NHS faces huge clinical negligence legal fees bill The NHS in England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence, the BBC has learned through a Freedom of Information request.
Each year the NHS receives more than 10,000 new claims for compensation.
This figure includes all current unsettled claims and projected estimates of ones in the future.
The Department of Health has pledged to tackle "the unsustainable rise in the cost of clinical negligence". BBC News
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Cambuslang mum suing NHS after attempted murder accusation
Cambuslang mum suing NHS after attempted murder accusation A mother who was wrongly accused of trying to kill her disabled daughter by medical staff is to sue the hospital where the claims were made.
Kirsteen Cooper was accused of causing infections and cutting a feeding tube attached to her daughter Baillie.
This led to police charging her with attempted murder and access to her daughter being restricted for two years.
After accusations were disproved by medics, the charges were dropped. BBC News
Kirsteen Cooper was accused of causing infections and cutting a feeding tube attached to her daughter Baillie.
This led to police charging her with attempted murder and access to her daughter being restricted for two years.
After accusations were disproved by medics, the charges were dropped. BBC News
Blue Monday: Why it's a 'load of rubbish'
Blue Monday: Why it's a 'load of rubbish' Christmas is over, it's cold and dark outside and that summer holiday seems like a world away.
Blue Monday - also known as the most depressing day of the year - has been trending on Twitter all day.
Coined by psychologist Cliff Arnall in 2004, it falls on the third Monday in January every year.
He came up with it after a holiday company asked him for a "scientific formula" for the January blues.
Unsurprisingly, there was nothing scientific about it. BBC News
Blue Monday - also known as the most depressing day of the year - has been trending on Twitter all day.
Coined by psychologist Cliff Arnall in 2004, it falls on the third Monday in January every year.
He came up with it after a holiday company asked him for a "scientific formula" for the January blues.
Unsurprisingly, there was nothing scientific about it. BBC News
Breakthrough discovery could lead to ‘one-size-fits-all’ cancer treatment
Breakthrough discovery could lead to ‘one-size-fits-all’ cancer treatment A newly discovered type of killer immune cell has raised the prospect of a “universal” cancer therapy, scientists say.
Researchers at Cardiff University suggest the new T-cell offers hope of a “one-size-fits-all” cancer therapy.
T-cell therapies for cancer — where immune cells are removed, modified and returned to the patient's blood to seek and destroy cancer cells — are the latest paradigm in cancer treatments. The Independent
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Researchers at Cardiff University suggest the new T-cell offers hope of a “one-size-fits-all” cancer therapy.
T-cell therapies for cancer — where immune cells are removed, modified and returned to the patient's blood to seek and destroy cancer cells — are the latest paradigm in cancer treatments. The Independent
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Philip Hammond blocked 10-year plan for social care as chancellor, says former health secretary
Philip Hammond blocked 10-year plan for social care as chancellor, says former health secretary A bid to draw up a 10-year-plan for social care by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt was blocked by the then chancellor Philip Hammond, Mr Hunt has said.
In an interview with the Health Service Journal, Mr Hunt, the country’s longest-serving health secretary, said the task of solving the UK’s social care crisis was “unfinished business” from his time as health minister. The Independent
In an interview with the Health Service Journal, Mr Hunt, the country’s longest-serving health secretary, said the task of solving the UK’s social care crisis was “unfinished business” from his time as health minister. The Independent
Health of poor British adults is now WORSE than it was for those born 100 years ago
Health of poor British adults is now WORSE than it was for those born 100 years ago Poor British people in 2020 are unhealthier than those born into poverty 100 years ago, a study has found.
Adults on low incomes who were born in 1920 enjoyed better health between the ages of 30 and 60, compared to those born in 1970.
The study considered how many people are living with long-term illnesses which are considered 'life-limiting' – such as heart failure, as well as self-reported health. The Daily Mail
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Adults on low incomes who were born in 1920 enjoyed better health between the ages of 30 and 60, compared to those born in 1970.
The study considered how many people are living with long-term illnesses which are considered 'life-limiting' – such as heart failure, as well as self-reported health. The Daily Mail
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- Are self-reported health inequalities widening by income? An analysis of British pseudo birth cohorts born, 1920–1970 (open access) Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Poorest adults in worse health now than older generation – study The Guardian
Will Brexit end the shortcut of NHS operations done by EU doctors?
Will Brexit end the shortcut of NHS operations done by EU doctors? Faced with the prospect of waiting for up to three years for a hip replacement on the NHS, Brian Ashworth took matters into his own hands.
He found a way to have the operation within 30 days — in Lithuania, 1,700 miles from his home in Northern Ireland. And, incredibly, it was paid for by the NHS.
