Monday, 18 September 2017
Guidance: Health matters: preventing drug misuse deaths
Guidance: Health matters: preventing drug misuse deaths This updated professional resource outlines how providers and commissioners can prevent deaths from drug abuse. Public Health England
Have you got the wrong impression about schizophrenia?
Have you got the wrong impression about schizophrenia? Schizophrenia does not mean you have a split personality or automatically become violent, a mental health charity has warned.
Rethink Mental Illness said a survey of 1,500 people showed that the condition is widely misunderstood.
Schizophrenia commonly causes hallucinations, such as hearing voices, or delusions and can make people lose interest in life.
But it should not be "a dirty word or a term of abuse", the charity said.
The organisation warned such myths are dangerous.
One in 100 people has schizophrenia, but 45% of those surveyed thought the illness was much more common. BBC News
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Rethink Mental Illness said a survey of 1,500 people showed that the condition is widely misunderstood.
Schizophrenia commonly causes hallucinations, such as hearing voices, or delusions and can make people lose interest in life.
But it should not be "a dirty word or a term of abuse", the charity said.
The organisation warned such myths are dangerous.
One in 100 people has schizophrenia, but 45% of those surveyed thought the illness was much more common. BBC News
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- Rethink Schizophrenia: Challenging attitudes and changing lives Rethink Mental Illness
'Golden goodbyes' for NHS managers now costing £39 million as redundancies soar
'Golden goodbyes' for NHS managers now costing £39 million as redundancies soar Spending on so-called “golden goodbyes” and voluntary redundancy deals has shot up to £39 million a year at the Department of Health (DoH) - an eightfold increase on the previous year - official figures reveal.
A written parliamentary answer shows that more than 500 staff who left the DoH in 2016-17 because of restructuring and cost-cutting programmes received exit packages. In 2015-16, only nine people who were laid off from the department were given such settlements.
The figure of £39 million covers the whole of the department and its agencies and compares with a spend of £5 million for the previous year. The Independent
A written parliamentary answer shows that more than 500 staff who left the DoH in 2016-17 because of restructuring and cost-cutting programmes received exit packages. In 2015-16, only nine people who were laid off from the department were given such settlements.
The figure of £39 million covers the whole of the department and its agencies and compares with a spend of £5 million for the previous year. The Independent
Unions call for 3.9% pay rise plus £800 for a million NHS staff
Unions call for 3.9% pay rise plus £800 for a million NHS staff Demand is based on inflation and seven years’ back pay, after lifting of prison and police officers’ pay cap
Unions have ramped up the pressure on Theresa May over public sector pay by demanding a 3.9% rise for 1 million NHS staff plus an extra £800 to make up for lost earning power during austerity.
Health service personnel from nurses and midwives to paramedics and therapists across the UK are urging Philip Hammond to ensure they receive a salary boost that would add an extra £3bn to the NHS pay bill. Continue reading... The Guardian
Unions have ramped up the pressure on Theresa May over public sector pay by demanding a 3.9% rise for 1 million NHS staff plus an extra £800 to make up for lost earning power during austerity.
Health service personnel from nurses and midwives to paramedics and therapists across the UK are urging Philip Hammond to ensure they receive a salary boost that would add an extra £3bn to the NHS pay bill. Continue reading... The Guardian
‘I was the first baby delivered by the NHS. It has saved my life eight times’
‘I was the first baby delivered by the NHS. It has saved my life eight times’ Aneira Thomas was named by her mother after the architect of the health service
It was coming up to midnight on Sunday 4 July 1948 and my mother, who had been in labour for 18 hours, was just about ready to give birth to me. She wanted to start pushing. But the doctors and midwives looked up at the clock on the wall and said, “Stop. Hold on, Edna, hold on.” They knew they were moments away from the start of the National Health Service and wanted me to be the first baby born into this new service. So my mother took a deep breath and held on. That’s how I was born at one minute past midnight on Monday 5 July 1948 – the first NHS baby.
That was in a cottage hospital in a little corner of west Wales called Glanamman. It was the staff there who told my mother, “You must call her Aneira,” the female form of Aneurin, after Aneurin Bevan, the architect of the NHS. They knew it was significant that Bevan’s dream of a health service that was free for everyone to use had come to fruition that day.
