Friday 17 March 2023

Northampton General Hospital nurse shortlisted for national 'Nurse of the Year' for her commitment to end-of-life care

Northampton General Hospital nurse shortlisted for national 'Nurse of the Year' for her commitment to end-of-life care A nurse at Northampton General Hospital (NGH) has been shortlisted for a national ‘Nurse of the Year Award’ for the way she has helped enhance end-of-life care for patients and their families.

Kerry Messam, deputy lead nurse for specialist palliative and end of life care at the Cliftonville hospital, is in the finals of the British Journal of Nursing (BJN) Awards 2023. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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When is a death an excess death? Getting behind the numbers

When is a death an excess death? Getting behind the numbers The number of excess (ie, more than expected) deaths is a measure that’s probably now familiar to many since the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020. It's widely used nationally and internationally to measure the mortality impact of Covid-19, including indirect impacts such as deaths resulting from unmet or delayed care. Rising numbers of excess deaths reported for the UK in the latter part of 2022 have received much attention, raising concerns about what's driving them. The King's Fund
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The Leading Integration Peer Support Programme: using peer review to strengthen clinical and care professional leadership arrangements within Gloucestershire

The Leading Integration Peer Support Programme: using peer review to strengthen clinical and care professional leadership arrangements within Gloucestershire When developing its local framework for clinical and care professional leadership, Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (One Gloucestershire ICS) wanted to take an approach that explored opportunities to strengthen leadership in an inclusive way. An external peer review, facilitated by the Leading Integration Peer Support (LIPS) Programme, created an opportunity for everyone’s voice to be heard. NHS Confederation
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UKHSA urges those with new or multiple sexual partners to get tested after gonorrhoea cases resurge

UKHSA urges those with new or multiple sexual partners to get tested after gonorrhoea cases resurge Provisional data indicates that gonorrhoea diagnoses from January to September 2022 were 21% higher than those reported over the same period in 2019. Data also indicates that during the first 9 months of 2022, gonorrhoea cases were higher than those reported over the same period in each of the last 3 years.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people to wear a condom and get tested regularly if having sex with new or casual partners. Testing is free and discreet and you should get tested even if you are not showing any symptoms.

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Norovirus cases up 50% as NHS pressure significant

Norovirus cases up 50% as NHS pressure significant Commenting on the NHS weekly winter operational update for the week ending 12 March 2023, NHS National Medical Director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, said: “Last week was a clear reminder that, even as we head into Spring, pressure on NHS staff remains significant with almost 5,000 more patients in hospital beds every day last week compared to this time last year, 10% more 111 calls answered than the week before, and we’ve seen a surge in norovirus with cases in hospital increasing by 50% over the past week. NHS England

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MHRA trialling pioneering stem cell robot that could transform the availability of life-saving cell therapies

MHRA trialling pioneering stem cell robot that could transform the availability of life-saving cell therapies An innovative new robot that grows stem cells, the CellQualiaTM Intelligent Cell Processing System, is being trialled by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This robotic system has the potential to bring safer and more cost-effective treatments to people with a wide range of diseases. It is currently the only one in the world outside of Japan, where it was developed. Department of Health and Social Care
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NHS 5% pay offer may end bitter dispute in England

NHS 5% pay offer may end bitter dispute in England A 5% pay rise from April has been offered to NHS staff in England, including nurses and ambulance workers.

In addition, staff have been offered a one-off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year's pay award.

You can see the complete offer in principle here Secretary of State offer in principle for the Agenda for Change (AfC) workforce (download).

Unions are recommending members back the deal, after nearly two weeks of talks with ministers, raising hopes the bitter dispute may be coming to an end.

The offer covers all NHS staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. BBC News

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Plans to end free prescriptions for 60-65 year-olds ‘scrapped’ after backlash

Plans to end free prescriptions for 60-65 year-olds ‘scrapped’ after backlash Plans to end free NHS prescriptions for 60-65 year-olds in England have reportedly been scrapped by the Government following backlash.

The plan was first proposed in 2021 by Boris Johnson’s government to lift the qualifying age for free prescriptions from 60 to 66 to bring it into line with the state pension age. The Independent

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Gene mutation which increases risk of breast and ovarian cancer linked to Orkney islands

Gene mutation which increases risk of breast and ovarian cancer linked to Orkney islands A gene mutation which increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer has been linked to people with Orkney heritage.

Scientists from the universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh have found that one in 100 people with grandparents from the islands off the north-eastern coast of Scotland, have a mutation of the gene BRCA1. Sky News

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8 in 10 NHS hospitals are treating FEWER patients now than before Covid

8 in 10 NHS hospitals are treating FEWER patients now than before Covid The majority of NHS hospitals in England are still clearing fewer patients off their waiting lists than they were before Covid, MailOnline analysis shows.

Roughly 287,000 elective procedures, such as hip and knee ops, were carried out during January.

Yet 300,000-plus were performed during the same month in 2020 — two months before the pandemic hit Britain and caused NHS waiting lists to spiral to a record high. The Daily Mail
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