How to book an autumn Covid booster vaccine in Northamptonshire and who can get it

How to book an autumn Covid booster vaccine in Northamptonshire and who can get it Thousands of people will be invited for their autumn Covid booster vaccinations across Northamptonshire from Monday (September 5) with jabs available at a record number of sites.

Care home residents and some housebound patients are first on the list for the latest top-up doses. Northamptonshire Telegraph

A Northampton General Hospital team have been nominated for national award

A Northampton General Hospital team have been nominated for national award A Northampton General Hospital team that supports prostate cancer patients has been nominated for a top national award for innovation.

The Uro-Oncology Nurse Specialist Team are finalists in the Macmillan Professionals Excellence Awards 2022 in the Innovation Excellence category. Northants Life 

Northampton: Cancer centre among projects in funding bid

Northampton: Cancer centre among projects in funding bid A wellbeing hub, a cancer care centre and an animal welfare unit are among projects in Northampton in line for a share of £63.5m in funding.

West Northamptonshire Council has applied for Levelling Up Funding for the schemes, including a swimming pool, cinema and library in Weston Favell.

In July, it promised £25.1m for the area's revamp if a £20m bid is agreed.

Councillor Dan Lister said all projects created jobs and had a shared approach to "tackling local challenges". BBC Northampton

See also:

• £63.5m of funding for new cancer ward, wellbeing hub, cinema and library submitted by council Northants Live

New PM will inherit an NHS in its most challenging state for decades, warn NHS leaders

New PM will inherit an NHS in its most challenging state for decades, warn NHS leaders The incoming Prime Minister will urgently need to grip the crisis facing the NHS ahead of winter by providing the extra support that hospitals, ambulances, mental health and GP services need to deal with the intense and rising pressure they are under. 

NHS leaders say the Prime Minister will inherit an NHS in the most challenging state it has been in for decades, with front-line services facing up to lengthening waiting times and other pressures which are undermining the NHS being the best it can be for our patients. NHS Confederation

See also:

• BMA urges new Prime Minister to tackle NHS pressures, or face an uncontrollable crisis this winter BMA
• Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay Oral Statement on urgent and emergency care Department of Health and Social Care
• New Prime Minister needs a plan to prevent the cost-of-living crisis becoming a health crisis The Health Foundation
• New PM Liz Truss must act now to protect health service Royal College of Nursing
• New prime minister: Seven big questions for Liz Truss BBC News
• You've got 10 days to avoid NHS strike call, nurse chief tells Liz Truss The Daily Mail
• What are the biggest issues facing the NHS and what has Liz Truss promised to do to fix them? Evening Standard
• What policies will Liz Truss pursue as Britain’s new prime minister? The Guardian
• Health Secretary is told frontline staff believe NHS has 'collapsed'  The Independent
• What will Liz Truss becoming Prime Minister mean for nurses and the NHS? Nursing in Practice
• NHS leaders warn new PM inherits ‘an NHS in its worst state in living memory’ Nursing Notes
• New PM will 'inherit an NHS in its most challenging state for decades' PharmaTimes

The geriatric medicine workforce 2022

The geriatric medicine workforce 2022 This report examines data collected by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) on the consultant and Higher Specialty Trainee geriatric medicine workforce. This data, which was collected between 2019 and 2021 as part of the RCP’s annual workforce census, demonstrates the staffing challenges facing older people’s healthcare. Despite the growth in medical student places, there are not enough specialist healthcare professionals being trained and retained to meet the needs of the population as it ages. British Geriatrics Society

Dismissed for too long: the impact of migraine on children & young people

Dismissed for too long: the impact of migraine on children & young people An estimated one in ten children are living with migraine. This potentially limits their development and ability to take part in education, social activities, and other important parts of growing up. It can also be hard for children to understand and explain their pain, and there are fewer treatment options for them than there are for adults. Based on a variety of workshops and surveys with children and young people who have migraine, parents and carers, and education professionals, this report highlights a clear need for better understanding of how migraine impacts children and for tailored information, guidance and support for children and young people of different ages who have migraine. Migraine Trust

Gender inequalities made women twice as likely to break lockdown laws, according to new report

Gender inequalities made women twice as likely to break lockdown laws, according to new report Many women felt compelled to break lockdown laws, which banned meeting friends and family at home, due to caring responsibilities, a major new report has found.

The report, by the University of York and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, found that women were nearly twice as likely than men to break laws prohibiting meeting with others indoors.

The findings highlight how many of the laws imposed during the pandemic clashed with existing gender inequalities, with women bearing the brunt of trying to balance childcare with work commitments, the authors of the report say.

See also: 

• Law and compliance during Covid-19 (report) Nuffield Foundation
• Why the UK Complied with COVID-19 Lockdown Law (open access) King's Law Journal
• China approves inhaled Covid vaccine BBC News
• Booster vaccine chaos begins: Last-minute scramble to find army of volunteers to deliver jabs The Daily Mail
• Do you really need another Covid jab as a major new booster campaign begins? The Daily Mail
• COVID-19 autumn booster vaccination programme begins GPonline
• COVID-19: Women were nearly twice as likely as men to break lockdown rules, study suggests - but why? Sky News

NHS COVID-19 vaccine bookings to open to millions of people as autumn booster campaign kicks off

NHS COVID-19 vaccine bookings to open to millions of people as autumn booster campaign kicks off The lifesaving autumn booster rollout kicks off in care homes in England today, as the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme moves to the next phase.

From Wednesday, around seven million people, including people aged 75 and over, people who are immunosuppressed and health and care workers will be able to book in online or by calling 119.

Millions of invitations will be landing on doormats from Wednesday 7 September inviting people to book their appointment for the following week without delay. NHS England

Health chiefs are told to combat fraud that costs cash-strapped NHS £1.2bn a year

Health chiefs are told to combat fraud that costs cash-strapped NHS £1.2bn a year NHS bosses must do more to combat medical fraud that costs taxpayers up to £1.2billion a year, the Health Secretary has demanded.

Stephen Barclay claims NHS England hasn't done enough to stop crooks stealing money that should go to improve care.

In a letter to chief executive Amanda Pritchard – seen by the Daily Mail – he calls on officials to introduce measures that make it more difficult for fraudsters to succeed.