Chart of the week: More money for the NHS front line, but what about the rest? While last week’s Spending Review brought significant increases in NHS and capital spending, John Appleby and Mark Dayan show how certain health budgets are facing another financial squeeze despite seeing real-terms cuts for much of the past decade. Nuffield Trust
Friday, 5 November 2021
Partnering is a verb
Partnering is a verb How can leaders of statutory health and care organisations partner with voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in a way that makes the most of these relationships and their transformative potential? Here we recommend the courage to question, and realising the force of a ‘follow’, as two simple and powerful techniques in the work of partnering. The King's Fund
Integrating gender data in health information systems: challenges, opportunities and good practices
Integrating gender data in health information systems: challenges, opportunities and good practices This paper explains the importance of gender data and statistics and how health information systems contribute. It explores the common challenges in producing and using gender and health data and suggests opportunities and examples of good practices. Recommendations to support national health systems improve data quality are provided. World Health Organization
A lifeline for London
A lifeline for London This report, commissioned by the Mayor of London, explores how voluntary and community organisations in the capital supported people’s mental health during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, how they adapted to the crisis, and what they’ve learned from the experience. The report calls on commissioners to learn from the pandemic and find ways of funding voluntary and community organisations that enable them to work more flexibly, to advocate on behalf of their communities as well as provide services, and to have more stable finances. Centre for Mental Health
£3 million more to reduce brain injuries at birth
£3 million more to reduce brain injuries at birth NHS maternity staff will benefit from a further £3 million to improve the safety of the women and babies they care for, the Patient Safety Minister has announced today.
The funding will support the RCOG, RCM and THIS Institute to deliver the second phase of a programme to reduce brain injuries at birth, which can have a devastating impact on babies and their families. Department of Health and Social Care
New campaign to 'Stop COVID-19 hanging around'
New campaign to 'Stop COVID-19 hanging around' A new campaign has launched demonstrating the importance of simple ventilation techniques to reduce the risks of catching COVID-19 this winter. Department of Health and Social Care
High-risk Covid gene more common in South Asians
High-risk Covid gene more common in South Asians University of Oxford scientists have uncovered a gene that doubles the risk of lung failure and death from Covid.
They say around 60% of people from South Asian backgrounds and 15% of people of European ancestry carry the high-risk version of the gene.
Vaccines are key and help significantly reduce these risks, researchers say. BBC News
See also:
- Identification of LZTFL1 as a candidate effector gene at a COVID-19 risk locus (open access) Nature Genetics
- First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK BBC News
- Covid: WHO warns Europe once again at epicentre of pandemic BBC News
- Breathing support for Covid patients like CPAP machines doesn't increase risk of air contamination The Daily Mail
- UK's Covid vaccine booster drive is going at the right pace to stave off Plan B, scientists claim The Daily Mail
- Covid UK: A FIFTH of NHS staff are still not fully vaccinated The Daily Mail
- It's not just the liberties of NHS workers that deserve protection - but the public's too The Daily Telegraph
- Scrap vaccine deadline for care-home workers or risk huge staff loss, warns provider The Guardian
- Ventilate your home to stop Covid spread, government says The Guardian
NHS orders health trusts to review mortuary access after hospital electrician admits sexually assaulting dead bodies
NHS orders health trusts to review mortuary access after hospital electrician admits sexually assaulting dead bodies The NHS has ordered all health trusts to review mortuary access and post-mortem activities following revelations in the David Fuller case. Sky News
Children urged to get HPV jab after Covid saw sharp drop in uptake
Children urged to get HPV jab after Covid saw sharp drop in uptake Cancer experts are urging families to ensure their children get the HPV vaccine after it emerged that almost half of those eligible missed out last year because of the pandemic.
A study published in The Lancet on Thursday confirmed that the jab was cutting cases of cervical cancer by 87%. The results were hailed as powerful further evidence that the vaccine has prevented, and will continue to prevent, thousands of young people from falling ill. The Guardian
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Pregnant women in England will be inducted when they are just ONE week overdue
Pregnant women in England will be inducted when they are just ONE week overdue regnant women will be offered induction when they are just one week overdue under new medical guidelines to cut the risk of stillbirths.
Babies are due at about 40 weeks, and currently women are offered induction on the NHS if they do not go into labour naturally by 42 weeks.
But the health watchdog yesterday said that this should be decreased to 41 weeks to cut the risk of death and complications. The Daily Mail
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