Challenge to walk 20 million steps in a weekend as county is revealed to be ‘fifth fattest’ in UK
A campaign to get people walking in Northamptonshire has been launched after it was revealed the county was the fifth fattest in the country. Chronicle & Echo
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Sustaining and assuring the quality of student nurse mentorship: what are the challenges?
Sustaining and assuring the quality of student nurse mentorship: what are the challenges?
This briefing focuses on sustaining and assuring the quality of mentorship within a difficult economic climate and at a time of debate about its future direction. National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU)
Briefing
NNRU - publications
This briefing focuses on sustaining and assuring the quality of mentorship within a difficult economic climate and at a time of debate about its future direction. National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU)
Briefing
NNRU - publications
Interactive map reveals stark differences in mortality rates across UK
Interactive map reveals stark differences in mortality rates across UK
People living in Blackpool, Manchester and Middlesbrough are twice as likely to die as other parts of the country, according to the Office for National Statistics. Daily Mail
People living in Blackpool, Manchester and Middlesbrough are twice as likely to die as other parts of the country, according to the Office for National Statistics. Daily Mail
NICE approves canagliflozin as new type 2 diabetes treatment option
NICE approves canagliflozin as new type 2 diabetes treatment option
NICE has approved the use of canagliflozin in combination with other anti-diabetic drugs to treat people with type 2 diabetes, widening available treatment options for GPs. GP online
NICE has approved the use of canagliflozin in combination with other anti-diabetic drugs to treat people with type 2 diabetes, widening available treatment options for GPs. GP online
NICK BOYLE: How the NHS wastes billions over everything from drugs to surgical gloves... by a top consultant surgeon
NICK BOYLE: How the NHS wastes billions over everything from drugs to surgical gloves... by a top consultant surgeon
The organisation is filled with dedicated people, but they have to work in a bureaucratic, sluggish system, writes consultant surgeon NICK BOYLE. Daily Mail
The organisation is filled with dedicated people, but they have to work in a bureaucratic, sluggish system, writes consultant surgeon NICK BOYLE. Daily Mail
NHS must earn trust on data - Manning
NHS must earn trust on data - Manning
The NHS needs to earn back the trust of patients in the way that it handles data, the chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre has said. EHI News
The NHS needs to earn back the trust of patients in the way that it handles data, the chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre has said. EHI News
BMA votes for care.data opt-in
BMA votes for care.data opt-in
The British Medical Association has voted in favour of making care.data an opt-in system rather than an opt-out one. EHI News
The British Medical Association has voted in favour of making care.data an opt-in system rather than an opt-out one. EHI News
Lamb supports tech for integrated care
Lamb supports tech for integrated care
Technological innovation is "critical and central" to integrating care and addressing the financial pressures facing the NHS, care secretary Norman Lamb has said. EHI News
Technological innovation is "critical and central" to integrating care and addressing the financial pressures facing the NHS, care secretary Norman Lamb has said. EHI News
Developing pharmacy’s contribution to public health
Developing pharmacy’s contribution to public health
This report gives details of how Public Health England is providing leadership for the development, implementation and evaluation of public health practice for pharmacy, taking national and local priorities into account. Public Health England
Cannabis use 'genetically linked' to schizophrenia
Cannabis use 'genetically linked' to schizophrenia
“Study finds people predisposed to the condition [schizophrenia’] and drug users share common genes,” the Mail Online reports. A new study suggests that ‘schizophrenia’ genes are associated with cannabis use.
It has long been known that there is an association between cannabis use and schizophrenia – but the “direction of travel” has been hotly debated.
Does cannabis use trigger the onset of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals? Or are people with a genetic predisposition to develop schizophrenia more likely to use cannabis than the population at large (possibly as a coping mechanism)?
This latest study suggests that the latter may be the case; at least in some people. The study involved 2,082 healthy adults whose genetic make-up was examined for risk factors for schizophrenia.
