'Game-changing' antibiotic find The decades-long drought in the search for new antibiotics to tackle drug-resistant infections could be over, after a breakthrough by US scientists. BBC News
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Thursday, 8 January 2015
'Outrage' at NHS cancer drugs move
'Outrage' at NHS cancer drugs move Two drug companies have attacked a decision to remove their treatments from a special fund designed to give access to new therapies in England. BBC News
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- Anger as fund cuts six breast cancer drugs The Daily Mail
Patients 'getting stuck in hospital'
Patients 'getting stuck in hospital' Hospitals are reporting they are facing problems discharging patients as they struggle to cope with A&E pressures. BBC News
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- AUDIO: A&E doctor: We can't turn people away BBC News
- VIDEO: Addenbrooke's declares 'major incident' BBC News
- 'Just busy and performing well? Crisis, more like': Outraged A&E consultant blasts David Cameron's 'lies' about the state of the NHS and challenges him to a debate about the escalating crisis The Daily Mail
- A&E crisis: foreign nurses and untrained volunteers drafted in to plug dangerous shortfall The Daily Telegraph
- ‘Bedblockers’: the fit-to-leave patients deepening hospital crisis The Guardian
- The Secret Doctor: A&E is run on pure fear: how much more can we take? The Guardian
- Cameron accuses Miliband of seeking to ‘weaponise’ the NHS during election The Guardian
- Corporate feasting will devour the NHS The Guardian
- Why is the NHS in trouble? Seven reasons why A&Es are struggling The Guardian
- NHS crisis: Extra cash is not reaching critical areas effectively The Independent
- Health secretary summoned to Commons to explain A&E crisis OnMedica
GPs to be audited for performance on sepsis care
GPs to be audited for performance on sepsis care Part of package of measures to step up efforts to curb human and financial costs of ‘hidden killer’. OnMedica
Litigation reform could save NHS billions, argues medical defence body
Litigation reform could save NHS billions, argues medical defence body Spiralling costs of settling legal claims can no longer be ignored, says MDU. OnMedica
Is the new CQC rating system consistent across health and social care?
Is the new CQC rating system consistent across health and social care? Three adult social care providers have been rated ‘outstanding’, but two in three hospitals are seen as falling short. The Guardian
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Kettering Hospital misses waiting time target in A&E
Kettering Hospital misses waiting time target in A&E Kettering Hospital is missing national waiting time targets in A&E, because of huge pressure on its services over the winter. Northamptonshire Telegraph
NHS England publishes Health Visiting Service Specification 2015-16
NHS England publishes Health Visiting Service Specification 2015-16 NHS England has published the new health visiting (HV) service specification for 2015-16. NHS Employers
The rich picture: people with cancer
The rich picture: people with cancer This document is a collation of the key available evidence about the numbers, needs and experiences of people affected by cancer. It finds that 2.5 million people today are living with cancer in the UK, an increase of over half a million over the past five years. It argues that this increase puts huge pressure on the NHS, which will have difficulty coping unless urgent action is taken by all political parties. Macmillan Cancer Support
Cameron defends NHS as A&E units record worst-ever performance
Cameron defends NHS as A&E units record worst-ever performance PM criticises scaremongering as eight more hospitals declare they underwent a major or significant incident this winter
David Cameron has been forced to defend the performance of the embattled health service as official figures showed accident and emergency units in England recording their worst-ever performance.
The prime minister’s intervention coincided with eight more hospitals declaring they had undergone a major or significant incident, taking the total reported so far this winter to 15, as the early stages of the election campaign headed into territory traditionally favourable to Labour. Continue reading... The Guardian
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David Cameron has been forced to defend the performance of the embattled health service as official figures showed accident and emergency units in England recording their worst-ever performance.
The prime minister’s intervention coincided with eight more hospitals declaring they had undergone a major or significant incident, taking the total reported so far this winter to 15, as the early stages of the election campaign headed into territory traditionally favourable to Labour. Continue reading... The Guardian
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- Government response: NHS accident and emergency figures Department of Health
- Winter NHS services – where the extra funding is going NHS England
- RCN responds to winter A&E figures Royal College of Nursing
- Labour urges summit to find A&E 'fix' BBC News
- VIDEO: Why are hospital A&Es struggling? BBC News
- VIDEO: Emergency care system 'confusing' BBC News
- A&E: Does missing the target matter? BBC News
- VIDEO: Hunt responds to patients' A&E woes BBC News
- 9th hospital declares 'major incident' in NHS A&E crisis as another issues plea to off-duty nurses The Daily Mail
- Political point-scoring will not help the NHS The Daily Telegraph
- NHS waiting times: Which of the 15 promises have been broken under the Coalition? The Daily Telegraph
- A&E crisis: hospitals tweet pleas for off-duty staff to report for duty The Daily Telegraph
- GPs under pressure as A&E waits worst for a decade GP Online
- Hospitals crisis: what the experts think The Guardian
- Hospital A&E waiting times hit worst level on record The Guardian
- NHS four-hour wait time target in A&E met in 90% of cases Jeremy Hunt The Guardian
- A&E consultant: 'The system is at its limit' video The Guardian
- How did your NHS trust perform over the worst week for waiting times? The Guardian
- NHS in critical condition as A&E waiting times are worst in a decade The Independent
- System changes needed as A&E pressures hit new high OnMedica
Ebola drug trial starts in Liberia
Ebola drug trial starts in Liberia A trial of a potential drug to treat Ebola has started at a Medecins Sans Frontieres centre in Liberia. BBC News
Stevens calls for digital NHS front door
Stevens calls for digital NHS front door NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has called for the creation of a digital urgent care 'front door' for the health service, as the performance of A&E has become an early general election issue. E-Health Insider
Why common cold may thrive at low temperatures
Why common cold may thrive at low temperatures The “common cold 'prefers cold noses',” reports BBC News today, while The Independent recommends that you “heed your mother’s warning: cover up or you’ll catch a cold”.
