Children at risk of catching measles, mumps and rubella as NHS figures show hundreds missing out on vaccine in Northamptonshire Hundreds of under-fives in Northamptonshire could be at risk of catching measles, mumps and rubella as more than one in ten have not been vaccinated by their fifth birthday, new figures reveal. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Thursday 13 October 2022
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust wins three awards at the annual Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust wins three awards at the annual Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards On Thursday 6 October 2022, Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust picked up three award wins at the annual Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards.
The three awards that the team took home were the “All Age Crisis and Acute Care for the Integrated Response Hub”, the “Seni Lewis Award for the Liaison and Diversion Team with Northants Police” and an “Outstanding Leadership Award” for Adam Smith, Deputy Director of Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism. About My Area
Amber alert issued on blood stocks – existing O Neg and O Pos donors asked to make appointments
Amber alert issued on blood stocks – existing O Neg and O Pos donors asked to make appointments NHS Blood and Transplant has triggered an “amber alert” – which came into force today - meaning hospitals have been asked to put in place management plans to protect blood stocks. This could mean postponing some non-urgent elective surgeries to ensure blood is prioritised for patients who need it most.
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- Shortage of blood supplies prompts amber warning BBC News
- How to give blood in UK: Where can I donate to NHS? What is my type? The Daily Mail
- First ever amber alert for NHS blood supplies could mean cancelled surgery The Guardian
- NHS declares first-ever ‘amber alert’ over critically low blood supplies The Independent
The mental health nurse’s handbook
The mental health nurse’s handbook This handbook is a resource for mental health nurses and their employers to guide their preceptorship and supervision conversations, helping to focus on some key areas of practice. It is intended as a brief practical guide and provides links to other important and helpful resources. NHS England
Narrowing the gap – increasing engagement with digital services
Narrowing the gap – increasing engagement with digital services Following the publication of novel research on digital inclusion in health and social care by Basis Social, Bola Akinwale, Deputy Director, National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme reflects on how the NHS and wider organisations can reduce digital exclusion and narrow healthcare inequalities. NHS England
One in 20 suffer long-term Covid effects, study finds
One in 20 suffer long-term Covid effects, study finds One in 20 people suffer long-term effects after Covid, a study has found.
The long Covid in Scotland study, led by the University of Glasgow, found that effects were more likely to occur after severe infections requiring hospitalisation.
The research showed older women from deprived communities were most at risk. BBC News
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- Outcomes among confirmed cases and a matched comparison group in the Long-COVID in Scotland study (open access) Nature Communications
- First results from largescale long-covid study University of Glasgow
- Over-50s set to be invited for Covid booster and flu jab in England BBC News
- PAxlovid: Pfizer's Covid drug can cause deadly blood clots, study warns The Daily Mail
- Twelve million over-50s invited to book Covid booster from Friday The Daily Telegraph
- NHS to trial booking flu jabs online as it opens COVID boosters to over-50s GPonline
- ‘It felt like I was never going to get better’: patients navigating long Covid The Guardian
- The astounding impact and reach of long Covid, in numbers and charts The Guardian
Black people more likely to develop dementia, large study finds
Black people more likely to develop dementia, large study finds Black people are more likely to develop dementia than white and South Asian people, a UK study suggests.
It confirms previous study findings but the reasons are complex, University College London (UCL) researchers said.
A mix of genes and underlying health conditions, such as high blood pressure and obesity, may play a role in dementia risk among black people. BBC News
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Operating theatres go unused as NHS backlog grows
Operating theatres go unused as NHS backlog grows The push to tackle the hospital backlog is being undermined by the struggle to get services back to full strength.
A BBC analysis shows the expected surge in new patients has not yet happened.
Instead, the waiting list in England is growing because the NHS is carrying out fewer operations and treatments than it was before Covid, despite a government push to boost capacity.
Surgeons said it was really frustrating as operating theatres were not being used due to a lack of beds and staff. BBC News
Heart attack responses a ‘shambles’ as patients face eight-hour ambulance waits
Heart attack responses a ‘shambles’ as patients face eight-hour ambulance waits Senior doctors have sent a warning over the “shambles” of heart attack care after pressures on the NHS have left patients waiting eight hours for an ambulance.
The caution comes as several hospitals in the past week have declared critical incidents over the level of pressure on their emergency care services. The Independent
NHS drug shortage spikes by 200% in a year
NHS drug shortage spikes by 200% in a year The economic chaos and rising prices are being felt in the health sector too, where inflation is hitting medicine manufacturers.
Higher raw material, production and import costs are causing an unprecedented shortage of drugs and leading to soaring prices.
The cost of medicine is one of the biggest outlays for the NHS, and a drugs research team has told Channel 4 News they estimate price rises cost NHS England an extra £136 million over the last year.
Pharmacists say it’s not sustainable.
Bed-blockers: Medically-fit patients to be discharged within 24 hours from NHS hospitals under plan
Bed-blockers: Medically-fit patients to be discharged within 24 hours from NHS hospitals under plan Medically-fit patients may be discharged within 24 hours under NHS plans to tackle bed-blocking.
More than 13,000 hospital beds across the country — one in seven — are currently occupied by patients declared well enough to go home. Some have spent up to nine months on wards.
The years-old crisis, thought to cost taxpayers £2billion every year, has a knock-on effect on ambulance response times and restricts capacity to perform other operations. The Daily Mail
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