“Study finds people predisposed to the condition [schizophrenia’] and drug users share common genes,” the Mail Online reports. A new study suggests that ‘schizophrenia’ genes are associated with cannabis use.
It has long been known that there is an association between cannabis use and schizophrenia – but the “direction of travel” has been hotly debated.
Does cannabis use trigger the onset of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals? Or are people with a genetic predisposition to develop schizophrenia more likely to use cannabis than the population at large (possibly as a coping mechanism)?
This latest study suggests that the latter may be the case; at least in some people. The study involved 2,082 healthy adults whose genetic make-up was examined for risk factors for schizophrenia.
Five top tips on how to make person centred care really work
Five top tips on how to make person centred care really work
Better communication, access to information and involving patients in their care aren't just 'soft stuff' they have real benefits
Are personal health budgets the solution to integrated care?
There is little mystery about what matters to patients and their families. Research highlights a small number of things that people regard as vital. These include good information and communication from professionals, involvement in decisions yet respect for preferences, emotional support and empathy, and continuity and co-ordination of care. Some or all of these matter to everyone who comes into contact with health and care services, and they are of especial importance to the growing number of people affected by long-term conditions and disabilities.
Yet we know that our health and social care systems do not deliver them consistently. For example, half of hospital inpatients in England report that they are not as involved as they would like to be in decisions about their care. Only 3% of GP patients have a written care plan that is shared with them. Lack of information and poor communication lie at the heart of many negative experiences of care. Guardian
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Better communication, access to information and involving patients in their care aren't just 'soft stuff' they have real benefits
Are personal health budgets the solution to integrated care?
There is little mystery about what matters to patients and their families. Research highlights a small number of things that people regard as vital. These include good information and communication from professionals, involvement in decisions yet respect for preferences, emotional support and empathy, and continuity and co-ordination of care. Some or all of these matter to everyone who comes into contact with health and care services, and they are of especial importance to the growing number of people affected by long-term conditions and disabilities.
Yet we know that our health and social care systems do not deliver them consistently. For example, half of hospital inpatients in England report that they are not as involved as they would like to be in decisions about their care. Only 3% of GP patients have a written care plan that is shared with them. Lack of information and poor communication lie at the heart of many negative experiences of care. Guardian
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Vitamin D supplements could help high blood pressure, scientists say
Vitamin D supplements could help high blood pressure, scientists say
Vitamin D supplements might be a cheap and effective way to treat high blood pressure, scientists have said, after a study uncovered the best evidence yet of a link between vitamin levels and hypertension. Independent
Vitamin D supplements might be a cheap and effective way to treat high blood pressure, scientists have said, after a study uncovered the best evidence yet of a link between vitamin levels and hypertension. Independent
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Investigation into deaths of five residents at Northampton care home to be reopened by police
Investigation into deaths of five residents at Northampton care home to be reopened by police
The investigation into the deaths of five residents of a former Northampton care home is to be reopened by Northamptonshire Police. Chronicle & Echo
The investigation into the deaths of five residents of a former Northampton care home is to be reopened by Northamptonshire Police. Chronicle & Echo
Sir Robert Francis review of whistleblowing processes
Sir Robert Francis review of whistleblowing processes
It has been announced that Sir Robert Francis will lead a review of whistleblowing processes in the NHS. NHS Employers
It has been announced that Sir Robert Francis will lead a review of whistleblowing processes in the NHS. NHS Employers
- Ministers order inquiry into NHS whistleblowing Daily Telegraph
Press release: NHS rated on open and honest reporting culture in world leading transparency drive
Press release: NHS rated on open and honest reporting culture in world leading transparency drive
Unprecedented hospital data release aims to ensure NHS remains a world leader on safety
New safety drive with ambition to save up to 6,000 lives and halve avoidable harm
New data published today will for the first time allow the public the opportunity to compare key safety measures across hundreds of NHS Trusts in England.
