Health bus to pull up in Northampton - Northampton Herald and Post

Health bus to pull up in Northampton Sponsored by Pfizer in a joint-initiative with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) Stop Smoking Service and local Pharmacy services, the bus is a great way to bring health services into a busy environment, allowing people to pop-in ... Northampton Herald and Post

Guidance: Update on novel coronavirus infection

Guidance: Update on novel coronavirus infection: The Chief Medical Officer provides the latest information and guidance in light of the 2 clusters of severe human cases of the novel coronavirus infection, which were reported in May 2013. Department of Health

Experts warn £260m not enough

Experts warn £260m not enough: A new government fund to boost adoption of e-prescribing will not be enough to help "laggard" trusts start the journey towards electronic patient records, health IT experts warn. E-Health Insider

Mileage arrangements for medical and dental staff

Mileage arrangements for medical and dental staff: New mileage arrangements are being introduced on 1 July 2013 and set out in Pay Circular (AforC) 3/2013. NHS Employers

Evaluation of the first year of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot

Evaluation of the first year of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot: This report outlines the findings of our evaluation of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot, which aimed to develop new
forms of care for older people and those with diabetes. It found that the foundations for change had been laid, with the pilot making good progress in designing and implementing a complex intervention. Progress was underpinned by a new set of governance arrangements and financial incentives.

• Report
• Related talk from Director of Strategy for North West London PCT Cluster
• Press release
• Nuffield Trust - publications

£140 buys private firms data on NHS patients

£140 buys private firms data on NHS patients: Bupa approved to access sensitive medical records as campaigners question patient consent for release.
Private health firms, including Bupa, can pay £140 to identify potentially millions of patients and then access their health records, detailing intimate medical histories, under a new national arrangement in the NHS, the Guardian can reveal.

David Cameron accused of "scaremongering" over health tourism

David Cameron accused of "scaremongering" over health tourism: Cameron's promise to tackle health tourism faces criticism as official figures show cost to NHS is 18 times less than claimed by government. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• NHS: Poles, paracetamol and the myth of health tourism The Guardian

Million 'at risk' from Care Bill

Million 'at risk' from Care Bill: More than a million people in need of care could be totally shut out of the system because of the fine print of the Government's reforms. The Daily Telegraph

Doctors in dispute: What exactly is normal human behaviour?

Doctors in dispute: What exactly is normal human behaviour?:
It is over 1,000 pages long, has undergone more than three years of revisions and has set doctors at each other's throats. But the latest version of the psychiatrists' bible is finally out - to a chorus of criticism that it is pathologising everyday life. The Independent

See also:

• Mental health 'bible' is updated BBC News

Casualty in crisis: A&E - a service in meltdown

Casualty in crisis: A&E - a service in meltdown:
Doctors were placed under “unprecedented pressure” to go live with the new NHS 111 helpline before some were ready, contributing to the A&E crisis in Britain's hospitals, documents seen by The Independent on Sunday reveal.

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• Poor performance of A&Es linked to winding down of NHS helpline The Guardian

Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs

Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs:
A private company that took over the running of a GP out-of-hours service in north London has been severely criticised by the NHS regulator for failing to provide enough doctors to keep patients safe. The Independent

Workshops to help carers of those looking after loved ones with dementia

Workshops to help carers of those looking after loved ones with dementia: Free workshops to help people caring for a loved one with dementia is set to take place during National Dementia Awareness Week. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Mum asked to repay NHS compensation

Mum asked to repay NHS compensation: A mother who has been asked to pay back £375,000 compensation after her son died fears she could become homeless. BBC News

Benefit assessments 'are unfair'

Benefit assessments 'are unfair': A doctor, who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits, says its methods are "unfair". BBC News

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• Atos benefit claimants face biased medical assessments, doctor alleges The Guardian

AUDIO: Mental illness 'caused by chemistry'

AUDIO: Mental illness 'caused by chemistry': The Today programme's science correspondent Tom Feilden reports that a team of scientists based at Cardiff University who found that a handful of genes are implicated in a wide range of debilitating neurological conditions have won £5m for further research. BBC News

Workload pressures 'blocking GP research'

Workload pressures 'blocking GP research': A lack of time is preventing many GPs from taking part in NHS research into new treatments, a survey has revealed. GP Online

The Big EPR Survey: responses

The Big EPR Survey: responses: At the end of EHI's The Big EPR Survey, respondents were asked what single action would have the greatest impact in driving the adoption and use of electronic patient records across the NHS. E-Health Insider

New pay circular for Agenda for Change staff

New pay circular for Agenda for Change staff: The NHS Employers organisation has published a new pay circular and updated terms and conditions handbook for staff on Agenda for Change contracts which covers mileage rates and travel expenses.

The drive for quality: how to achieve safe, sustainable care in our emergency departments

The drive for quality: how to achieve safe, sustainable care in our emergency departments: This report calls for fundamental change in the way emergency care systems are designed, funded and run. Ten recommendations are made across four domains, based on the results of a survey of 131 emergency departments in the UK between 2011 and 2012. These domains cover: system redesign; expansion and sustainable working practices; radical funding change; and a better system to measure success.

• Report
• Summary
• Key messages
• College of Emergency Medicine - publications

A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous - The Economist

A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous - The Economist:

Washington Times

A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous The Economist Thomas Insel, the head of America's National Institute of Mental Health, has publicly encouraged scientists not to be constrained by its approach, lest it prevent them finding diagnoses and treatments. In terms of diagnosis, a few psychiatrists ... Shrinks, Critics Face Off Over Psychiatric ManualThirdAge FIELDS: Paying for the new psychiatryWashington Times Mental health problems 'should not be treated like an illness', leading ...Daily Mail Capecodonline -Medical Xpress all 64 news articles »