Campaigner to meet under-fire ambulance boss:
A campaigner against the proposed ambulance station closures will meet bosses to discuss the concerns of more than 1,000 people. Evening Telegraph
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Northampton General Hospital bosses prepare for potential doctors’ strike
Northampton General Hospital bosses prepare for potential doctors’ strike:
BOSSES are looking for areas of potential risk at Northampton General Hospital that may arise out of strike action by doctors and contacting patients who could be affected. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
BOSSES are looking for areas of potential risk at Northampton General Hospital that may arise out of strike action by doctors and contacting patients who could be affected. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Please stop muddling shared decision-making and provider choice | Angela Coulter
Please stop muddling shared decision-making and provider choice | Angela Coulter: It is a huge pity that the government has chosen to ignore the large and important body of evidence about the rationale for engaging patients in decisions about their clinical care, which is almost totally absent from its 'shared decision-making' report. (Blog, 1 Jun 2012) Kings Fund
A week is a long time in shared decision making
A week is a long time in shared decision making: Adrian Sieff responds to the publication of the information strategy – 'The power of information' – which sets a ten-year framework for transforming information for the NHS, public health and social care. Health Foundation
Transfer of patient safety function to the NHS Commissioning Board
Transfer of patient safety function to the NHS Commissioning Board:
This will ensure patient safety is at the heart of the NHS and will build on the learning and expertise developed by the NPSA, driving patient safety improvement.
The NHS CBA will harness the power of the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), the world’s most comprehensive database of patient safety information, to identify and tackle important patient safety issues at their root cause. NHS Networks
This will ensure patient safety is at the heart of the NHS and will build on the learning and expertise developed by the NPSA, driving patient safety improvement.
The NHS CBA will harness the power of the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), the world’s most comprehensive database of patient safety information, to identify and tackle important patient safety issues at their root cause. NHS Networks
Doctors 'risking email privacy breaches'
Doctors 'risking email privacy breaches': Doctors' email errors that see patient data disclosed BBC News
Exercise 'no help for depression'
Exercise 'no help for depression': Combining exercise with conventional treatments for depression does not improve recovery, research from Bristol and Exeter Universities suggests. BBC News
Cannabis health dangers 'underestimated'
Cannabis health dangers 'underestimated': A third of people think cannabis is harmless, despite it being 20 times more carcinogenic to smoke than tobacco, according to a report published today (Wednesday).
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily TelegraphBig fine for NHS trust over data leak
Big fine for NHS trust over data leak:
An NHS trust has been fined £325,000 by a data protection watchdog after highly sensitive files of tens of thousands of patients, including details of HIV treatment, ended up being sold on eBay. The Independent
An NHS trust has been fined £325,000 by a data protection watchdog after highly sensitive files of tens of thousands of patients, including details of HIV treatment, ended up being sold on eBay. The Independent
Increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis
Increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis: The Health Protection Agency (HPA) can confirm it is investigating a recent increase in cases of the gastrointestinal infection, cryptosporidiosis, across four regions in England – the North East, Yorkshire, West Midlands and East Midlands.
Friday, 1 June 2012
Hospital apology over boy's birth
Hospital apology over boy's birth: Kettering General Hospital apologises to the family of a boy left permanently disabled after "serious blunders" during his birth. BBC Northamptonshire
Public tell doctors to focus on big killers
Public tell doctors to focus on big killers:
New GP group Nene Commissioning will take full responsibility for the health of the county, except Corby, which will be the responsibility of separate group Corby Healthcare, from next April. Evening Telegraph
New GP group Nene Commissioning will take full responsibility for the health of the county, except Corby, which will be the responsibility of separate group Corby Healthcare, from next April. Evening Telegraph
Updated guidance to NHS on the overseas visitors hospital charging system
Updated guidance to NHS on the overseas visitors hospital charging system:
The Department has updated its guidance for NHS bodies in carrying out their duties under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2011.
The updates incorporate some changes to advice given in December 2011 on when to share data with the UK Border Agency on overseas visitors with debts to the NHS. It also comments on what evidence will demonstrate that a member of the Olympic/Paralympic Games Family is entitled to free NHS hospital treatment.
