Adult social care provider partnerships in integrated care systems

Adult social care provider partnerships in integrated care systems This guide for adult social care providers concerns the opportunities integrated care systems (ICSs) provide for partnership working between health and social care. ICSs are partnerships between health and care organisations, coming together to collectively plan and deliver health and care to meet the needs of their population. This guide has been developed with input and support from NHS England and is designed to help adult social care providers understand ICS and, at the same time, help ICSs to have a better understanding of the value of the full participation and engagement from adult social care providers. Care Provider Alliance

Departmental overview 2020-21: Department of Health and Social Care

Departmental overview 2020-21: Department of Health and Social Care This overview summarises the work of the Department of Health & Social Care including what it does, how much it costs, recent and planned changes and what to look out for across its main business areas and services. National Audit Office

All children aged 1 to 9 in London to be offered a dose of polio vaccine

All children aged 1 to 9 in London to be offered a dose of polio vaccine Following the discovery of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus in sewage in north and east London, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that a targeted inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) booster dose should be offered to all children between the ages of 1 and 9 in all London boroughs.

This will ensure a high level of protection from paralysis and help reduce further spread of the virus. UK Health Security Agency

See also:

• Polio NHS UK
• Urgent polio boosters for London children  BBC News
• Polio IS spreading in Britain for first time in 40 years: Health chiefs launch 'urgent' jab rollout The Daily Mail
• Polio vaccine will be offered to London children after virus found in sewers The Daily Telegraph
• 900,000 London children to be offered polio vaccine booster after sewage findings The Guardian
• Children in London to be offered polio vaccine in bid to stop outbreak ITV News
• All London children aged one to nine to be offered polio vaccine dose after more virus found in sewers Sky News

'I've been let down - I shouldn't have stage-4 cancer'

'I've been let down - I shouldn't have stage-4 cancer' A woman with fast-growing stage-four breast cancer says the NHS has let her down, with delays at every stage of her treatment.

Caroline Boulton, 56, had several appointments for a mammogram, which checks for early signs of cancer, cancelled because of Covid, in March and November 2020.

In late 2021, she found a small lump, went to her GP and was referred urgently to a specialist - but then the delays began. BBC News

See also:

• Long cancer waits double in a year (log in required) Health Service Journal

Covid symptoms sufferers still have four months after catching virus revealed

Covid symptoms sufferers still have four months after catching virus revealed Covid sufferers are still reporting common symptoms an average of four months after having caught the virus, a new study has found.

Two hundred patients enrolled in the Covid-19 Neurological and Molecular Prospective Cohort Study in Georgia, or CONGA, to investigate the longer term impacts of the illness. The Independent

See also:

• Neuropsychiatric sequelae of long COVID-19: Pilot results from the COVID-19 neurological and molecular prospective cohort study in Georgia, USA (open access) Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
• People ‘still travelling less and exercising more than before Covid’ The Independent
• Covid reinfections: How likely are you to catch coronavirus again as cases rise? The Independent
• Study reveals new COVID treatments, therapies and drug combinations Open Access Government

Monkeypox vaccines set to run out in UK with bookings in some areas already closing

Monkeypox vaccines set to run out in UK with bookings in some areas already closing While the latest data suggests the monkeypox outbreak is slowing across the country, new cases are being reported every day, and it has been labelled as a "global health emergency".

The UK is set to run out of monkeypox vaccines, with bookings in some areas already closing as a result, Sky News understands.

Sources have suggested supply issues mean there are only around 5,000 doses of the jab left.

See also:

• Monkeypox isn’t just spread by sexual contact Full Fact
• UK will ‘run out of monkeypox vaccine in 10 to 20 days’ The Guardian
• Monkeypox: UK ‘on brink of running out of vaccines’ as infection spreads The Independent
• WHO forced to explain monkeypox has nothing to do with monkeys after spike in attacks on primates The Independent
• UK ‘on the verge of running out of monkeypox vaccines’ Metro
• The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short Wired

CALL or nothing: NHS will tell patients to accept a 'virtual' appointment or face long waits

CALL or nothing: NHS will tell patients to accept a 'virtual' appointment or face long waits Patients will be forced to accept a virtual NHS appointment or face long waits as part of controversial plans to bring down waiting lists.

NHS bosses say the use of phone and video consultations will become much more common as part of a push to clear waits of more than 18 months by next April.

As part of the plans, trusts with the biggest backlog of outpatient appointments — like post-operation follow-ups — will be paired with hospitals with spare capacity. The Daily Mail

Lie down on your right side to absorb drugs better, new research suggests

Lie down on your right side to absorb drugs better, new research suggests Taking medicine lying on your right speeds up its effects, a new study has found, as researchers say posture affects how the stomach absorbs drugs.

Scientists have used a state-of-the-art 'StomachSim' that is based on the anatomy of the human stomach to analyse and understand how effective swallowed medicines are. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Computational modeling of drug dissolution in the human stomach: Effects of posture and gastroparesis on drug bioavailability (open access) Physics of Fluids