Brian, 56, from Bangor, is among thousands of patients who have used a little-known EU scheme that allowed them to bypass NHS waiting lists by visiting hospitals across Europe.
Yet, with Brexit looming, its future could hang in the balance. The Daily Mail
He found a way to have the operation within 30 days — in Lithuania, 1,700 miles from his home in Northern Ireland. And, incredibly, it was paid for by the NHS.
Brian, 56, from Bangor, is among thousands of patients who have used a little-known EU scheme that allowed them to bypass NHS waiting lists by visiting hospitals across Europe.
Yet, with Brexit looming, its future could hang in the balance. The Daily Mail
Monday, 20 January 2020
Two new wellbeing cafes to open in Northamptonshire for mental health support
Two new wellbeing cafes to open in Northamptonshire for mental health support Two similar drop-in cafes are opening in Northamptonshire this week to further support people battling mental health.
The first cafe, Crisis Cafe For Young People, has been launched by The Lowdown, for those aged 12 to 18 years old, which has been set up in partnership with St Andrews Healthcare and funded by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
The first cafe, Crisis Cafe For Young People, has been launched by The Lowdown, for those aged 12 to 18 years old, which has been set up in partnership with St Andrews Healthcare and funded by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
The four-hour NHS waiting time target saves lives - government should think carefully about changes
The four-hour NHS waiting time target saves lives - government should think carefully about changes The national Accident and Emergency (A&E) four-hour waiting time target is once again in the news headlines. Performance against this recently fell to the lowest since records began, with only 79.8% of patients in December 2019 admitted, discharged or transferred to another hospital within 4 hours as opposed to the 95% standard.
Recent comments from the Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggest that the existing target is likely to be scrapped, echoing the interim recommendations of an ongoing review into NHS clinical targets that would replace the target with new goals that focus on reducing initial treatment times for severe cases and introducing an average waiting time target for all patients.
But what does the target – and any potential changes to it – actually mean for patients? Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Recent comments from the Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggest that the existing target is likely to be scrapped, echoing the interim recommendations of an ongoing review into NHS clinical targets that would replace the target with new goals that focus on reducing initial treatment times for severe cases and introducing an average waiting time target for all patients.
But what does the target – and any potential changes to it – actually mean for patients? Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Research and analysis: Global Burden of Disease for England: international comparisons
Research and analysis: Global Burden of Disease for England: international comparisons Report that compares data from the 2016 Global Burden of Disease study for England with 22 countries. Findings informed the NHS England 10-year strategy. Public Health England
Paramedic students will get £5,000 support payment each year
Paramedic students will get £5,000 support payment each year Students studying to become paramedics, radiographers and physiotherapists will be among those receiving the new financial support from September. Department of Health and Social Care
NHS statistics on people with learning disabilities having shorter life expectancy make 'grim reading'
NHS statistics on people with learning disabilities having shorter life expectancy make 'grim reading' The NHS has released its latest set of statistics showing people with learning disabilities still have a shorter life expectancy than the general population, despite some of the causes of death being premature and preventable. Homecare.co.uk
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Racial disparities in dementia prescribing
Racial disparities in dementia prescribing Disparities in drug prescribing suggest that black and Asian people with dementia are not receiving the same quality of care as their white peers.
This is the findings according to a new University College London (UCL)-led study. OnMedica
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This is the findings according to a new University College London (UCL)-led study. OnMedica
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- Differences in Psychotropic Drug Prescribing Between Ethnic Groups of People with Dementia in the United Kingdom (open access) Clinical Epidemiology
China coronavirus: Number of cases jumps as virus spreads to new cities
China coronavirus: Number of cases jumps as virus spreads to new cities China has reported 139 new cases of a mysterious virus in two days, with the outbreak spreading from Wuhan to other major Chinese cities.
Beijing, the capital, reported two cases, while the southern tech hub of Shenzhen reported one case.
The total number of confirmed cases now exceeds 200, and three have died from the respiratory illness.
The sharp uptick in those infected comes as millions of Chinese prepare to travel for the Lunar New Year holidays. BBC News
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Beijing, the capital, reported two cases, while the southern tech hub of Shenzhen reported one case.
The total number of confirmed cases now exceeds 200, and three have died from the respiratory illness.
