Future organisation models for the NHS: perspectives for the Dalton Review Sir David Dalton’s forthcoming review provides a timely opportunity to explore the range of organisational models that providers could use to meet their current strategic and financial challenges. This publication explores some of the organisational options available, including how high-performing NHS organisations might support providers in difficulty. It provides an evidence review and a range of individual perspectives on some of those new organisational arrangements, in health and other sectors, nationally and internationally – in a bid to inform the work of the Dalton review. The individual contributions highlight the benefits and challenges of different organisational models. The King's Fund
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Developing a model of mental health self-care support for children and young people
Developing a model of mental health self-care support for children and young people This study looks at the options of self-care support available to children and young people in order to help prevent mental ill-health or speed recovery from it. The study consists of a systematic review of the literature as well as case studies of existing self-care services for mental health in England and Wales. It found that self-care could aid in recovery and that patients and families welcomed the choice and flexibility in self-care services. National Institute for Health Research
PM warns of antibiotic resistance
PM warns of antibiotic resistance Medicine could soon be "cast back into the dark ages" unless action is taken to tackle the growing resistance to antibiotics, David Cameron says. BBC News
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Council-run care 'unsustainable'
Council-run care 'unsustainable' The council-run care system for the elderly and younger adults with disabilities is becoming "unsustainable", social services chiefs are warning. BBC News
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- Safety of elderly and disabled no longer guaranteed, care chiefs warn The Daily Telegraph
- 'Unsustainable' care services put elderly and disabled at risk The Independent
WHO calls emergency Ebola meeting
WHO calls emergency Ebola meeting Health ministers from 11 African countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, in an attempt to "get a grip" on the deadly and worsening Ebola outbreak. BBC News
SCR reaches 40m patients
SCR reaches 40m patients The NHS Summary Care Record has hit the 40m patient mark, just over a year after low usage rates led to calls for it to be scrapped. E-Health Insider
Emotions manipulated in Facebook study
Emotions manipulated in Facebook study "Facebook made users depressed in secret research," the Mail Online reports. The news comes from a controversial experiment where researchers used the social networking site Facebook to explore the effects of "emotional contagion".
Emotional contagion is when emotional states are transferred between people. For example, if everyone in your office is in a good mood, chances are your own mood will be lifted.
To study its effects, researchers reduced the amount of negative or positive content that appeared in users' newsfeeds to see if this changed their emotional posting behaviour.
The study found when positive emotional content was reduced, people subsequently produced fewer posts containing positive words and more posts containing negative words. The opposite pattern occurred when negative emotional content was reduced.
But the effect sizes in the study were very small – just a few percentage points in terms of changes in the positive or negative terms used by individual users.
Emotional contagion is when emotional states are transferred between people. For example, if everyone in your office is in a good mood, chances are your own mood will be lifted.
To study its effects, researchers reduced the amount of negative or positive content that appeared in users' newsfeeds to see if this changed their emotional posting behaviour.
The study found when positive emotional content was reduced, people subsequently produced fewer posts containing positive words and more posts containing negative words. The opposite pattern occurred when negative emotional content was reduced.
But the effect sizes in the study were very small – just a few percentage points in terms of changes in the positive or negative terms used by individual users.
More patients surviving major trauma
More patients surviving major trauma New system of care ‘an NHS success story’ OnMedica
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- NHS saves more trauma victims NHS England
Mental illness treatment needs massive investment. The case is overwhelming
Mental illness treatment needs massive investment. The case is overwhelming Giving greater access to therapies such as CBT is not only the right thing to do it would save the NHS huge sums.
What is the greatest source of misery in our society poverty, unemployment or mental illness? As surveys show, the answer is mental illness. Yet under a third of people with these problems are in treatment. If you break a bone, you receive care automatically, but if your spirit is broken, you do not.
Nearly 40% of all illness in this country is mental illness, but most of it is untreated. It is the greatest injustice in our society and every party's manifesto needs a plan to redress it. The good news is that both depression and chronic anxiety conditions are highly treatable by modern evidence-based psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Half of the people treated recover fully, and many others improve substantially. After recovery, the chances of relapse are much reduced; many patients say they feel reborn. Continue reading... The Guardian
What is the greatest source of misery in our society poverty, unemployment or mental illness? As surveys show, the answer is mental illness. Yet under a third of people with these problems are in treatment. If you break a bone, you receive care automatically, but if your spirit is broken, you do not.
