Hospitals to publish staffing levels Hospitals in England will be made to publish monthly details of whether they have enough nurses working on their wards, from next April. BBC News
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Call to raise prescriptions to £10 Prescription charges in England should be increased to £10 to fund cash-strapped NHS services, a centre-right think-tank says. BBC News
Care of brain injury victims 'poor' BBC Newsnight has been shown secretly-filmed footage that shows poor treatment of patients with brain injuries who need specialist rehabilitation. BBC News
VIDEO: How does the NHS plan for winter? Doctors have described life inside accident and emergency units as "always winter but never Christmas" and The College of Emergency Medicine has warned that this year could bring the "worst crisis on record". BBC News
A place for parity: health and wellbeing boards and mental health This report is the result of a study which reviewed 100 strategies and found that nine did not include mental health in their priorities at all. It looks at how much focus the boards have given to mental health in their strategies, which areas of mental health they focus on and what factors helped or hindered the agenda of mental health during the development of the strategies.
Seven day consultant present care: implementation considerations This report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges argues that most patients in hospital over a bank holiday or a weekend would benefit from a daily review of their care led by a consultant. It also argues that for seven day care proposals to succeed, strong links between hospitals and community care need to be in place, particularly for frail, elderly and vulnerable patients.
Survival rates increase for children beating cancer The number of children beating cancer has risen to more than eight in 10, figures show. The Independent
