GP patient survey 2021: The 10 worst-rated doctors’ surgeries in Northamptonshire as voted by you Patients’ satisfaction with their local surgeries has remained high despite all of the chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Friday, 3 September 2021
Gynaecological cancer awareness month: Specialist nurse from Northampton busts common myths
Gynaecological cancer awareness month: Specialist nurse from Northampton busts common myths A specialist nurse from Northampton has busted a number of common myths about gynaecological cancer as part of an awareness month.
Claire Campbell, Macmillan’s Gynae-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist at Northampton General Hospital, has put the facts straight on gynaecological cancers and is correcting some of the most common myths. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Osteoporosis: Woman had nine spinal fractures in 10 months
Osteoporosis: Woman had nine spinal fractures in 10 months A woman with osteoporosis said she had nine spinal fractures in 10 months and was left unable to walk.
Karen Faulkner, 61, from Northampton, said prior to being diagnosed with osteoporosis she was a regular gym-goer with a full-time job.
But she said has been now unable to work for more than a year. BBC Northampton
Fixing social care is not all about a cap on costs
Fixing social care is not all about a cap on costs Einstein said that everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. He would surely turn in his grave at the state of the debate about social care reform in England which, increasingly, has been reduced to whether the government will introduce a 'cap' on social care costs and, if so, how it will pay for it. The King's Fund
Deaths from suicide that occurred in England and Wales: April to July 2020
Deaths from suicide that occurred in England and Wales: April to July 2020 This is the first assessment of suicides in England and Wales, based on official death registrations, that occurred during the early months of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, until now not feasible because of death registration delays. Office for National Statistics
See also:
- England's first Covid lockdown DIDN'T trigger a spike in suicides, official data shows The Daily Mail
- Suicide rate fell during first Covid lockdown The Daily Telegraph
- Suicide rate did not rise during first Covid lockdown, reports ONS Evening Standard
New hospitals join pioneering study to improve prostate cancer diagnosis using AI
New hospitals join pioneering study to improve prostate cancer diagnosis using AI Six new NHS trusts across England will receive funding for ground-breaking trial of Artificial Intelligence to diagnose prostate cancer quicker. Department of Health and Social Care
UK and Australia agree to share vaccines to tackle global pandemic
UK and Australia agree to share vaccines to tackle global pandemic The UK and Australia will share COVID-19 vaccine doses to benefit each other’s life-saving vaccine rollout programmes, the government has announced today.
The UK will send 4 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines to Australia to rapidly enhance their vaccination programme, with the first batch of 292,000 doses due to be shipped shortly. Australia will return the same overall volume of doses before the end of the year. Department of Health and Social Care
See also:
- Half of all 16 and 17-year-olds receive life-saving COVID vaccine NHS England
- COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report published Public Health England
- Official Statistics: National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2021 to 2022 season Public Health England
Covid: Schools aren't infection hubs, says public health boss
Covid: Schools aren't infection hubs, says public health boss Schools are not "drivers" or "hubs" of Covid infection, Public Health England's medical director has said.
Dr Yvonne Doyle said she understood parents' nervousness about schools returning after the summer in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
She stressed that lots of measures to cut Covid spread remained in place.
But Prof Calum Semple, a government scientific adviser, said with most adults vaccinated, schools were likely to be a "greater part of the problem". BBC News
See also:
- Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country BBC News
- Covid: Australia to get Pfizer doses from UK in vaccine swap BBC News
- HALF of all 16 and 17 year olds in England have already had their Covid vaccine The Daily Mail
- No urgency on Covid booster shots for healthy adults, says UK scientist The Guardian
- Covid: NHS 'ready' to vaccinate over-12s in schools in 'very near future', Gavin Williamson says ITV News
Jeremy Hunt: Taxpayers must pay more to fund social care
Jeremy Hunt: Taxpayers must pay more to fund social care The government must find a way for social care to be adequately funded, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said, amid reports ministers plan to raise national insurance.
Downing Street did not deny reports of an increase of at least 1% to improve social care and tackle the NHS backlog. BBC News
See also:
- Why the time has come for a new health and care premium The Daily Telegraph
- Tax rise for 25 million to pay for social care The Daily Telegraph
- Increase taxes not national insurance to fund social care, says Jeremy Hunt The Guardian
- Rise in national insurance could fund post-Covid boost for NHS The Guardian
Sexual abuse of children happening in broad range of religious settings, report finds
Sexual abuse of children happening in broad range of religious settings, report finds Most major religions are guilty of "blatant hypocrisy" for covering up sex abuse while preaching "right from wrong", a government-ordered inquiry has concluded.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) examined child protection in 38 religious organisations and settings in England and Wales. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- Religious groups in UK failing children over sex abuse, report says BBC News
- Child sexual abuse victims let down by ‘blatant hypocrisy and moral failing of religions’, inquiry finds The Independent
- A 'moral failing': Report finds child sexual abuse prevalent in institutions across major UK religions Sky News
Around 78 million people may have dementia by 2030 - a 45% increase - WHO predicts
Around 78 million people may have dementia by 2030 - a 45% increase - WHO predicts About 78 million people may have dementia by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates in a new report.
