Nearly a quarter of Northampton General Hospital capacity taken up by bed-blockers waiting to be discharged NHS chiefs say Government plans to tackle bed-blocking do not go far enough as figures revealed nearly a quarter of Northampton General Hospital beds are occupied by patients who do not need to be there.
Latest NHS England data showed 214 people in NGH were medically cleared to leave hospital on August 31.
Those patients should be moved to a care home or offered home support but staff shortages in the sector meant only 45 of those were actually able to go. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Friday 30 September 2022
Nearly a quarter of Northampton General Hospital capacity taken up by bed-blockers waiting to be discharged
STOPTOBER 2022: Quit now for good of your health and wealth, message to Northamptonshire smokers
STOPTOBER 2022: Quit now for good of your health and wealth, message to Northamptonshire smokers It’s nearly Stoptober and health chiefs are encouraging the estimated 95,000 smokers across Northamptonshire to quit for better health and more wealth.
This year marks the 11th national stop smoking campaign, Stoptober, based on research that those who can stay smoke free for 28 days are five times more likely to quit for good. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Peak leaving? A spotlight on nurse leaver rates in the UK
Peak leaving? A spotlight on nurse leaver rates in the UK Nursing is the single largest profession in the NHS, but it suffers from substantial staffing shortages. This analysis from Billy Palmer and Lucina Rolewicz reflects on the rate at which the health service is losing nurses, and considers the reasons why. Nuffield Trust
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Concerns for NHS staff and patients as cost of living pressures hit health services
Concerns for NHS staff and patients as cost of living pressures hit health services Nurses are skipping meals to feed and clothe their children, and staff are finding it hard to make the journey to work due to rising living costs a new survey reveals.
Every trust which responded reported concerns about the mental, physical and financial wellbeing of staff as a result of the cost of living.
One trust leader said: "For some staff this is the final straw psychologically after two years of COVID-19."
Food banks and debt counselling are among ways trusts are helping staff to cope with financial hardship. NHS Providers
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- Rising living costs: the impact on NHS, staff and patients (survey results) NHS Providers
- NHS nurses not eating at work in order to feed their children, survey finds The Guardian
- NHS staff quitting for private sector jobs as cost of living crisis intensifies, leaders warn The Independent
- NHS staff ‘leaving for better paid jobs in retail’ with staff sickness due to mental health rising ITV News
- Cost-of-living crisis: Nurses leaving for better-paid jobs in shops because 'they can't afford to work for NHS' Sky News
What are the public’s priorities for the NHS? And is the government listening?
What are the public’s priorities for the NHS? And is the government listening? Understanding where the public’s key priorities are is crucial for any government. These latest findings from our programme of public polling, delivered in partnership with Ipsos, provide new insight into what the public thinks about the NHS. We surveyed a representative sample of 2,068 people aged 16 years and older in the UK between 26 May and 1 June. The Health Foundation
Health and care LGBTQ+ inclusion framework
Health and care LGBTQ+ inclusion framework The LGBTQ+ population in the UK experiences significant physical and mental health inequalities compared to the general population. These inequalities extend from increased risk factors for ill health and barriers to accessing health care and support, to discrimination against LGBTQ+ staff within the workplace. This framework comprises six key pillars of inclusivity that organisations should aim to build to create and maintain inclusive cultures: visible leadership and confident staff; a strong knowledge base; being non-heteronormative and non-cisnormative; collecting and reporting data; listening to service users; and proactively seeking out partners to co-deliver services. NHS Confederation
NHS 111’s response to callers with Covid-19-related symptoms during the pandemic
NHS 111’s response to callers with Covid-19-related symptoms during the pandemic The purpose of this investigation is to support improvements in the delivery of NHS 111 and other telephone triage services during a national healthcare emergency. The investigation uses real patient safety incidents involving Patients and their families who dialled NHS 111 (and were either managed through NHS 111 or the Covid-19 Response Service [CRS]) for advice during the Covid-19 pandemic. Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
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- Covid vulnerable not always assessed by NHS 111 early in pandemic BBC News
- NHS 111 failures led to early Covid deaths, investigation finds The Guardian
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports published
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports published Surveillance indicators suggest that, at a national level, COVID-19 activity has increased in most indicators in week 38 of 2022.
The number of acute respiratory infection incidents (suspected outbreaks) increased in England in week 38 to 170 compared to 133 in the previous week.
Positivity for pillar one laboratory confirmed cases for week 38 was 6.9 per 100,000 population, an increase from 5.5 in the previous week. There was a large increase in those aged over 80.
The hospital admission rate for week 38 was 7.62 per 100,000 population, an increase from 4.96 in the previous week. UK Health Security Agency
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- Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 28 September 2022 World Health Organization
- Rise in Covid cases and hospital patients shows ‘winter wave’ has begun, government official warns The Independent
- Autumn Covid wave arrives with one-in-32 infected Pulse
- COVID hospital admissions in England highest since August amid new 'autumn wave' Sky News
UK NSC recommends introduction of targeted lung cancer screening
UK NSC recommends introduction of targeted lung cancer screening The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has given a positive recommendation for the introduction of the country’s first targeted national cancer screening programme.
At its first meeting following the approval of its expanded remit, the committee recommended that the 4 UK nations should move towards implementing a targeted national lung cancer screening programme, integrated with smoking cessation services, for people at high risk.
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Young non-smokers told not to take up vaping by experts
Young non-smokers told not to take up vaping by experts Young non-smokers are being advised not to take up vaping.
Researchers looked at the evidence and say while vaping is far safer than cigarettes, the long-term effects of vapes are still unknown.
Vaping causes less exposure to harmful toxins than smoking, say the experts, who were tasked by the government with looking at the issue.
In recent years there's been a rise in vaping, particularly in young people. BBC News
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- Nicotine vaping in England: 2022 evidence update Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Thérèse Coffey scraps promised paper on health inequality
Thérèse Coffey scraps promised paper on health inequality Thérèse Coffey is ditching the government’s long-promised white paper on health inequalities, despite the 19-year gap in life expectancy between rich and poor, the Guardian has been told.
The health secretary has decided to not publish a document that was due to set out plans to address the stark inequalities in health that the Covid-19 pandemic exposed.
Vaccination rates for ALL 14 childhood jabs 'has fallen in the last year'
Vaccination rates for ALL 14 childhood jabs 'has fallen in the last year' Outbreaks of measles and polio are now 'likely', top experts warned today as official statistics revealed childhood vaccination rates have plunged.
Uptake now sits below the key 95 per cent threshold for all 14 inoculations routinely offered to children.
This includes for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), which has fallen to its lowest level in a decade. Take-up has also hit a record low for the six-in-one vaccine, which protects against polio, whooping cough, hepatitis B, Hib, tetanus and diphtheria. The Daily Mail
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- Parents warned about dangers of children missing vaccines UK Health Security Agency
- ‘Extremely worrying’ drop in childhood vaccinations since the pandemic The Daily Telegraph
- Thousands of children at risk as vaccination rates fall in England The Guardian
GP face-to-face appointments are now at highest level since Covid kicked off
GP face-to-face appointments are now at highest level since Covid kicked off The proportion of people seeing their GP face-to-face has risen to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, official figures show.
Two-thirds of appointments with family doctors in England last month were in-person, according to the latest data from NHS Digital. The 66.1 per cent figure is still well below the 80 per cent average before the pandemic struck.
However, it is the highest rate since March 2020, when the UK was plunged into its first national lockdown as the coronavirus swept across the country. The Daily Mail
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