Tuesday 11 April 2023

Northamptonshire NHS offers advice to patients as junior doctors set to strike

Northamptonshire NHS offers advice to patients as junior doctors set to strike The NHS in Northamptonshire is offering advice to patients following the announcement that junior doctors will strike.

The BMA and HSCA have announced a junior doctors strike running from 06:59 on Tuesday April 11 until 06:59 on Saturday April 15. Northamptonshire Telegraph

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The NHS Staff Survey 2022: what do the results tell us?

The NHS Staff Survey 2022: what do the results tell us? March 2023 saw the publication of the full 2022 NHS Staff Survey results with 636,348 respondents taking part, 46 per cent of the 1.3 million workforce who were invited to participate, down from 48 per cent in 2021. The drop in response between 2021 and 2022 means that we did not hear from more than 12,000 members of staff this year. Given the work pressures across all areas of the health service and the ongoing problems with retaining staff, ensuring all voices were heard in the survey this year was critical. The drop in responses reveals the confidence that staff have in the NHS’s ability to change following the results and is important feedback that we need to pay attention to. What else do the results tell us? The King's Fund
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RCN launches new standards to boost the mental health and wellbeing of the nursing workforce

RCN launches new standards to boost the mental health and wellbeing of the nursing workforce The RCN was commissioned to produce education standards to provide those delivering the Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) programme with a universal framework to align training and establish higher quality assurance levels.

The programme, launched by NHS England in March 2021, is part of the response to the ongoing work-based stress, burnout and mental wellbeing challenges faced by the nursing workforce. It’s been designed to promote reflection on personal experience and have a positive impact on personal wellbeing as well as developing strategies to deal with stress in the workplace. Royal College of Nursing

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Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme

Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme One million smokers will be encouraged to swap cigarettes for vapes under a pioneering new ‘swap to stop’ scheme designed to improve the health of the nation and cut smoking rates.

As part of the world-first national scheme, almost 1 in 5 of all smokers in England will be provided with a vape starter kit alongside behavioural support to help them quit the habit as part of a series of new measures to help the government meet its ambition of being smokefree by 2030 - reducing smoking rates to 5% or less. Department of Health and Social Care

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Health and Social Care Secretary statement on vaccination of at-risk children aged 6 months to 4 years

Health and Social Care Secretary statement on vaccination of at-risk children aged 6 months to 4 years Children aged 6 months to 4 years in a clinical risk group will be eligible for a Covid vaccine. Department of Health and Social Care

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Junior doctors' strike: NHS braces for most disruptive walkout yet

Junior doctors' strike: NHS braces for most disruptive walkout yet Junior doctors across England have begun a four-day walkout, expected to be the most disruptive in NHS history.

More than a quarter of a million appointments and operations could be cancelled, and some hospitals say up to half of planned treatment is affected.

The British Medical Association, which is asking for a 35% pay rise, said "we've had no offer whatsoever" from Health Secretary Steve Barclay.

Mr Barclay said it was "extremely disappointing" patients were at risk. BBC News

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Four million calls to NHS 111 abandoned last year with waiting times of 25 minutes

Four million calls to NHS 111 abandoned last year with waiting times of 25 minutes Almost 4 million calls to the NHS 111 service were abandoned last year as callers struggled to get through to the helpline.

People calling 111 waited an average of 25 minutes to get through in December, figures released by the Department of Health and Social Care show. The Independent
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Essex mental health inquiry pointless without legal powers, say families

Essex mental health inquiry pointless without legal powers, say families Bereaved relatives have said an independent inquiry into the death of almost 2,000 mental health patients across NHS trusts in Essex is not “fit for purpose” in the absence of legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence.

The call for a statutory inquiry by 83 families comes after the chair of the review, Dr Geraldine Strathdee, published an open letter saying it would “not be able to meet its terms of reference with a non-statutory status”. The Guardian

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Government accused of 'not getting to grips with the crisis' as six million a month give up GP visit

Government accused of 'not getting to grips with the crisis' as six million a month give up GP visit Almost six million people a month are giving up trying to see a GP due to long waits for an appointment, figures reveal.

Others are not seeking help because they are unable to get through to a receptionist or fear being a burden on the overloaded NHS.

A survey of 4,494 adults by the Office for National Statistics found that 43 per cent of those who required a GP appointment in the past month said it was 'difficult' or 'very difficult' to make one. The Daily Mail

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Three-quarters of women took avoidable health risks before getting pregnant, study says

Three-quarters of women took avoidable health risks before getting pregnant, study says Three-quarters of pregnant women took avoidable health risks before expecting a child, a study has revealed.

Almost 73 per cent of English mums-to-be had not taken folic acid before conceiving, it found.

The findings show that public health messages about protecting babies from neural tube defects such as spina bifida have not reached most people. The Daily Mail

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