It shows that the vast majority of NHS hospitals are rated as “good” or “ok” for their reporting culture. However, around one in five acute trusts, or 20 per cent have been rated as “poor” for open and honest reporting, underlining the need to support NHS staff to report and raise safety concerns.
Unprecedented hospital data release aims to ensure NHS remains a world leader on safety
New safety drive with ambition to save up to 6,000 lives and halve avoidable harm
New data published today will for the first time allow the public the opportunity to compare key safety measures across hundreds of NHS Trusts in England.
It shows that the vast majority of NHS hospitals are rated as “good” or “ok” for their reporting culture. However, around one in five acute trusts, or 20 per cent have been rated as “poor” for open and honest reporting, underlining the need to support NHS staff to report and raise safety concerns.
Sign up to Safety
Sign up to Safety
Today, the Secretary of State for Health launched a new campaign to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world, building on the recommendations of the Berwick Advisory Group. The campaign has set out a three-year shared objective to save 6,000 lives and halve avoidable harm as part of our journey towards ensuring patients get harm free care every time, everywhere.
The Sign up to Safety campaign is for everyone in the NHS. It will generate a movement which places the safety of patients as a top priority in everything the NHS does. NHS England, Department of Health, Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Litigation Authority and CQC have all agreed to sign up to safety and have made a commitment to align their organisations’ work with the campaign, which will be led by Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Commissioning
For more information visit the Sign up to Safety website.
Today, the Secretary of State for Health launched a new campaign to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world, building on the recommendations of the Berwick Advisory Group. The campaign has set out a three-year shared objective to save 6,000 lives and halve avoidable harm as part of our journey towards ensuring patients get harm free care every time, everywhere.
The Sign up to Safety campaign is for everyone in the NHS. It will generate a movement which places the safety of patients as a top priority in everything the NHS does. NHS England, Department of Health, Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Litigation Authority and CQC have all agreed to sign up to safety and have made a commitment to align their organisations’ work with the campaign, which will be led by Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Commissioning
For more information visit the Sign up to Safety website.
Spike in whooping cough cases lead to vaccination fears
Spike in whooping cough cases lead to vaccination fears
One in five children who see a doctor with a persistent cough may have the rare and dangerous condition whooping cough, new research indicates. The Independent
One in five children who see a doctor with a persistent cough may have the rare and dangerous condition whooping cough, new research indicates. The Independent
Doctors face new language checks
Doctors face new language checks
New powers allowing the medical regulator to check doctors' English language skills come into force, in a move hailed as an "important milestone". BBC News - Health
New powers allowing the medical regulator to check doctors' English language skills come into force, in a move hailed as an "important milestone". BBC News - Health
Tackling health inequalities: the case for investment in the wider public health workforce
Tackling health inequalities: the case for investment in the wider public health workforce
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) -
This report calls for greater investment and better understanding of the impact of the wider public health workforce - people who are not professionally qualified public health practitioners, but have the ability or opportunity to positively impact public health in their community. This includes health trainers, health champions, and non-health professionals. It argues that this “wider workforce” could be instrumental in reducing the burden of health inequalities – the financial cost of which was last estimated at close to £60bn. Kings Fund Blog
Report
Press release
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) -
This report calls for greater investment and better understanding of the impact of the wider public health workforce - people who are not professionally qualified public health practitioners, but have the ability or opportunity to positively impact public health in their community. This includes health trainers, health champions, and non-health professionals. It argues that this “wider workforce” could be instrumental in reducing the burden of health inequalities – the financial cost of which was last estimated at close to £60bn. Kings Fund Blog
Report
Press release
Phones carry bacterial 'fingerprint'
Phones carry bacterial 'fingerprint'
More than 80% of the most common bacteria present on fingers end up on the screens of smartphones, according to a study. BBC News - Health
More than 80% of the most common bacteria present on fingers end up on the screens of smartphones, according to a study. BBC News - Health
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