Northampton General Hospital stroke patients' initiative shortlisted for top national award A team from Northampton General Hospital is in the finals of a top innovation award for the way they have involved patients in shaping future care.
The NGH Community Stroke Team is among 10 shortlisted for the Innovate Awards 2022 for their “putting the patient at the centre of all we do – living a meaningful and fulfilling life after stroke” initiative. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Thursday 29 September 2022
If integrated care cannot tackle inclusion health, we should all be worried
If integrated care cannot tackle inclusion health, we should all be worried This summer a huge restructure created 42 new NHS integrated care boards to plan and fund NHS services, and to deliver improvements on population health across an integrated care system. This is not a renaming of current ways of working but is intended use the new structures to work in new ways. Looking to next year, now is the time for the ‘so what?’ of system change – as the start-up focus on terms of reference subsides. The King's Fund
It’s not just about speed of access: we must ensure patients with the greatest needs can see a GP
It’s not just about speed of access: we must ensure patients with the greatest needs can see a GP Rebecca Rosen argues that, until we have enough GPs to meet demand for appointments, we have to make sure that patients with the greatest needs can see a doctor. She discusses the importance of triage in general practice and describes five policy approaches that could improve access. Nuffield Trust
Digital transformation in the NHS
Digital transformation in the NHS This document contains views from across the NHS about progress on digital innovation and what more is needed to facilitate full digital transformation. NHS Confederation
2021–2022 healthcare professional regulators’ whistleblowing report published
2021–2022 healthcare professional regulators’ whistleblowing report published The joint whistleblowing disclosures report published today is part of a coordinated effort with seven other regulators to address serious issues that health and care professionals in the UK have raised.
We publish this joint report because we’re committed to being transparent about how we handle whistleblowing disclosures, highlighting the actions we’ve taken about them, and improving our collaboration with partners across the health sector. Nursing and Midwifery Council
Contacting the Patient Safety Commissioner for England
Contacting the Patient Safety Commissioner for England Dr Henrietta Hughes was appointed as the first ever Patient Safety Commissioner for England in July. She began her role on 12 September.
Dr Hughes is an independent point of contact for patients so that patients’ voices are heard and acted upon. She will use patients’ insight to help the government and the healthcare system in England listen and respond to patients’ views and promote patient safety, specifically with regard to medicines and medical devices. Department of Health and Social Care
Dr Hughes is an independent point of contact for patients so that patients’ voices are heard and acted upon. She will use patients’ insight to help the government and the healthcare system in England listen and respond to patients’ views and promote patient safety, specifically with regard to medicines and medical devices. Department of Health and Social Care
'Toxic culture' of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming
'Toxic culture' of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks - patients were put at risk due to a "toxic culture" at one of the UK's biggest mental health hospitals, BBC Panorama can reveal.
An undercover reporter at the Edenfield Centre filmed staff using restraint inappropriately and patients enduring long seclusions in small, bare rooms.
Staff swore at patients and were seen slapping or pinching them on occasion.
Hospital bosses said they have taken immediate action to protect patients. BBC News
See also:
- Undercover Hospital: Patients at Risk BBC Panorama
- Hospital seclusion: ‘I’ve been treated like an animal’ BBC News
- Years of scandal and promises as patients suffer BBC News
- I went undercover to expose abuse at a mental health hospital BBC News
- Police opens investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC Community care
- Damning investigation uncovers 'toxic culture' at mental health hospital The Daily Mail
- NHS mental health hospital staff filmed ‘mocking and slapping’ patients The Guardian
- NHS trust suspends staff after alleged mistreatment of patients in mental health unit Manchester Evening News
- Response to Panorama Nursing and Midwifery Council
NHS app hits 30 million downloads in England
NHS app hits 30 million downloads in England The NHS app has been downloaded 30 million times, with many people using it to spell out their preferences on organ donation.
The app for NHS England patients was first piloted in 2018.
Among other things, it can be used to make GP appointments, order prescriptions and download NHS Covid passes for international travel.
The NHS said 448,000 people had used it to make organ-donation decisions between September 2021 and August 2022. BBC News
Alzheimer's-slowing drug labelled historic
Alzheimer's-slowing drug labelled historic Trial results of a drug appearing to slow Alzheimer's disease represent a "historic moment", experts say.
Pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Biogen have said their drug works when given in the early stages of the disease.
The full details have yet to published, but it appears to slow the pace of the brain's decline.
And even the limited data has generated excitement among dementia scientists and charities. BBC News
Pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Biogen have said their drug works when given in the early stages of the disease.
The full details have yet to published, but it appears to slow the pace of the brain's decline.
And even the limited data has generated excitement among dementia scientists and charities. BBC News
Austerity cuts ahead could mean 'end of NHS', warns ex-Bank of England deputy
Austerity cuts ahead could mean 'end of NHS', warns ex-Bank of England deputy The scale of the austerity cuts looming if the Liz Truss government does not reverse course on the economy could result in the end of the NHS, the Bank of England’s former deputy governor has warned. The Independent
See also:
- Spending cuts made necessary by mini-Budget ‘could spell end of NHS’, top economist warns Evening Standard
- Don't make NHS and public services pay the bill for tax cuts, Kwarteng told The Independent
- NHS merger to drastically shrink workforce reveals Conservative MP National Health Executive
- Spending cuts made necessary by mini-budget 'could finish NHS', former Bank of England deputy governor Sir Charlie Bean says Sky News
Coroner criticises NHS trust’s treatment of family of woman who killed herself
Coroner criticises NHS trust’s treatment of family of woman who killed herself An NHS trust has “not covered itself in glory” in its dealings with the family of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital, a coroner has found.
The three-day hearing looked at evidence withheld from the original inquest into the death of Sally Mays, who killed herself in 2014 after being turned away from a mental health unit. The Guardian
Dangerous NHS England hospital roofs ‘will not be fixed until 2035’
Dangerous NHS England hospital roofs ‘will not be fixed until 2035’ FoI request reveals long wait to repair roofs at risk of collapse, including those affecting Truss and Coffey constituents
Dangerous roofs which could collapse at any time at hospitals across England will not be fixed until 2035, NHS bosses have admitted.
The disclosure came in NHS England’s response to a freedom of information request from the Liberal Democrats about hospitals which have roofs at risk of falling down on to staff, patients and equipment. The Guardian
Another health warning over anti-depressants
Another health warning over anti-depressants Long-term antidepressant use could raise the risk of suffering and dying from heart disease, scientists say.
University of Bristol researchers discovered patients who had been taking the drugs for more than 10 years were up to twice as likely to be diagnosed with and die from heart disease.
Around one in six adults in England and one in five in the US take the drugs, which are thought to raise levels of chemicals in the brain that boost mood. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Antidepressant use and risk of adverse outcomes: population-based cohort study (open access) BJPsych Open
- Common antidepressants may increase the risk of heart disease and early death The Daily Telegraph
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