Monday, 12 May 2014
Hospital plans pioneering bid to improve care of the elderly
Hospital plans pioneering bid to improve care of the elderly Kettering General Hospital is to become a pioneer in a new style of care for the 36,000 elderly patients it treats each year. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Hospital can have a ‘strong and positive future’, says new boss
Hospital can have a ‘strong and positive future’, says new boss Kettering General Hospital’s new chief executive has predicted a strong future for the hospital as it serves the area’s rapidly growing population. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Nurse cuts proposal could affect 770 Northamptonshire patients
Nurse cuts proposal could affect 770 Northamptonshire patients More than 770 Northamptonshire patients regularly visited by community nurses could be affected by a proposal to make NHS staff redundant. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Safe nursing levels recommended
Safe nursing levels recommended Hospitals in England should be wary about having nurses care for more than eight patients each on wards during the day, draft NHS guidance suggests. BBC News
See also:
See also:
- New NICE guidelines are a step towards improving staffing levels Royal College of Nursing
- Hospitals need thousands of extra nurses 'or patients' safety will be at risk' The Guardian
- Exclusive: Minimum of one nurse to eight patients, hospitals to be told The Independent
- Nursing union welcome new guidelines The Daily Telegraph
UK mental health cost of Afghan war
UK mental health cost of Afghan war There has been a "significant increase" in the number of Afghanistan veterans seeking mental health treatment, charity Combat Stress says. BBC News
Lack of exercise 'highest risk' for women over 30
Lack of exercise 'highest risk' for women over 30 "Heart disease warning: Lack of exercise is worse risk for over-30s women than smoking or obesity," The Independent reports. It is important to stress that this headline is based on a result that is applicable to a population, not to an individual.
The Australian study the headline is reporting on looked at population attributable risk, or PARs. PARs can be used to estimate the proportion of cases of a disease, such as heart disease, that would not occur in a population if the risk factor, such as inactivity, was eliminated.
The Australian study the headline is reporting on looked at population attributable risk, or PARs. PARs can be used to estimate the proportion of cases of a disease, such as heart disease, that would not occur in a population if the risk factor, such as inactivity, was eliminated.
New medicines, better medicines, better use of medicines
New medicines, better medicines, better use of medicines This report summarises the role pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists have played and continue to play in the development and use of medicines. It highlights the major challenges and opportunities faced when creating new medicines, improving existing medicines or ensuring the better, safer, use of medicines. It contains seven recommendations arising from the challenges, and which identify areas for development, expansion, change and innovation for the future. Royal Pharmaceutical Society
NHS hit by new tech failure as it scraps patient booking system
NHS hit by new tech failure as it scraps patient booking system Choose and Book outpatient appointments system set to be replaced by a potentially more expensive e-referral scheme.
The NHS is quietly ditching an electronic booking system for outpatient appointments, Choose and Book, which has cost £356m since 2004, in a further sign of the difficulties of introducing efficient IT systems into the health service.
The decision to replace it with a potentially even more expensive e-referral scheme by 2016 follows a drop in its use by doctors and patients. Continue reading... The Guardian
The NHS is quietly ditching an electronic booking system for outpatient appointments, Choose and Book, which has cost £356m since 2004, in a further sign of the difficulties of introducing efficient IT systems into the health service.
The decision to replace it with a potentially even more expensive e-referral scheme by 2016 follows a drop in its use by doctors and patients. Continue reading... The Guardian
Pensioners to pay double cap for care home fees
Pensioners to pay double cap for care home fees Elderly pensioners face 'shocking' care home costs as most will pay double the Government's cap of £70,000 because many costs are not included, Institute of Actuaries warns. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
See also:
- Few 'will hit social care cost cap' BBC News
Top nurse warns on NHS whistleblowers
Top nurse warns on NHS whistleblowers NHS whistleblowers need more protection, top nurse warns. The Daily Telegraph
Mental-health patients driven hundreds of miles for treatment
Mental-health patients driven hundreds of miles for treatment A crisis in mental health care has been declared by NHS staff in East Anglia, across a region covering the constituencies of two government health ministers. The Independent
Brain injury victims suffer savage cuts in services
Brain injury victims suffer savage cuts in services
Savage cuts in rehabilitation services are resulting in thousands of brain injury victims being denied help and ultimately costing the taxpayer more money, according to a new study by the brain injury charity, Headway. The Independent
Savage cuts in rehabilitation services are resulting in thousands of brain injury victims being denied help and ultimately costing the taxpayer more money, according to a new study by the brain injury charity, Headway. The Independent
Friday, 9 May 2014
'Sack failing health body', MP urges
'Sack failing health body', MP urges
An MP demands an NHS body covering Northamptonshire be "sacked" from commissioning ongoing healthcare after a "series of failures". BBC News - Northamptonshire
An MP demands an NHS body covering Northamptonshire be "sacked" from commissioning ongoing healthcare after a "series of failures". BBC News - Northamptonshire
Meeting the challenge: successful employee engagement in the NHS
Meeting the challenge: successful employee engagement in the NHS
This report is based on case studies of employee engagement at eight high performing NHS Trusts. It identifies the approach and interventions associated with high levels of engagement, and provides some recommendations for trusts looking to drive up engagement. It concludes that only through effectively engaging with employees will the NHS be able to meet the challenges it faces in coming years. Involvement & Participation Association
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Case studies
Involvement & Participation Association - news
This report is based on case studies of employee engagement at eight high performing NHS Trusts. It identifies the approach and interventions associated with high levels of engagement, and provides some recommendations for trusts looking to drive up engagement. It concludes that only through effectively engaging with employees will the NHS be able to meet the challenges it faces in coming years. Involvement & Participation Association
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Case studies
Involvement & Participation Association - news
New software helps NHS trusts track patient feedback
New software helps NHS trusts track patient feedback
Start-up HealthBerry will enable healthcare professionals to monitor and react to comments on social media and around the web, freeing up time and resources, says its chief executive
Patients are increasingly using social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, NHS Choices,Patient Opinion and Google+, to leave feedback about NHS services, engage directly with healthcare providers and interact with the NHS in real-time.