The sharp uptick in those infected comes as millions of Chinese prepare to travel for the Lunar New Year holidays. BBC News
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- Wuhan novel coronavirus and avian flu: advice for travel to China Public Health England
- Scientists fear up to 4,500 Chinese patients may have caught the new coronavirus The Daily Mail
- China says mysterious SARS-like virus is 'controllable' as 17 new cases emerge ahead of Lunar New Year The Daily Telegraph
- Mysterious SARS-like virus spreading across China amid sharp rise in new cases and a third death The Daily Telegraph
- No screening for new Sars-like virus at UK airports – yet The Guardian
- China virus: 17 new infections discovered in Wuhan The Independent
Health secretary suffers blow after court rules suspending doctors’ pensions is illegal
Health secretary suffers blow after court rules suspending doctors’ pensions is illegal Matt Hancock has suffered an embarrassing court defeat after his controversial policy on suspending doctors’ pensions was deemed illegal.
The health secretary was granted more power last year to suspend pension benefits to NHS staff charged with a crime, which the High Court has ruled breaches human rights.
The court said the measure was “wrong in principle and inherently unfair”. The Independent
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The health secretary was granted more power last year to suspend pension benefits to NHS staff charged with a crime, which the High Court has ruled breaches human rights.
The court said the measure was “wrong in principle and inherently unfair”. The Independent
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Cervical cancer could be eliminated in England, experts say
Cervical cancer could be eliminated in England, experts say Vaccination and HPV screening could potentially end the disease, NHS England says.
Experts say cervical cancer could be eliminated in England through a combination of the vaccine and NHS screening, which will now test every woman for HPV, the virus that causes most cases of the disease.
NHS England’s experts say there is potential to end the disease, which kills 850 women a year in the UK. The vaccine given to girls from the age of 12 is known to be very effective against HPV infection. From the beginning of December, routine screening has been reoriented to test primarily for the virus. Only women who have HPV will have their smear sample checked for abnormal cells that are the precursor of cervical cancer. The Guardian
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Experts say cervical cancer could be eliminated in England through a combination of the vaccine and NHS screening, which will now test every woman for HPV, the virus that causes most cases of the disease.
NHS England’s experts say there is potential to end the disease, which kills 850 women a year in the UK. The vaccine given to girls from the age of 12 is known to be very effective against HPV infection. From the beginning of December, routine screening has been reoriented to test primarily for the virus. Only women who have HPV will have their smear sample checked for abnormal cells that are the precursor of cervical cancer. The Guardian
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‘All that is good in human nature is here’: life and death in an NHS hospice
‘All that is good in human nature is here’: life and death in an NHS hospice Is there a good way to approach the end of life? Rachel Clarke, a palliative care doctor, believes there is – and that we can all learn from her patients. The Guardian
Doctors are replacing the roles that used to be done by priests and barmaids, says the NHS's head of social prescribing
Doctors are replacing the roles that used to be done by priests and barmaids, says the NHS's head of social prescribing Time was, we used to turn to the local priest - or barmaid - when we wanted to pour out our woes. But these days, those seeking solace are more likely to turn to their local doctor, the former head of Britain’s GPs has warned.
Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard said people were becoming increasingly isolated, amid the breakdown of local communities. The Daily Telegraph
Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard said people were becoming increasingly isolated, amid the breakdown of local communities. The Daily Telegraph
NHS crisis 'will leave six million people on operation waiting lists', private health firms warn
NHS crisis 'will leave six million people on operation waiting lists', private health firms warn Six million people will be left waiting for crucial operations such as hip replacements and cataract surgery by 2024 because NHS hospitals cannot cope with rising demand, it was claimed last night.
The number of people on waiting lists for planned treatment in England will jump by 30 per cent from the current 4.6 million, according to a new forecast from a collection of private health firms. The Daily Mail
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The number of people on waiting lists for planned treatment in England will jump by 30 per cent from the current 4.6 million, according to a new forecast from a collection of private health firms. The Daily Mail
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Young men are abusing steroids to get the 'Love Island look', report warns
Young men are abusing steroids to get the 'Love Island look', report warns Young men taking steroids to get a 'Love Island look' will cause a surge in hospital appointments in 20 years' time, experts warn.
The ripped six packs, toned arms and broad shoulders of reality TV hunks are the envy of many and some will go to extreme lengths to try and get them.
Anabolic steroids are prescription-only drugs which are illegal to sell. They work by supercharging the body's natural muscle-building ability.
But taking them regularly can have devastating side effects including infertility, liver or kidney problems, high blood pressure and a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. The Daily Mail
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The ripped six packs, toned arms and broad shoulders of reality TV hunks are the envy of many and some will go to extreme lengths to try and get them.
Anabolic steroids are prescription-only drugs which are illegal to sell. They work by supercharging the body's natural muscle-building ability.
But taking them regularly can have devastating side effects including infertility, liver or kidney problems, high blood pressure and a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. The Daily Mail
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