Thursday 24 November 2022
How digitalisation within Portering has increased Radiology throughput
How digitalisation within Portering has increased Radiology throughput Ever since the digitalisation of their portering system, Northampton General Hospital’s Radiology Department has seen remarkable improvements with patient throughput. Their move to digitalisation encourages better communication between the Portering and Radiology team, leading to closer collaboration between departments and overall better patient care. National Health Executive
We need innovation, improvement and implementation more than ever – but how?
We need innovation, improvement and implementation more than ever – but how? Despair comes easily in health and social care these days. From the daily headlines about crowded hospitals and growing ambulance delays to the underlying investment gap in workforce and infrastructure. Services are struggling to keep up with current demand, never mind get on a sustainable path to meet future expectations.
It’s time for some (cautious) optimism, however. Millions of people still receive great, timely care every day, thanks to the huge efforts made by staff across the UK. It's easy to miss this achievement among all the difficulties we face. And making progress on innovation and improvement is now more important than ever, not just to enhance the services we have today but also to create the services we need tomorrow. The Health Foundation
Following, not leading: politicians and public opinion on action to support better health
Following, not leading: politicians and public opinion on action to support better health Earlier this month, I interviewed Wes Streeting, the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at The King’s Fund Annual Conference. One of the topics was the recent decision by the government to delay the ban on buy one get one free offers, and the Labour Party’s support of this delay. It’s a move that has dismayed many because the evidence of both the scale of the obesity crisis and the impact that the ban could have is so clear. Wes said that politicians care about what the public think and if the public don’t want the ban, it’s right to delay. The King's Fund
The puzzle of UK’s half a million missing workers
The puzzle of UK’s half a million missing workers For the first time, more than 2.5 million people in the UK are out of work because of a long-term health problem. The number has jumped by half a million since the start of the pandemic - but, BBC News analysis reveals, the impact is spread unevenly across the country, with some regions and types of job far more affected.
They died suddenly - then the anti-vax trolling started
They died suddenly - then the anti-vax trolling started "Seven days, 18 hours, 39 minutes ago my beloved... died suddenly of cardiac arrest". When Victoria Brownworth logged onto Twitter to post these words about her partner of 23 years, she didn't know that two of them in particular would provoke a storm of online harassment.
Because, as Victoria waited at her home in Philadelphia on Sunday night for her wife's ashes to be delivered, a video titled Died Suddenly was about to drop.
In an hour and eight minutes of dramatic music and out-of-context news reports, the film tells a fictitious story of a dangerous vaccine killing off swathes of young people - all part of an imagined plot to depopulate the earth. BBC News
See also:
- China Covid: Record number of cases as virus surges nationwide BBC News
- Understanding and neutralising covid-19 misinformation and disinformation (open access) The BMJ
- UK experts helped shut down Covid lab leak theory - weeks after being told it might be true The Daily Telegraph
- Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm The Guardian
- Michelle Mone’s PPE denials v what we know The Guardian
- A Lasting Legacy of Covid: Far-Right Platforms Spreading Health Myths New York Times
- China expands lockdowns as COVID cases soar to daily record high Sky News
Ministers consider staff body cameras to tackle NHS mental health abuse scandals
Ministers consider staff body cameras to tackle NHS mental health abuse scandals Ministers are considering the use of body cameras within mental health units as part of the government’s response to NHS abuse scandals, The Independent has learned.
Senior sources with knowledge of the conversation between the Department for Health and Social Care and the NHS have raised concerns about the plans. There are fears that using the technology in mental health units could have implications for human rights and patient confidentiality.
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NHS has 'foot on the gas' in effort to meet key cancer target, MPs told
NHS has 'foot on the gas' in effort to meet key cancer target, MPs told The NHS has a “job to do” to meet a key cancer target by March but has its “foot on the gas”, a health boss has said.
In February, NHS England said the number of people waiting more than 62 days from an urgent cancer referral to starting treatment should go back to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023.
At present, just 61.7% of people (the average for 2022/23 so far) get cancer treatment within 62 days, compared with 77.2% before the pandemic. The Independent
Ambulance service in England ‘in meltdown’ as one in four 999 calls missed in October
Ambulance service in England ‘in meltdown’ as one in four 999 calls missed in October NHS heads warn patients dying every day as A&E logjams cause 169,000 hours of crew delays in worst-ever month
Ambulance crews could not respond to almost one in four 999 calls last month – the most ever – because so many were tied up outside A&Es waiting to hand patients over, dramatic new NHS figures show.
An estimated 5,000 patients in England – also the highest number on record – potentially suffered “severe harm” through waiting so long either to be admitted to A&E or just to get an ambulance to turn up to help them. The Guardian
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GPs deliver record 36 million appointments as practice-level data published for first time
GPs deliver record 36 million appointments as practice-level data published for first time GP practices in England delivered a record 36 million appointments last month, the latest NHS Digital data has shown.
This month, the dataset also includes the first-ever publication of controversial GP appointment data at practice level across the country, which from now on will form part of the monthly GP appointment dataset.
The data for October showed that practices in England delivered an estimated 36 million appointments – including around four million Covid vaccinations. PULSE
See also:
- Appointments in General Practice, October 2022 NHS Digital
- Face-to-face GP appointments at highest level since BEFORE Covid nationally The Daily Mail
- GPs will be named and shamed over failure to see patients face-to-face The Daily Telegraph
- Third of GP practices seeing more patients remotely than face-to-face The Daily Telegraph
- How practice-level appointments data threatens unfair pressure on GPs GPonline
- GP surgeries could be named and shamed as appointment 'league tables' revealed for first time Sky News
Breakthrough Alzheimer's drug could be rolled out NEXT YEAR
Breakthrough Alzheimer's drug could be rolled out NEXT YEAR Alzheimer's-stricken Britons could start getting a breakthrough drug that slows the progression of their condition next year, experts claimed today.
Lecanemab's success was hailed a 'historic moment' after landmark trials showed it can halt the declines in memory and thinking among patients in the earliest stages.
The drug, given as an injection, was designed to clear a build up of amyloid — toxic plaques in the brain that are thought to cause the cruel, memory-robbing disease. The Daily Mail
Hope for thousands battling kidney cancer: Study reveals existing lung drug might help fight disease
Hope for thousands battling kidney cancer: Study reveals existing lung drug might help fight disease Thousands of kidney patients could potentially benefit from a new breakthrough.
Researchers have discovered an existing lung cancer drug may be effective against the disease.
Renal cell carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the UK and US and has a 50 per cent mortality rate, partially because three in five patients show no symptoms until the cancer is at a late stage.
Now, a study into the cancer at single-cell level has discovered canakinumab could prevent RCC from forming or progressing. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Mapping single-cell transcriptomes in the intra-tumoral and associated territories of kidney cancer (open access) Cancer Cell
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