We wanted to build something that will help NHS professionals and the public make sense of all the different channels by putting everything in one place with one set of controls. Guardian
Continue reading...
Start-up HealthBerry will enable healthcare professionals to monitor and react to comments on social media and around the web, freeing up time and resources, says its chief executive
Patients are increasingly using social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, NHS Choices,Patient Opinion and Google+, to leave feedback about NHS services, engage directly with healthcare providers and interact with the NHS in real-time.
We wanted to build something that will help NHS professionals and the public make sense of all the different channels by putting everything in one place with one set of controls. Guardian
Continue reading...
80% of people in Britain think the NHS should be protected from funding cuts
80% of people in Britain think the NHS should be protected from funding cuts
Survey respondents believe health service should be exempt from more austerity, amid concerns the NHS lacks resources
Four out of five people in Britain believe the NHS should be protected from government spending cuts, according to a survey which reaffirmed the high level of affection in which the service is held.
Asked which two or three areas of public spending should be exempt from more austerity, respondents identified the NHS and healthcare (79%), schools (51%), care for the elderly (51%), the police (39%) and social services (21%). Guardian
Continue reading...
Survey respondents believe health service should be exempt from more austerity, amid concerns the NHS lacks resources
Four out of five people in Britain believe the NHS should be protected from government spending cuts, according to a survey which reaffirmed the high level of affection in which the service is held.
Asked which two or three areas of public spending should be exempt from more austerity, respondents identified the NHS and healthcare (79%), schools (51%), care for the elderly (51%), the police (39%) and social services (21%). Guardian
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Exercise is more important than smoking for women over 30
Exercise is more important than smoking for women over 30
Inactivity responsible for more heart disease than smoking in women over 30 years old. Daily Telegraph
Inactivity responsible for more heart disease than smoking in women over 30 years old. Daily Telegraph
A&E waiting time targets improve
A&E waiting time targets improve
Hospital accident and emergency department waiting time targets to see patients within four hours improve on the previous year, figures show. BBC News - Health
Hospital accident and emergency department waiting time targets to see patients within four hours improve on the previous year, figures show. BBC News - Health
NICE issues final draft guidance recommending enzalutamide for prostate cancer
NICE issues final draft guidance recommending enzalutamide for prostate cancer
People with hormone-relapsed prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and have been treated with the cytotoxic drug docetaxel, should be given access to enzalutamide through the NHS, NICE has confirmed in final draft guidance. Enzalutamide is also known as Xtandi and manufactured by Astellas Pharma.
People with hormone-relapsed prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and have been treated with the cytotoxic drug docetaxel, should be given access to enzalutamide through the NHS, NICE has confirmed in final draft guidance. Enzalutamide is also known as Xtandi and manufactured by Astellas Pharma.
- New hope for prostate cancer sufferers after NHS U-turn Daily Telegraph
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Recognising the importance of physical health in mental health and intellectual disability: achieving parity of outcomes
Recognising the importance of physical health in mental health and intellectual disability: achieving parity of outcomes This report finds that a person in England and Wales with intellectual disability will die about 16 years earlier than average, and more than double the number die before the age of 50 and that their experience of NHS healthcare is often poor. It calls for this inequality to be urgently addressed and aims to identify what actions need to be taken to support doctors and the medical profession in changing the status quo in the UK. British Medical Association
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