Tuesday 25 April 2023

Prevention at scale through ICSs: lessons from tobacco control

Prevention at scale through ICSs: lessons from tobacco control The independent review of integrated care systems (ICSs) led by Patricia Hewitt, published earlier this month, reinforces the crucial role that ICSs have to play in prevention of ill health. But while there is widespread agreement that this is important, what has sometimes been less clear is exactly what that role should look like, and how it is distinct from the role of local authority public health teams. It’s a key question as ICS leaders grapple with the wider issue of what should happen at system, place and neighbourhood level. Recent examples from tobacco control highlight how ICSs can complement and reinforce work at other levels and help deliver potentially significant population health benefits by doing so. The King's Fund
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Young people at risk of disease as concerning numbers miss out on life-saving vaccines

Young people at risk of disease as concerning numbers miss out on life-saving vaccines Data published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that uptake of the adolescent vaccines offered to 13 and 14 year olds who were in school year 9 during the 2021 to 2022 academic year has fallen, leaving many young people unprotected from life-threatening diseases.

The teenage (Td/IPV) booster is the last routine dose for tetanus, diphtheria and polio, and provides young people with long-lasting protection into adulthood. The MenACWY vaccine helps protect young people against 4 types of meningococcal disease.

These rare but serious diseases can cause life-threatening illness leading to hospitalisation, permanent disability and even death. UK health Security Agency

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Urgent and emergency care improvement guide same day emergency care flow

Urgent and emergency care improvement guide same day emergency care flow This guide has been designed for providers and systems to consider embedding as good practice to reduce ambulance handover delays. The contents have been drawn from the Winter Improvement Collaborative which was set up to identify solutions to the problems facing the system over the winter period. Members of the collaborative were asked to co-design a series of plans and potential improvement measures, to be adapted and trialled at local level. NHS England

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    NHS set to save £7 billion thanks to world-leading medicine pricing scheme

    NHS set to save £7 billion thanks to world-leading medicine pricing scheme The NHS will save £7 billion by the end of 2023 thanks to a 5-year agreement with the pharmaceutical industry, which ensures the NHS can continue to be one of the fastest health systems in the world to roll out innovative medicines. Department of health and Social Care
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    Ministers start legal move to cut nurse strike short

    Ministers start legal move to cut nurse strike short Health Secretary Steve Barclay is to ask judges to rule whether part of the next nurse strike is unlawful.

    The government wants the High Court to assess whether Tuesday - the last day of the walkout in England - falls outside the Royal College of Nursing's six-month mandate for action.

    It believes the mandate will have lapsed by Tuesday - the 48-hour strike is due to start at 20:00 BST on Sunday. BBC News

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    Covid: No evidence shielding helped - Swansea uni study

    Covid: No evidence shielding helped - Swansea uni study There is no evidence that shielding benefited vulnerable people during the Covid pandemic, according to a study.

    Swansea University compared 117,000 people shielding in Wales with the rest of the population of three million.

    The study found deaths and healthcare usage were higher among shielding people than the general population. BBC News

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    Biting cost of NHS dental treatment revealed as patients avoid care

    Biting cost of NHS dental treatment revealed as patients avoid care The price of NHS dental treatments has risen by 8.5%. The British Dental Association has warned that patients are avoiding treatments due to the cost. ITV News

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    150000 NHS doctors and nurses opt out of pensions amid pay dispute

    150000 NHS doctors and nurses opt out of pensions amid pay dispute NHS workers have stopped paying into their pensions in an attempt to boost their take-home pay amid a long-running salary dispute.

    More than 150,000 people opted out of the NHS pension scheme between April and December last year, according to a freedom of information request submitted by the wealth manager Quilter. The Daily Telegraph
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    NHS ambulance staff in England quitting for less stressful, better paid jobs

    NHS ambulance staff in England quitting for less stressful, better paid jobs NHS ambulance trusts in England are struggling with high staff turnover as key workers leave the crisis-hit service for less stressful or better paid work, according to figures obtained by the Observer. 

    Data sourced under the Freedom of Information Act reveals the backdrop to recent ambulance strikes, with sickness rates above pre-pandemic levels and low levels of staff retention.
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    A 'skinny jab' is no quick fix for obesity - and no excuse to let junk food companies off the hook

    A 'skinny jab' is no quick fix for obesity - and no excuse to let junk food companies off the hook | Sarah Boseley Rather than board the injection bandwagon, Britain should be taxing unhealthy food and clamping down on marketing

    Humankind has been freed from the threat of disease by some wonderful, transformative inventions, from smallpox injections to the Covid vaccinations. With all due respect, I don’t think the so-called skinny jab is one of them. The Guardian
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    New Alzheimer's drug can 'remove' harmful proteins associated with the disease, experts claim

    New Alzheimer's drug can 'remove' harmful proteins associated with the disease, experts claim Experts have hailed a 'significant step forward' in the quest for an Alzheimer's treatment after a drug was found to remove harmful proteins linked to the condition.

    Tau is one of the main proteins linked with the disease, forming 'tangles' which can interfere with brain cells and slow the ability to think and remember.

    Now, for the first time, researchers have been able to lower levels of the protein with a 'gene silencing' approach. The Daily Mail

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    The GP will see you now... but only for a couple of minutes!

    The GP will see you now... but only for a couple of minutes! More than 51million GP appointments lasted five minutes or less last year as patients were 'rushed' out the door, official figures suggest.

    Patients are typically offered ten-minute consultations but more than one in six (17.2 per cent) were ended after less than half that time.

    Campaigners warn doctors who cut visits short risk missing symptoms and storing up more serious problems for the future. The Daily Mail
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