on monkeypox Sexual health charities and LGBT groups are calling for the government to step up efforts to control the monkeypox outbreak in the UK.

In an open letter to Health Secretary Steven Barclay, they say that without a quicker and wider vaccine rollout, the virus could become "endemic".

There have been more than 2,600 cases of monkeypox in the UK so far, mostly among men who have sex with men. BBC News

Archie Battersbee: Family seek permission for hospice move

Archie Battersbee: Family seek permission for hospice move The family of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee have sought legal permission to move him from the Royal London Hospital to a hospice.

The High Court is now considering the application, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) refused a request to delay withdrawing treatment.

Archie's mother said she wanted her son "in a peaceful hospice to say goodbye".

Doctors have warned there is "significant risk" in moving him. BBC News

Tory leadership race: NHS bosses accuse Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak of having no solutions to fix crisis

Tory leadership race: NHS bosses accuse Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak of having no solutions to fix crisis Healthcare leaders have called for Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to come up with proper solutions to fix the NHS instead of offering "glib soundbites, gimmicks and political rhetoric". Sky News

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• NHS leaders call for concrete proposals and realism in leadership contest NHS Confederation

Police racial bias played role in UK Covid fines regime, says report

Police racial bias played role in UK Covid fines regime, says report Researchers say institutional racism probably contributed to ‘differential approach’ to enforcement of powers

Bias in policing at least partly explains why minority ethnic people were more likely to receive fines for Covid breaches than their white counterparts, research says.

The study, seen by the Guardian, was based on in-depth interviews with officers who policed the streets. The officers spoke confidentially to academics from Liverpool University and served in forces in northern England, including Cheshire, Cumbria, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

Regulator tells private clinics to stop promoting £100 hayfever jab

Regulator tells private clinics to stop promoting £100 hayfever jab Watchdogs have today announced a clamp down on beauty clinics promoting £100 hay fever injections.

The decision comes after MailOnline revealed dozens of practices were advertising Kenalog — which was withdrawn by the NHS a decade ago for being too risky.

The powerful drug suppresses the immune system, dampening the allergic reaction hay fever sufferers experience. Its effects can last months. The Daily Mail

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• MHRA and CAP take action against illegal ‘hayfever jab’ adverts online Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Loneliness and social isolation can increase risk of heart attack or stroke 30%

Loneliness and social isolation can increase risk of heart attack or stroke 30% Social isolation and loneliness throughout life can significantly increase a person's risk of suffering from a heart attack or stroke - and with more people in America lonely than ever experts fear their could be a surge in these cases in the future. The Daily Mail

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• Effects of Objective and Perceived Social Isolation on Cardiovascular and Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (open access) Journal of the American Heart Association