Packed meeting hears host of objections to Spratton care home expansion plan

Packed meeting hears host of objections to Spratton care home expansion plan:
There was standing room only at a meeting where scores of villagers objected to a proposed 84-bed extension at a care home in the countryside. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Northampton General Hospital could lose Gosset Ward

Northampton General Hospital could lose Gosset Ward:
Only three out of the five hospitals in Northamptonshire’s NHS region will have specialist emergency surgery and newborn care in future. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Transforming health and social care: can the chrysalis become a butterfly?

Transforming health and social care: can the chrysalis become a butterfly?: Chris Ham argues that current models of care need to change fundamentally if they are to be fit for the future. (Blog, 6 Sep 2012) King's Fund

The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000

The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000:
The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000, (IR(ME)R 2000), came into force on 13 May 2000 to implement the European Directive 97/43/Euratom (The Medical Exposures Directive). The regulations replaced the Ionising Radiation (Protection of Persons Undergoing Medical Examination or Treatment) Regulations 1988 (POPUMET) which have been repealed.

AUDIO: Doctors 'should resuscitate for longer'

AUDIO: Doctors 'should resuscitate for longer': New research suggests doctors are not trying to resuscitate patients suffering from cardiac arrest for long enough. BBC News

Revising the Clinical Trials Directive

Revising the Clinical Trials Directive: The EU Clinical Trials Directive, which was implemented in the UK in 2004, has been highly criticised for contributing to a significant drop in the number of clinical trials conducted in the UK. NHS Confederation

Health leaders’ reaction to change of Health Secretary

Health leaders’ reaction to change of Health Secretary:

Guarded responses lay down what are envisaged as Health Secretary’s highest priorities Related items from OnMedica Scale of NHS efficiency savings is ‘undoable’ Looking back and ahead NHS reforms are passed into law New report promises ‘painless’ NHS reform Jeremy Hunt replaces Andrew Lansley as Health Secretary

CSC and DH agree new deal

CSC and DH agree new deal: The Department of Health and CSC have reached a new deal over the company’s local service provider contract.
The arrangement will not only remove CSC’s exclusive rights to be the only provider of clinical IT systems in the North, Midlands and East of England but the government says it will save the NHS more than £1 billion.
The agreement effectively ends negotiations about the future of CSC’s loc... Healthcare Today

The scandal of seriously ill prisoners denied basic healthcare | Eric Allison

The scandal of seriously ill prisoners denied basic healthcare | Eric Allison: Daniel Roque Hall's horror story exemplifies how inmates are seen as prisoners first and patients very much second
As those who know the prison system well will tell you, jail is the last place you want to be if you are seriously ill. My memory bank – along with the annals of Inquest, the charity that works with those bereaved by deaths in custody – is crowded with horror stories of medical negligence: sick prisoners wrongly diagnosed, mistreated, or just plain ignored.

New factsheets on commissioning

New factsheets on commissioning: A series of new factsheets is being published to help RCN members understand the architecture of the new NHS commissioning system. Royal College of Nursing