Leukaemia patient warns others for the symptoms to look out for

Leukaemia patient warns others for the symptoms to look out for A leukaemia patient from Northamptonshire is urging people to be aware of the symptoms - as it might just save their life. Hannah Mahoney, 30, from Towcester, never thought cancer would happen to her.

After falling ill and googling her symptoms, she knew there was a chance it could be leukaemia. However, she is now in remission from acute promyelocytic leukaemia and has become a homeowner while landing her dream job as an emergency medical technician in the East Midlands Ambulance Service. Northants Live

7 new community diagnostic centres to offer more patients life-saving checks

7 new community diagnostic centres to offer more patients life-saving checks 7 new community diagnostic centres (CDCs) will open to help bust the Covid backlogs, diagnose patients more quickly and meet future demands on the NHS, the Health and Social Care Secretary has today confirmed. Department of Health and Social Care

COVID-19 alert level reduced to 2

COVID-19 alert level reduced to 2 Based on UKHSA advice, the UK Chief Medical Officers and NHS England National Medical Director have recommended to ministers the COVID alert level moves from level 3 to level 2.

Hospitals and the wider health systems remain extremely busy overall but the summer BA.4 and BA.5 wave is subsiding and direct COVID severe illness is now a much smaller proportion of this. Severe COVID cases, direct COVID healthcare pressures, direct COVID deaths and ONS community positivity estimates have decreased. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Guidance: UK COVID-19 alert level methodology: an overview UK Health Security Agency

Covid: Pregnant women targeted with false vaccine claims

Covid: Pregnant women targeted with false vaccine claims Covid vaccination advice in pregnancy has not changed, contrary to false social media posts, UK health agencies have clarified.

Inaccurate messages shared by thousands claimed that pregnant or breastfeeding women were now recommended not to take the vaccine.

In fact, the NHS says the vaccine is both safe and strongly recommended for this group. BBC News

See also:

• Covid inquiry to examine Boris Johnson's pandemic decisions BBC News
• Moderna receives FDA green light for COVID-19 booster targeting the Omicron variant The Daily Mail
• UK's Covid alert is downgraded to level two as hospital pressure and infections decline The Daily Mail
• WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere The Independent

Review into Nottingham NHS maternity failings launches

Review into Nottingham NHS maternity failings launches A review into failings at a city's NHS maternity units has launched, with a call for affected families to come forward.

The review, led by midwife Donna Ockenden, will examine how dozens of babies died or were injured at the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) trust.

Ms Ockenden previously led an inquiry into the UK's biggest maternity scandal at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.

NUH said it welcomed the review. BBC News

See also:

• Nottingham maternity crisis: What are families calling for? BBC News

African-Caribbean people with type 1 diabetes ‘at higher risk of kidney disease’

African-Caribbean people with type 1 diabetes ‘at higher risk of kidney disease’ Ethnicity is a risk factor in people with type 1 diabetes developing kidney disease, a study suggests.

The findings also indicate that people of African-Caribbean heritage living with diabetes have nearly a 60% greater risk of advanced kidney disease. The Independent

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• African Caribbean Ethnicity Is an Independent Predictor of Significant Decline in Kidney Function in People With Type 1 Diabetes (abstract) Diabetes Care

Steve Barclay ‘to tell NHS to scrap targets and focus on key areas’

Steve Barclay ‘to tell NHS to scrap targets and focus on key areas’ Health Secretary Steve Barclay will reportedly tell the NHS to scrap some of its targets and focus on cutting wait times for areas including ambulances, operations and GP appointments. The Independent

See also:

• Crackdown on NHS bureaucrats costing taxpayers £2.8billion a year: Steve Barclay launches plan The Daily Mail
• NHS can’t do it all and must scrap targets, warns Health Secretary The Daily Telegraph

"This is just not safe for anyone": the NHS doctors at breaking point

"This is just not safe for anyone": the NHS doctors at breaking point Medics explain how relentless scrutiny and gruelling hours are driving them to leave the profession. The New Statesman

NHS leaders warn of service cuts as hospital energy bills soar

NHS leaders warn of service cuts as hospital energy bills soar Hospital trusts in England face “eye-watering” rises in energy bills of £2m a month each due to the fuel price surge, with NHS leaders saying patients may face longer waiting times or even see their care “cut back” as a result.

NHS trusts are concerned they will have to make critical choices on staff levels and the services they provide in order to keep operating, with energy costs predicted to be as much as three times higher than a year ago. The Guardian

See also:

• Hospitals will be hit with “eye watering” energy bills this winter (open access) British Medical Journal
• NHS hospitals face paying an extra £2MILLION a month for energy this winter The Daily Mail
• Practices could cut staff, stop COVID-19 jabs or hand back contracts as energy bills rocket GPonline
• NHS hospitals to spend millions on crippling energy costs this winter The Independent
• Hospitals facing paying extra £2,000,000 a month for energy bills Metro

Bed-blocking crisis means medically-fit NHS patients have to wait up to 9 MONTHS to be discharged

Bed-blocking crisis means medically-fit NHS patients have to wait up to 9 MONTHS to be discharged The NHS bed-blocking crisis was laid bare today by shock data that revealed some patients are having to wait nine months to be discharged — despite being declared medically fit to leave enough to leave.

Nearly 13,000 hospital beds, one in seven, are filled with patients healthy enough for discharge.

They should be moved to a care home or offered home support, but staff shortages in the social care sector mean many languish on wards for weeks. The Daily Mail

 

See also:

• Patients fit for discharge stuck in hospital for up to nine months HSJ
• Medically fit patients waiting months to be discharged from England’s hospitals The Guardian