The increasing demands on Accident and Emergency departments: no easy answers: Few health policy issues have received greater attention than how best to meet the demands on hospital A&E departments − and manage the associated unscheduled admissions to hospital. There is now extensive practical advice available on NHS websites, and most trusts have had at least one Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) review of their services. Despite this, the reality is that many health economies are struggling to cope with demand.
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Call to action on reducing avoidable deaths
Call to action on reducing avoidable deaths: Improvements in the fight against the 5 major causes of death, including new plans to tackle cardiovascular disease, could save 30,000 lives by 2020, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced today.
NHS competition rules to be changed
NHS competition rules to be changed: Controversial regulations governing the contracting out of services in the NHS will be re-written amid growing concerns about increasing competition, the government says. BBC News
See also:
See also:
Hunt: NHS has lagged behind for too long
Hunt: NHS has lagged behind for too long: Health Secretary says NHS guilty of ''shocking under performance'' when tackling the five big causes of death. Public Service
Huge rise in hospital spending by PCTs
Huge rise in hospital spending by PCTs:
| Secondary care costs rose twice as much as primary care costs Related items from OnMedica Community care must be improved to reduce bed use NHS payment system in need of overhaul NHS will be “hard-hit” by spending cuts Increase in NHS spending on independent services Hunt praises GPs for ‘extraordinary dedication’ |
Cardiovascular disease outcomes strategy: improving outcomes for people with or at risk of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease outcomes strategy: improving outcomes for people with or at risk of cardiovascular disease: This strategy document provides advice to local authority and NHS commissioners and providers about actions to improve cardiovascular disease outcomes. It sets out outcomes for people with or at risk of cardiovascular disease in line with the NHS and public health outcomes frameworks.
UK position worsens in 'early death league'
UK position worsens in 'early death league': “The UK is lagging behind progress by similar countries on many indicators for ill-health” BBC News reports, based on a study that generated a wide range of media coverage.
Stafford Hospital scandal: NHS boss faces MP grilling - BBC News
Stafford Hospital scandal: NHS boss faces MP grilling - BBC News:
 BBC News | Stafford Hospital scandal: NHS boss faces MP grilling BBC News NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has spelled out his determination to carry on leading the health service as he faced a grilling from MPs over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal. There have been calls for Sir David's resignation over the ... Mid Staffs scandal: NHS boss 'determined' to stayChannel 4 News NHS was not 'equipped or capable' of dealing with problems at Mid Staffs ...The Independent I won't quit shamed NHS boss tells MPsExpress.co.uk Yahoo! News UK -Cambridge News -ITV News all 85 news articles » |
Government to legislate for plain cigarette packaging this year
Government to legislate for plain cigarette packaging this year: UK to follow example of Australia, where cigarettes must be sold in drab packets with graphic health warnings
Ministers are to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes along the Australian model with legislation this year, after becoming convinced that the branding is a key factor in why young people start to smoke.
Ministers are to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes along the Australian model with legislation this year, after becoming convinced that the branding is a key factor in why young people start to smoke.
Sir David Nicholson: I am the right man to lead NHS
Sir David Nicholson: I am the right man to lead NHS: Facing MPs' questions over the Mid Staffs hospital scandal, chief executive admits failings but is 'absolutely determined to stay'
Mid Staffs scandal: Patient interests were neglected for years by NHS mangers as hospitals concentrated on cutting waiting times, Sir David Nicholson tells MPs
Mid Staffs scandal: Patient interests were neglected for years by NHS mangers as hospitals concentrated on cutting waiting times, Sir David Nicholson tells MPs:
Patient interests were neglected for years by NHS mangers as hospitals concentrated on cutting waiting times at the expense of good care, the head of the service admitted today. The Independent
Patient interests were neglected for years by NHS mangers as hospitals concentrated on cutting waiting times at the expense of good care, the head of the service admitted today. The Independent
Mentally ill people nearly five times more likely to be victims of murder than general population
Mentally ill people nearly five times more likely to be victims of murder than general population: People suffering from mental illness are almost five times more likely to be victims of murder than the general population, researchers have found. The Independent
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Child protection 'must improve'
Child protection 'must improve': Child protection services at Northamptonshire County Council must improve, the leader says, after inspectors raised concerns. BBC Northamptonshire
Abuse complaints by vulnerable adults increase
Abuse complaints by vulnerable adults increase: COMPLAINTS of abuse suffered by vulnerable adults in Northamptonshire, passed on by the likes of police, the NHS and care homes, rose by more than a third in 12 months. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
'Whitehall role' in NHS payoffs
'Whitehall role' in NHS payoffs: The Department of Health (DoH) plays a key role in vetting severance payments to NHS staff, including money offered to whistle-blowers, it emerges. BBC News
UK 'lagging in Europe health league'
UK 'lagging in Europe health league': The UK is lagging behind progress by similar countries on many indicators for ill-health, research published in the Lancet suggests. BBC News
See also:
See also:
- UK falls behind in early death league table The Independent
- Dementia death toll soars as UK fails in battle to improve health The Independent
- Billions in extra cash fail to stop rot in NHS The Daily Telegraph
- Healthy life expectancy is shorter in the UK than abroad The Guardian
- Alzheimer's jumps from 24th to become the 10th biggest killer in UK in just 20 years The Daily Mail
Auditor in warning to health trusts
Auditor in warning to health trusts: The auditor general tells the health sector that striving to meet targets must not have a detrimental impact on the overall care of patients. BBC News
Increase in NHS spending on independent services
Increase in NHS spending on independent services:
| NHS spending on services provided by the private or voluntary sector increased by more than 10% last year Related items from OnMedica Private firms may be made exempt from corporation tax Commissioners and the voluntary sector CCGs’ independence threatened by choice regulations 21 trusts have received £1 billion in bailouts |
Cold weather keeps telehealth patients out of hospital
Cold weather keeps telehealth patients out of hospital: Telehealth project in Leicester keeps more patients out of hospital than expected during the cold weather Public Service
Hospital workforce: fit for the future?
Hospital workforce: fit for the future?: This report brings together findings from the medical registrar report and the 2011 RCP consultant census and looks at the key challenges that are facing the medical workforce. It concludes that there needs to be a rethink of the skills in which doctors are trained, in order to better meet patients’ needs; while the role of the medical registrar and the esteem in which it is held must be reassessed and
better valued.
better valued.
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