Friday, 2 November 2012
KGH boss confident of plans to improve
KGH boss confident of plans to improve: Bosses at under-fire Kettering General Hospital say they are confident they can turn its fortunes around after its regulator stepped in and put it under ‘special measures’. Evening Telegraph
Payment by Results: time for a rethink?
Payment by Results: time for a rethink?:
It’s now a decade since Delivering the NHS Plan made a specific commitment to a new way of paying hospitals that would align payment for work done – delivering on the promise that ‘money will follow the patient’. A year later the new fixed price system – Payment by Results (PbR) – began to roll out, covering just 15 surgical procedures and accounting for a few million pounds’ worth of activity.
A public health approach to violence prevention in England
A public health approach to violence prevention in England:
A new report was published on Tuesday 23 October, Protecting People, Promoting Health – A public health approach to violence prevention in England.
The department commissioned the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) to produce a high level report to provide information and evidence for policy makers, public health and commissioners to use in developing preventative approaches with strategic partners.
The publication contains new figures on the cost of violence, estimating national costs to the NHS and a wider cost to society. The report also draws on the latest evidence that many of the key risk factors that make individuals, families and communities vulnerable to violence are changeable.
It aims to increase awareness and strengthen commitment to prevention across government, NHS, local authorities, private and voluntary sectors as well as education, employers and other agencies. Department of Health
A new report was published on Tuesday 23 October, Protecting People, Promoting Health – A public health approach to violence prevention in England.
The department commissioned the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) to produce a high level report to provide information and evidence for policy makers, public health and commissioners to use in developing preventative approaches with strategic partners.
The publication contains new figures on the cost of violence, estimating national costs to the NHS and a wider cost to society. The report also draws on the latest evidence that many of the key risk factors that make individuals, families and communities vulnerable to violence are changeable.
It aims to increase awareness and strengthen commitment to prevention across government, NHS, local authorities, private and voluntary sectors as well as education, employers and other agencies. Department of Health
Concern over NHS end of life care
Concern over NHS end of life care: Norman Lamb says terminally ill patients should not be put on the Liverpool Care Pathway to end their lives without relatives being consulted. BBC News
Trust reveals £1bn PFI overspend
Trust reveals £1bn PFI overspend: The costs of redeveloping a hospital in Nottinghamshire have more than doubled to over £2bn, the BBC discovers. BBC News
Welfare advice saves GP visits and prescribing
Welfare advice saves GP visits and prescribing: Practice workload and prescription volumes can be reduced by providing welfare advice and support to patients, a UK study has shown. GP Online
NHS Diabetes report on transition to adult services for young people with diabetes
NHS Diabetes report on transition to adult services for young people with diabetes: This report describes an NHS Diabetes project to assess best practice and develop a practical work programme to improve the transition process to adult services for young people with diabetes, which can be applied nationally. It is aimed at providers, commissioners and clinicians involved in the delivery of transition services in this area and may also be of use to service users to support involvement in service improvement.
£3bn returned to Treasury from Health
£3bn returned to Treasury from Health:
About £3bn has been returned to the Treasury by the Department of Health in the last two years, it has been revealed.
At a time that the NHS is facing tight financial settlements, figures show that the department had handed back around £1bn of the funding it was allocated for health spending in 2011-12 with just £316m of the £1.4bn that it had left unspent in the last financial year having been carried over f... Healthcare Today
What is the Liverpool Care Pathway?
What is the Liverpool Care Pathway?: There have been several recent news stories about the Liverpool Care Pathway – a programme for delivering palliative care to people with a terminal illness.
NHS use of private sector increasing
NHS use of private sector increasing:Number of routine NHS-funded operations carried out by private sector climbs by more than 10% in a year, figures show
The number of routine NHS-funded operations carried out by the private sector has risen by more than 10% in a year, official figures show.
The number of routine NHS-funded operations carried out by the private sector has risen by more than 10% in a year, official figures show.