I never knew any of my grandparents because they died between the ages of 30 and 50. My mother lived until she was 95 Continue reading... The Guardian
It was coming up to midnight on Sunday 4 July 1948 and my mother, who had been in labour for 18 hours, was just about ready to give birth to me. She wanted to start pushing. But the doctors and midwives looked up at the clock on the wall and said, “Stop. Hold on, Edna, hold on.” They knew they were moments away from the start of the National Health Service and wanted me to be the first baby born into this new service. So my mother took a deep breath and held on. That’s how I was born at one minute past midnight on Monday 5 July 1948 – the first NHS baby.
That was in a cottage hospital in a little corner of west Wales called Glanamman. It was the staff there who told my mother, “You must call her Aneira,” the female form of Aneurin, after Aneurin Bevan, the architect of the NHS. They knew it was significant that Bevan’s dream of a health service that was free for everyone to use had come to fruition that day.
I never knew any of my grandparents because they died between the ages of 30 and 50. My mother lived until she was 95 Continue reading... The Guardian
‘Cut-price’ medics lured to the NHS from the US with promises of long holidays touring Europe
‘Cut-price’ medics lured to the NHS from the US with promises of long holidays touring Europe ‘Cut-price’ medics are being lured to the UK from the United States with promises of long holidays touring Europe, in a bid to plug widespread staffing shortages.
The NHS is attempting to train or recruit up to 3,200 “physician associates” who can carry out minor operations and carry out ward rounds, after just two years' training.
Medical leaders have issued new guidance in order to expand the programme, amid shortages of medics.
The new role is not supposed to substitute for a doctor, though the associates can carry out some of the tasks they normally do. The Daily Telegraph
The NHS is attempting to train or recruit up to 3,200 “physician associates” who can carry out minor operations and carry out ward rounds, after just two years' training.
Medical leaders have issued new guidance in order to expand the programme, amid shortages of medics.
The new role is not supposed to substitute for a doctor, though the associates can carry out some of the tasks they normally do. The Daily Telegraph
Two junior doctors left to care for 436 patients amid dangerous staff shortages, NHS report warns
Two junior doctors left to care for 436 patients amid dangerous staff shortages, NHS report warns Just two junior doctors have been left to look after 436 patients amid a staffing crisis in the NHS, a report warns.
Medics said patients had been left at risk during a “very unsafe shift” at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
A safety report given to the trust’s board says one of the two doctors was pulled away from a day shift in breast surgery because otherwise there would have been just one medic left to cover the night shift.
Doctors said they were left angry that patients were let down, while one said they were left feeling ill with no breaks, and just “a couple of biscuits from the patient trolley” during a whole weekend. The Daily Telegraph
Medics said patients had been left at risk during a “very unsafe shift” at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
A safety report given to the trust’s board says one of the two doctors was pulled away from a day shift in breast surgery because otherwise there would have been just one medic left to cover the night shift.
Doctors said they were left angry that patients were let down, while one said they were left feeling ill with no breaks, and just “a couple of biscuits from the patient trolley” during a whole weekend. The Daily Telegraph
Friday, 15 September 2017
NICE diabetes guidance backs GP referral to lifestyle programmes
NICE diabetes guidance backs GP referral to lifestyle programmes NICE has updated its 2012 guidance on preventing type 2 diabetes to put greater importance on lifestyle-change programmes to promote healthier diets and exercise in high-risk patients. GP Online
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Childhood vaccines may go into one jab
Childhood vaccines may go into one jab A technology that could eventually see every childhood vaccine delivered in a single injection has been developed by US researchers.
Their one-shot solution stores the vaccine in microscopic capsules that release the initial dose and then boosters at specific times.
The approach has been shown to work in mouse studies, described in the journal Science. BBC News - Health
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Their one-shot solution stores the vaccine in microscopic capsules that release the initial dose and then boosters at specific times.
The approach has been shown to work in mouse studies, described in the journal Science. BBC News - Health
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- 'Super injection' delivers several doses of drug at once The Daily Mail
Number of written complaints about NHS increases 4.9 per cent
Number of written complaints about NHS increases 4.9 per cent There were 208,400 written complaints received by the NHS during 2016/172 - up 4.9 per cent on the previous year, NHS Digital figures released today show. The figures mean on average 571 written complaints were made every day.