It would be a 42 percent increase from current figures - the number was 55 million in 2019.
By 2050, the number of people with dementia could be 139 million, the WHO says - a whopping 153 percent increase from 2019. The Daily Mail
See also:
- World failing to address dementia challenge World Health Organization
- Global status report on the public health response to dementia World Health Organization
Thursday, 2 September 2021
GP patient survey 2021: the 10 best-rated doctors’ surgeries in Northamptonshire as voted by you
GP patient survey 2021: the 10 best-rated doctors’ surgeries in Northamptonshire as voted by you In a year when GP appointments were more likely to be a phone call than a face-to-face meeting, it seems patients’ satisfaction with their local surgeries has remained high. Northamptonshire Telegraph
What will it cost to get the NHS and social care on the road to recovery?
What will it cost to get the NHS and social care on the road to recovery? Next week parliament will return, with the government facing a number of important and pressing decisions. Looming large is the future funding of the NHS and social care.
The Chancellor has now set 27 October as the date for the Autumn Statement and it’s likely that will include the outcome of a Spending Review. To support planning in the NHS and social care, a multi-year spending review would be the preferred approach, but it might follow the pattern of previous years and only cover one year. Either way there is speculation that funding for the NHS and social care will be decided and announced in a matter of weeks. The Health Foundation
A reckoning: the continuing cost of COVID-19
A reckoning: the continuing cost of COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has inceased the cost of running frontline NHS services by £4-5bn a year.
These costs are in addition to other key financial factors, such as the need to fund capital investment and recover care backlogs, and they will be with us for the duration of the three-year period that is expected to be covered by the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).
This joint briefing by NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation, based on survey data from 54% of the provider sector, explains the long-term impact of the pandemic on the NHS’s day-to-day running costs, and calls on the government to ensure these costs are met in full.
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Scrapping free prescriptions for over-60s “a kick in the teeth both for poorly older people and the NHS”
Scrapping free prescriptions for over-60s “a kick in the teeth both for poorly older people and the NHS” Charity launches new campaign to save free prescriptions for 60-65s, warning it will put older people’s health at risk and pile pressure on the NHS if government plans go ahead. Age UK
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Health Secretary and DCMO statements on JCVI advice on third jabs
Health Secretary and DCMO statements on JCVI advice on third jabs The government accepts JCVI's advice to offer a third COVID-19 vaccine to people with severely weakened immune systems. Department of Health and Social Care
See also:
- Independent report: Third primary COVID-19 vaccine dose for people who are immunosuppressed: JCVI advice Department of Health and Social Care
- JCVI issues advice on third dose vaccination for severely immunosuppressed Public Health England
Coronavirus vaccines cut risk of long Covid, study finds
Coronavirus vaccines cut risk of long Covid, study finds Being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 not only cuts the risk of catching it, but also of an infection turning into long Covid, research led by King's College London suggests.
It shows that in the minority of people who get Covid despite two jabs, the odds of developing symptoms lasting longer than four weeks are cut by 50%. BBC News
See also:
- Risk factors and disease profile of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK users of the COVID Symptom Study app: a prospective, community-based, nested, case-control study (open access) The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Third Covid jab advised for most vulnerable 1% BBC News
- Long Covid in children - time to be reassured BBC News
- Ivermectin developer begins trial of pill it hopes could prevent people from contracting Covid The Daily Mail
- Covid UK: Daily cases flatten at 35,693 positive tests amid fears schools' return will cause surge The Daily Mail
- WHO warns of potentially vaccine resistant 'Mu' variant that originated in Colombia The Daily Mail
- Just one in 20 pupils identified as contacts of children with Covid-19 went on to test positive The Daily Telegraph
- Who will be eligible for a third Covid jab in the UK? The Guardian
- UK sees 207 Covid deaths in 24 hours — highest daily number for six months The Independent
Mental Health: The ambulance workers feeding callers
Mental Health: The ambulance workers feeding callers The British Dietetic Association say they are concerned about a rise in mental health patients across the UK going without food during the Covid-19 crisis.
With specialist dieticians seeing an increase in patients arriving at hospital malnourished, there are calls for mental health assessments to include questions about people's access to food.
The BBC followed a mental health ambulance team in Merseyside who have been providing food parcels for patients. BBC News
‘We’ve got to catch up’: inside an NHS hospital battling a long waiting list
‘We’ve got to catch up’: inside an NHS hospital battling a long waiting list University College hospital allows access to its new facility and staff to show how the health service is trying to tackle backlogs. The Guardian
Children are facing a postcode lottery over NHS treatment
Children are facing a postcode lottery over NHS treatment Doctors warn that the pandemic has had a 'very detrimental effect' on youngsters after paediatric staff were redeployed to treat adults with Covid. It means young patients had operations cancelled. The Daily Mail
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