85% of hospital trusts adopt controversial end-of-life care regime
85% of hospital trusts adopt controversial end-of-life care regime:
Eighty-five per cent of trusts have adopted a controversial end-of-life care regime which can involve withholding food and drink from terminally-ill patients, figures suggest. The Independent
Eighty-five per cent of trusts have adopted a controversial end-of-life care regime which can involve withholding food and drink from terminally-ill patients, figures suggest. The Independent
NHS feels the strain as hospital treatment for obese patients soars
NHS feels the strain as hospital treatment for obese patients soars:
The number of obese patients who need hospital treatment has soared from 1,800 to nearly 9,000 in just five years. The Independent
The number of obese patients who need hospital treatment has soared from 1,800 to nearly 9,000 in just five years. The Independent
Monitor takes on new powers to protect patient services at failing hospitals
Monitor takes on new powers to protect patient services at failing hospitals: Today Monitor takes on a series of new powers under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to enable the regulator to protect patient services at failing hospitals.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Contraceptive pill now more popular than the condom among 15-year-old girls attending NHS community contraceptive clinics
Contraceptive pill now more popular than the condom among 15-year-old girls attending NHS community contraceptive clinics: Fifteen-year-old girls attending an NHS community contraceptive clinic were – for the first time - more likely to opt for the oral contraceptive pill ...IC News
Why the drugs don't work: Scientist discover why statins aren't effective in 40% of patients
Why the drugs don't work: Scientist discover why statins aren't effective in 40% of patients: A team from McMaster University in Canada said high levels of the protein resistin in the blood could stop statins from working effectively. Daily Mail
Change4Life launch drink app
Change4Life launch drink app:
A smartphone app has been released as part of the nationwide Change4Life campaign to help people see the impact alcohol can have on their health, waist and wallet.
The enhanced online drinks checker is designed to raise awareness of the health impacts of drinking over the lower risk guidelines on a regular basis and comes at a time that some nine million drinkers in England are potentially putting their health at...Healthcare Today
A smartphone app has been released as part of the nationwide Change4Life campaign to help people see the impact alcohol can have on their health, waist and wallet.
The enhanced online drinks checker is designed to raise awareness of the health impacts of drinking over the lower risk guidelines on a regular basis and comes at a time that some nine million drinkers in England are potentially putting their health at...Healthcare Today
Liverpool Care Pathway use 'must not be driven by other agendas'
Liverpool Care Pathway use 'must not be driven by other agendas': Dr Peter Saunders from the Care Not Killing Alliance says Liverpool Care Pathway is a "very good tool" but there has to be full transparency about its use.
Telegraph
TelegraphGenetic profiteering: scandal of firm 'hiding vital breast cancer data'
Genetic profiteering: scandal of firm 'hiding vital breast cancer data':
The company that makes the world's biggest-selling gene test for breast and ovarian cancers is refusing to share groundbreaking knowledge that could benefit patients, academics claim.
Independent
The company that makes the world's biggest-selling gene test for breast and ovarian cancers is refusing to share groundbreaking knowledge that could benefit patients, academics claim.
Independent
Hospital admissions rise 'due to fragmented NHS' - Telegraph.co.uk
| Hospital admissions rise 'due to fragmented NHS' Telegraph.co.uk "As part of the current NHS reforms the Government should consider piloting a full-scale integrated care model which is proven to deliver better care for patients. This model would sit alongside the new Clinical Commissioning Groups as a way of driving ... |
New NICE briefings on inequalities and population health, the Public Health Outcomes Framework and alcohol
New NICE briefings on inequalities and population health, the Public Health Outcomes Framework and alcohol: NICE have published three new public health briefings for local government on Inequalities and population health, the Public Health Outcomes Framework and Alcohol. These documents are aimed at local authorities and their partner organisations in the health and voluntary sectors, in particular those involved with health and wellbeing boards. Local government is preparing to take [read the full story...]
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