While these headlines might make you think this study is proof of a link between colder temperatures outside and catching a cold, this isn’t quite what the researchers looked at.
Our nasal passages are naturally a few degrees colder than the core of our body. It has long been known that rhinovirus – the most common cause of the human cold – grows much better at these lower temperatures.
The current study has looked at why this might be. It found that mouse airway cells were less able to mount immune defences against the cold virus at the lower temperature seen in the human nose than at the higher temperature seen at the core of the body.
While this study may suggest a possible explanation for the known effect of temperature on cold viruses, it is very early stage research, testing just one strain of rhinovirus in mouse cells. The experiments will need to be repeated with different strains and ideally with human airway cells.
Also, while the authors speculate about whether this could explain beliefs around the impact of cold environmental temperatures on catching a cold, and wrapping up warm to prevent a cold, this study didn't actually assess this.
While these headlines might make you think this study is proof of a link between colder temperatures outside and catching a cold, this isn’t quite what the researchers looked at.
Our nasal passages are naturally a few degrees colder than the core of our body. It has long been known that rhinovirus – the most common cause of the human cold – grows much better at these lower temperatures.
The current study has looked at why this might be. It found that mouse airway cells were less able to mount immune defences against the cold virus at the lower temperature seen in the human nose than at the higher temperature seen at the core of the body.
While this study may suggest a possible explanation for the known effect of temperature on cold viruses, it is very early stage research, testing just one strain of rhinovirus in mouse cells. The experiments will need to be repeated with different strains and ideally with human airway cells.
Also, while the authors speculate about whether this could explain beliefs around the impact of cold environmental temperatures on catching a cold, and wrapping up warm to prevent a cold, this study didn't actually assess this.
Exclusive: NHS to increase PR spend in 2014/15 by up to 38%
Exclusive: NHS to increase PR spend in 2014/15 by up to 38% NHS organisations are on course to increase spending on public relations and communications staff by up to 38% in 2014/15, according to analysis by GP. GP Online
31% GP trainee pay cut could deepen recruitment crisis
31% GP trainee pay cut could deepen recruitment crisis The government's plans to significantly cut GP trainee pay could 'exacerbate existing workforce shortages' and make general practice an impossible career option for some trainees, the BMA has warned. GP Online
Teaching unions warn of self-harm epidemic among students
Teaching unions warn of self-harm epidemic among students An epidemic of self-harm is blighting the lives of students across the country, with schools unable to offer assistance due to a shortage of support services, teaching unions have warned. The Independent
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
'Worst winter' postpones operations
'Worst winter' postpones operations Two hospitals in Northamptonshire are having to re-arrange routine operations and outpatient appointments because of the "busiest winter ever". BBC Northamptonshire
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- Northampton General Hospital cancels operations and calls in community medics to cope with winter demands Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- People asked to avoid Kettering Hospital A&E after unprecedented demand for services Northamptonshire Telegraph
Integration: put people first
Integration: put people first Any push toward integration should begin with the experience of the person who needs support and the promotion of their wellbeing, says Patrick Hall. The Health Foundation
Mental health treatment requirement: a guide to integrated delivery
Mental health treatment requirement: a guide to integrated delivery This non-statutory guidance seeks to provide support to service commissioning and provider agencies so that appropriate mental health service provision and inter-agency partnerships enable mental health treatment requirements delivery locally. Department of Health
The first year: the Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel’s report to the Secretary of State for Health
The first year: the Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel’s report to the Secretary of State for Health This report looks at whether health and social care organisations are sharing information wisely and preventing improper disclosure of personal data. It shows evidence of pockets of exemplary practice but the overall picture is of a need for improvement. It concludes that a basic condition for building public trust is a commitment to more transparency about how data is collected, stored and used. It argues that individuals must also be able to opt out of data sharing arrangements and be confident that their wishes are being respected consistently across the system. Department of Health
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