The report, entitled Data on Written Complaints in the NHS, 2016/17, shows numbers of complaints about both primary and secondary care. NHS Digital
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The report, entitled Data on Written Complaints in the NHS, 2016/17, shows numbers of complaints about both primary and secondary care. NHS Digital
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NHS efficiency map
NHS efficiency map Healthcare Financial Management Association -This map promotes best practice in identifying, delivering and monitoring cost improvement programmes in the NHS. It contains links to a range of tools and guidance to help NHS bodies improve their efficiency. The map is split into three sections: enablers for efficiency, provider efficiency and system efficiency. It highlights the successes some NHS providers have had in delivering specific efficiency schemes and provides sign-posts to existing tools and reference materials. It also includes updated definitions for different types of efficiency. King's Fund - Health Management and Policy Alert
Specialised Commissioning: Service development policy and methods
Specialised Commissioning: Service development policy and methods The service development policy which sets out NHS England’s approach for making decisions about which new treatments and interventions to routinely commission, and the approach used for updating existing service specifications, or creating new ones. NHS England
Corby Avon supports baby unit with employee-voted donation
Corby Avon supports baby unit with employee-voted donation Staff based at Corby’s Avon Cosmetics have voted to donate their £5,000 community award to a cause close to their hearts. The Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Kettering General Hospital was nominated by Avon employees at its Corby site through their Associates Choice scheme. SCBU is a neonatal intensive care unit which looks after the welfare of newborn babies, mainly those born premature or who require some form of special high dependency or intensive care nursing. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Policy paper: Health Service Safety Investigations Bill
Policy paper: Health Service Safety Investigations Bill The draft bill proposes setting up the Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB).
The HSSIB will conduct investigations which focus on learning from patient safety incidents in the NHS, to reduce health care harm and improve patient care.
The draft bill allows the HSSIB to conduct investigations using ‘safe space’. ‘Safe space’ is a set of legal powers that prevent the HSSIB from disclosing the information it gathers in the course of an investigation. Gov.UK
The HSSIB will conduct investigations which focus on learning from patient safety incidents in the NHS, to reduce health care harm and improve patient care.
The draft bill allows the HSSIB to conduct investigations using ‘safe space’. ‘Safe space’ is a set of legal powers that prevent the HSSIB from disclosing the information it gathers in the course of an investigation. Gov.UK
Northampton General Hospital reveals new £7,500 patient dementia garden
Northampton General Hospital reveals new £7,500 patient dementia garden A garden at Northampton General Hospital has undergone a makeover as part of an ongoing Do It For Dementia campaign to make the environment as dementia-friendly as possible. Formerly a grassy bank, the therapy garden now has raised flower beds, which means that patients can touch and smell the plants without having to bend if they have mobility limitations. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Thursday, 14 September 2017
KGH staff go mad for cancer equipment appeal
KGH staff go mad for cancer equipment appeal The cancer care unit at Kettering General Hospital is raising money for a £21,392 state-of-the-art machine which will help staff place central venous access devices required for the delivery of some chemotherapies. The Centenary Wing’s 25 staff have launched a “12 Months of Madness Appeal” to raise the money for a new PICC machine. Northamptonshire Telegraph
NHS pay data reveal sharp fall in 2015/16 GP income
NHS pay data reveal sharp fall in 2015/16 GP income GP income fell 1.2% on average across the UK in 2015/16 compared with the previous financial year, official data reveal. GP Online
Device that helps obese diabetics lose weight 'should be rolled out across NHS' - The Guardian
Device that helps obese diabetics lose weight 'should be rolled out across NHS' A device that helps obese people with type 2 diabetes shed more than two stone on average should be rolled out across the NHS, experts say.
The Endobarrier is a reversible treatment that provides people with an alternative to drastic gastric bypass surgery.
Patients can be fitted with the thin plastic sleeve via their mouth in less than an hour while under anaesthetic. The Guardian
The Endobarrier is a reversible treatment that provides people with an alternative to drastic gastric bypass surgery.
Patients can be fitted with the thin plastic sleeve via their mouth in less than an hour while under anaesthetic. The Guardian
Making sense of social prescribing
Making sense of social prescribing Social Prescribing Network - This guide, commissioned by NHS England, provides an introduction to social prescribing and outlines different models of social prescribing. It also highlights the key factors for successful social prescribing schemes. Kings Fund - Health Management and Policy Alert
Advanced stem cell therapy to help send cancer patients home sooner comes to Northampton
Advanced stem cell therapy to help send cancer patients home sooner comes to Northampton A specialist stem cell transplant therapy used in the last stages of treating cancer has arrived at Northampton General Hospital.
Patients can now be treated closer to home when before they would have to travel to Leicester to get the advanced form of chemotherapy. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Patients can now be treated closer to home when before they would have to travel to Leicester to get the advanced form of chemotherapy. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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