Nearly 40% of all illness in this country is mental illness, but most of it is untreated. It is the greatest injustice in our society and every party's manifesto needs a plan to redress it. The good news is that both depression and chronic anxiety conditions are highly treatable by modern evidence-based psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Half of the people treated recover fully, and many others improve substantially. After recovery, the chances of relapse are much reduced; many patients say they feel reborn. Continue reading... The Guardian
Third baby death linked to contaminated hospital drip
Third baby death linked to contaminated hospital drip Health officials say 23 infants have now suffered infections after receiving liquid nutrition feed supplied by a private company to NHS hospitals. The Daily Telegraph
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- Third baby in feed probe dies BBC News
- Third baby dies after receiving contaminated IV feed The Guardian
- Third baby dies from contaminated 'Total Parenteral Nutrition' drip feed The Independent
Dementia sufferers are ‘cut adrift’ after diagnosis warning
Dementia sufferers are ‘cut adrift’ after diagnosis warning Dementia patients are being “cut adrift” after diagnosis, a charity has warned, with one patient claiming they received no more support than if they had been suffering tonsillitis. The Independent
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- One in five dementia sufferers given no support The Daily Telegraph
Britain prepared to pay more tax to support the NHS, poll finds
Britain prepared to pay more tax to support the NHS, poll finds A majority of people are ready to pay more tax to safeguard the NHS and head off a looming financial crisis, according to a ComRes survey for The Independent.
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Pathology industrial action will not jeopardise patient safety
Pathology industrial action will not jeopardise patient safety We were informed by Unite on 23rd June that a small number of our employees within the pathology service intended to undertake partial duties as part of their planned industrial action. This means they would be unlikely to undertake out-of-hours' work, be unable to meet current turnaround times for tests and potentially refuse to complete the required duties in their expected job role. Northampton General Hospital
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- Union claims extra delays of four hours for blood results as Northampton General Hospital dispute continues Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- Biomedical staff at Northampton General Hospital locked out of work for a fifth day Northampton Herald and Post
New flexible working request regime
New flexible working request regime A new flexible working request regime came into force on 30 June 2014. Read what this means for employers. NHS Employers
Meeting need or fuelling unnecessary demand?
Meeting need or fuelling unnecessary demand? This briefing studies the effects of demand for services of improved access to primary care. NHS England commissioned this briefing by the Nuffield Trust to ensure that the successful pilots from the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund were in a position to learn from past experience and research. It examines how far increased access to general practice and other primary care services will deal with unmet need, or whether these efforts may only serve to stimulate additional use of services that would not have otherwise occurred.
Local authority health scrutiny
Local authority health scrutiny Local authorities are responsible for scrutinising local health organisations to ensure they are providing effective, efficient services and encourage improvement. The guidance explains the health scrutiny regulations and provides local authorities with advice about how to implement them to ensure that existing health services are providing effectively for local communities. Department of Health
Midwives support strike action
Midwives support strike action Midwives in England say they are prepared to take industrial action over pay. BBC News
Enter the CCG on stats use and abuse
Enter the CCG on stats use and abuse Just as everybody thinks they are a better-than-average driver, so everbody seems to think that they too can 'do statistics'. So I'm going to be blunt. Statistics isn't for the amateur: it's potentially dangerous - like surgery. E-Health Insider
Blood test for breast cancer 'has potential'
Blood test for breast cancer 'has potential' "Blood test could give early warning of breast cancer," The Guardian reports. Researchers have identified a genetic signature that may be useful in predicting whether a woman is likely to develop non-inherited breast cancer.
Reliable blood tests for inherited (genetic) cases of breast cancer already exist. These tests look for mutations in the BRCA gene and may be used in women with a strong family history of breast cancer.
They can predict whether a woman is at risk of developing breast cancer with a high degree of accuracy. Such tests provide women with the opportunity to take preventative treatment, as was the case recently with the actress Angelina Jolie.
But only a very small proportion of all breast cancers are in people with BRCA mutations, described as being fewer than 1 in 10.
Reliable blood tests for inherited (genetic) cases of breast cancer already exist. These tests look for mutations in the BRCA gene and may be used in women with a strong family history of breast cancer.
They can predict whether a woman is at risk of developing breast cancer with a high degree of accuracy. Such tests provide women with the opportunity to take preventative treatment, as was the case recently with the actress Angelina Jolie.
But only a very small proportion of all breast cancers are in people with BRCA mutations, described as being fewer than 1 in 10.
GPs criticise 'misguided' DH plan to name practices with low cancer referral rates
GPs criticise 'misguided' DH plan to name practices with low cancer referral rates GP leaders have criticised a 'simplistic and misguided' plan by the DH to 'name and shame' GP practices with low cancer referral rates, warning it could increase unnecessary referrals. GP Online
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