- A deepening freeze: more adults than ever are paying higher-rate tax Institute for Fiscal Studies
This blog covers the latest UK health care news, publications, policy announcements, events and information focused on the NHS, as well as the latest media stories and local news coverage of the NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire.
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Teachers and nurses dragged into higher taxes, warns think tank
Needle-free Covid vaccination trials taking place in Cambridge
Do not resuscitate: Man choked to death after paramedics stood down
Cardio exercise can help reduce risk of dying from flu, study suggests
Cardio exercise can help reduce risk of dying from flu, study suggests People who are at a higher risk of dying from flu could benefit from upping their cardio exercise levels, a new study suggests.
Even exercising below the nationally recommended standards could help reduce a person’s risk of dying from flu or pneumonia, scientists said. The Independent
See also:
- Leisure-time physical activity and mortality from influenza and pneumonia: a cohort study of 577 909 US adults (open access) British Journal of Sports Medicine
Quarter of people with dementia symptoms delay seeing doctor
Quarter of people with dementia symptoms delay seeing doctor Almost a quarter of people with dementia symptoms waited more than six months before seeing a doctor, new research shows.
A new survey for the Alzheimer’s Society to mark Dementia Action Week also found one in three people who notice they or a loved one has symptoms keep their fears to themselves or dismiss them as old age.
Just 15 per cent of the 1,137 people surveyed raised the issue straight away and 11 per cent said they hadn’t raised concerns after first spotting symptoms. The Independent
Second patient with 'natural immunity' against Alzheimer's warded off disease for 20 years
- Resilience to autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease in a Reelin-COLBOS heterozygous man (open access) Nature Medicine
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
“Inspiring” photos expressing the hope felt by mental health patients to be displayed across Northampton
- Mental Health Awareness Week: ‘The only good thing to come out of the pandemic is mental health is now taken more seriously’ Northampton Chronicle and Echo
In train? An update on mental health nurse education
Treatment in corridors and waiting rooms ‘degrading’ for patients, say A&E nurses
- 2023 Corridor Care Survey Royal College of Nursing
- Nursing staff call for a complete abolishment of corridor care Royal College of Nursing
- NMC responds to RCN findings that emergency nurses fear being struck off Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Nurses fear being taken to court over treatment in corridors, RCN warns Evening Standard
- Nurses ‘fear being taken to court’ over degrading treatment of patients in corridors The Independent
- Nurses fear legal action over 'corridor care' of patients ITV News
- 'Broken' nurses fear being dragged to court by NHS patients Metro
- Majority of A&E nurses fear being struck off for ‘corridor care’ Nursing Notes
Saving Babies’ Lives 2023: A report on progress
Six new community diagnostic centres to deliver more than 500,000 lifesaving checks a year
Senior doctor strike ballot opens over pay dispute
See also:
- Senior doctors in England begin ballot for industrial action as Government fails to make acceptable pay offer BMA
- Now the consultants could strike as Government rejects BMA's plea to address '35 PER CENT cut' The Daily Mail
- NHS consultants demand a 35 per cent increase in pay The Daily Telegraph
- Senior doctors in England to vote on industrial action The Guardian
- This government has cut the NHS to the bone, and left doctors holding the knife | Nesrine Malik The Guardian
- NHS strikes: Government says ‘negotiation is over’ after nurses call for double-digit pay rise ahead of ballot iNews
- Nurses' decision to seek double-digit pay rise 'confusing', cabinet minister says - as union leader hits out Sky News
- Senior doctors to start voting on whether to strike over pay dispute Sky News
Record numbers not working due to ill health
Online depression therapy given go-ahead in England
ADHD: Private clinics exposed by BBC undercover investigation
Review into mental health deaths should become public inquiry, chair urges government
Review into mental health deaths should become public inquiry, chair urges government The chair of an independent review into the deaths of around 2,000 mental health patient in Essex has called for the government to grant a public inquiry into the scandal, to compel more staff to give evidence, it has emerged.
The Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry is gathering evidence about mental health inpatient deaths in the county over a 21-year period. The Independent
Plans for UK ‘genomics transformation’ aim to act on lessons of Covid
Warnings over NHS data privacy after ‘stalker’ doctor shares woman’s records
Skin cancer charity calls for sunscreen tax to be cut so British children are protected in summer
Do not use sweeteners for weight control, World Health Organization says
- WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline World Health Organization
- Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline World Health Organization