The guidance as a whole is for NHS bodies in carrying out their duties to make and recover charges for NHS hospital treatment from overseas visitors not exempt from charge. It also includes guidance to safeguard the health of those not entitled to free hospital treatment.
Read Guidance on implementing the overseas visitors hospital charging regulations.Department of Health
The Department has updated its guidance for NHS bodies in carrying out their duties under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2011.
The updates incorporate some changes to advice given in December 2011 on when to share data with the UK Border Agency on overseas visitors with debts to the NHS. It also comments on what evidence will demonstrate that a member of the Olympic/Paralympic Games Family is entitled to free NHS hospital treatment.
The guidance as a whole is for NHS bodies in carrying out their duties to make and recover charges for NHS hospital treatment from overseas visitors not exempt from charge. It also includes guidance to safeguard the health of those not entitled to free hospital treatment.
Read Guidance on implementing the overseas visitors hospital charging regulations.Department of Health
Cardiac arrest in hospital can be prevented: report
Cardiac arrest in hospital can be prevented: report: A third of cardiac arrests and resuscitation attempts in hospital could be prevented if doctors assessed patients better, a report has found.
The Daily Telegraph
NHS 'too quick to resuscitate': Frail elderly patients are suffering "undignified and distressing" deaths because hospitals wrongly try to resuscitate them, a watchdog says. BBC News
You can find the full report, exec. summary and audit tool on the NCEPOD site here.
The Daily TelegraphYou can find the full report, exec. summary and audit tool on the NCEPOD site here.
Lower pay for NHS staff suggested
Lower pay for NHS staff suggested: South West NHS staff could face pay cuts and have to reapply for jobs if regional pay is introduced, a leaked document suggests. BBC News
Using care bundles to improve health care quality
Using care bundles to improve health care quality:
This paper describes the history, theory of change, design concepts, and outcomes associated with the development and use of bundles over the past decade. It reflects on what has been learned and makes suggestions for further research and implementation of the bundle approach to improving care.
This paper describes the history, theory of change, design concepts, and outcomes associated with the development and use of bundles over the past decade. It reflects on what has been learned and makes suggestions for further research and implementation of the bundle approach to improving care.
Clinicians in management: does it make a difference?
Clinicians in management: does it make a difference?:
This research has found that the boards remain dominated by non-clinicians, such as accountants and managers and that clinicians make up an average of just 26% of board members in English hospital trusts, with major variations around the country. It looks at the relationship between having doctors on the boards of trusts and patient satisfaction rates, patient morbidity rates and how highly the hospital’s management is regarded.
This research has found that the boards remain dominated by non-clinicians, such as accountants and managers and that clinicians make up an average of just 26% of board members in English hospital trusts, with major variations around the country. It looks at the relationship between having doctors on the boards of trusts and patient satisfaction rates, patient morbidity rates and how highly the hospital’s management is regarded.
Changes to regional offices plan for NHS
Changes to regional offices plan for NHS:
Plans for regional offices to replace primary care trusts and strategic health authorities have been scaled back by the NHS Commissioning Board.
Original plans for 50 local offices are now to be amended so that there will be only 27, that is one fewer than the 28 SHAs that were formed in 2002, before they were slimmed down to 10 by health secretary Patricia Hewitt. Ian Dalton, deputy chief executive of the NHS CB... Healthcare Today
Plans for regional offices to replace primary care trusts and strategic health authorities have been scaled back by the NHS Commissioning Board.
Original plans for 50 local offices are now to be amended so that there will be only 27, that is one fewer than the 28 SHAs that were formed in 2002, before they were slimmed down to 10 by health secretary Patricia Hewitt. Ian Dalton, deputy chief executive of the NHS CB... Healthcare Today
Doctors write open letter explaining their day of action
Doctors write open letter explaining their day of action: Doctors publish open letter in national newspapers to try to quell growing backlash against industrial action over pension reforms.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Doctors' industrial action 'could affect one million patients'
Doctors' industrial action 'could affect one million patients': Doctors' industrial action will create a three month backlog and affect one million patients needing surgery or hospital appointments, it has emerged.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
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