New Kettering private hospital facility welcomes its first patients A state-of-the-art private hospital facility on the edge of Kettering has welcomed its first patients.
Glendon Wood Hospital, just off the A43 near the ‘hamburger’ roundabout, opened earlier this month with new diagnostic services and two operating theatres. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Boys who smoke and vape ‘risk passing on damaged genes to their children’ Boys in their early teens who smoke risk passing on damaged genes to their children, increasing the chances of them developing health problems like asthma, obesity and lung conditions, according to a new study.
Scientists at Southampton and Bergen universities warn that vaping could also cause similar health conditions. The Independent
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NGH shortlisted for national award for way it supports cancer patients Northampton General Hospital is in the running for a national award for the innovative ways it supports cancer patients.
The Trust’s Macmillan Information & Support Team is vying with eight other UK Trusts in the Cancer Experience of Care Award category of the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA). Northampton Chronical and Echo
Building community health and care capacity: Reflections from other countries Changing our services so that more care is provided in community settings and people can leave hospital when they are fit for discharge has been an explicit policy aim for decades. Other, similar countries have been on the same mission and have had more success. Why might this be? This new analysis looks internationally at how our performance compares and how other countries have succeeded in building up community health and care services to understand what England might learn. Nuffield Trust
Corby gran's Covid death is part of landmark legal action Legal action being taken by 30 families against government, care homes and several hospitals includes the son of a Corby woman who died in the early days of the Covid pandemic.
The group will be claiming damages from the institutions in England over the deaths of their relatives. Northamptonshire Telegraph
New model could offer personalised breast cancer screening approach, say experts Researchers have developed a new model that predicts a woman’s likelihood of developing and then dying of breast cancer within a decade.
Current breast cancer screening is vital, but can lead to overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatments, posing challenges to the NHS, researchers say.
They suggest the new model could aid a personalised screening approach, targeting women at the highest risk.
This could potentially reduce breast cancer deaths, and cut unnecessary screenings for those at lower risk. The Independent
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Watchdog backs Lucy Letby public inquiry and warns of need to root out NHS ‘culture of fear’ The health watchdog has joined calls for a full public inquiry into failings surrounding the Lucy Letby baby murders, warning that the NHS has a “culture of fear” in which leaders dismiss staff concerns.
The parliamentary health service ombudsman, Rob Behrens, has written to the health secretary warning that the culture of fear in NHS trusts is “not isolated” to the serial killer nurse’s hospital. The Independent
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COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), when applied in packages that combine a number of measures with complementary effects, were unequivocally effective in reducing the spread of infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, a major Royal Society report has found. NPIs are measures that are not drugs or vaccines aimed at reducing transmission of an infectious disease.
The report, COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions, reviewed the scientific evidence gathered during the pandemic for six groups of NPIs and their effectiveness in reducing transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: masks and face coverings; social distancing and ‘lockdowns; test, trace and isolate; travel restrictions and controls across international borders; environmental controls; and communications.
Nurses dubbed ‘healthcare heroes’ scoop top awards Two Nurses have been presented with top nursing awards for their commitment to patients and colleagues at St Andrew’s Healthcare.
Daryl Birch and Jodie Johnson who both manage wards within the mental health charity have been presented with a prestigious Cavell Star each. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Osteoarthritis may affect nearly one billion people by 2050, study projects The most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, affects 15% of the global population over the age of 30 – and it is estimated that by 2050 nearly one billion people will have the condition, researchers say.
Obesity is a major contributor to osteoarthritis, and in 2020 was responsible for approximately 20% of the disability of osteoarthritis – which causes joints to become painful and stiff, the study suggests. The Independent
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Breakthrough test could predict deadly diseases in people with diabetes A blood test may be able to predict diabetic people's risk of heart and kidney disease, according to a new study.
Researchers have found high levels of four biomarkers, which are biological signposts, are strongly predictive for the development of heart and kidney issues for people with type 2 diabetes.
A study has found that people who took a drug called canagliflozin had lower levels of the four biomarkers compared to those who took a placebo. The Independent
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