Wednesday, 24 December 2014
Our case studies on retirement flexibilities within the NHS Pension Scheme are available
Our case studies on retirement flexibilities within the NHS Pension Scheme are available Download our latest case study to help your trust make the most of the retirement flexibilities available within the NHS Penion Scheme. NHS Employers
Planned NHS cash changes spark anger
Planned NHS cash changes spark anger Hospital specialists say proposed NHS England funding changes could lead to people dying unnecessarily if they are implemented. BBC News
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Ebola crisis 'likely to last a year'
Ebola crisis 'likely to last a year' West Africa's Ebola crisis is likely to last until the end of 2015, says the head of the World Health Organization body dealing with the epidemic. BBC News
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- VIDEO: Healthcare workers' Ebola battle BBC News
- Ebola nurse to deliver C4 message BBC News
- Over 70 NHS heroes fighting Ebola this Christmas Department of Health
- Government pays tribute to NHS Ebola volunteers OnMedica
NHS England promotes IT in 'to do' list
NHS England promotes IT in 'to do' list NHS England has urged clinical commissioning groups to start working on the 'roadmaps' that will lead to integrated digital care records by 2018. E-Health Insider
How to read health news
How to read health news If you've just read a health-related headline that has caused you to spit out your morning coffee (“Coffee causes cancer” usually does the trick), it’s always best to follow the Blitz slogan: “Keep Calm and Carry On”. On reading further, you’ll often find the headline has left out something important, such as: “Injecting five rats with really highly concentrated coffee solution caused some changes in cells that might lead to tumours eventually (study funded by The Association of Tea Marketing).”
The most important rule to remember is: don’t automatically believe the headline. It is there to draw you into buying the paper and reading the story. Would you read an article called: “Coffee pretty unlikely to cause cancer, but you never know”? Probably not.
To avoid spraying your newspaper with coffee in the future, you need to analyse the article to see what it says about the research it is reporting on. Bazian (the company I work for) has appraised hundreds of articles for Behind the Headlines on NHS Choices, and we've developed the following questions to help you figure out which articles you’re going to believe and which you’re not. Continue reading... NHS Choices
The most important rule to remember is: don’t automatically believe the headline. It is there to draw you into buying the paper and reading the story. Would you read an article called: “Coffee pretty unlikely to cause cancer, but you never know”? Probably not.
To avoid spraying your newspaper with coffee in the future, you need to analyse the article to see what it says about the research it is reporting on. Bazian (the company I work for) has appraised hundreds of articles for Behind the Headlines on NHS Choices, and we've developed the following questions to help you figure out which articles you’re going to believe and which you’re not. Continue reading... NHS Choices
Practices face February deadline for £200m transformation fund bids
Practices face February deadline for £200m transformation fund bids Practices and NHS organisations have until 2 February to bid for a share of NHS England's £200m transformation fund. GP Online
GPs warn pre-dawn queues at practice reflect widespread pressure on doctors
GPs warn pre-dawn queues at practice reflect widespread pressure on doctors Regulator signals concerns and locals complain of routine queues at Sunbury practice as patients rise from 6,000 to 23,000
GPs’ leaders have warned that problems at a Surrey practice where patients have been forced to queue before dawn to get an appointment are indicative of the strain on services due to lack of investment and rising demand.
A photograph published in the Daily Mail on Tuesday showed people lined up outside Sunbury Health Centre in the dark to get a same-day appointment, raising concerns about pressure on GP services, when they are being asked to relieve pressure on A&E departments. Continue reading... The Guardian
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GPs’ leaders have warned that problems at a Surrey practice where patients have been forced to queue before dawn to get an appointment are indicative of the strain on services due to lack of investment and rising demand.
A photograph published in the Daily Mail on Tuesday showed people lined up outside Sunbury Health Centre in the dark to get a same-day appointment, raising concerns about pressure on GP services, when they are being asked to relieve pressure on A&E departments. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Year in review: ten of the best healthcare stories from 2014
Year in review: ten of the best healthcare stories from 2014 As the year draws to an end, we look back at some of the network’s highlights Continue reading... The Guardian
Compassion, not targets, is the key to basic care
Compassion, not targets, is the key to basic care A handrail fitted now is a fall, and operation, avoided later. The Daily Telegraph
Tuesday, 23 December 2014
Who's who in health and social care guides 2014
Who's who in health and social care guides 2014 These guides have been updated to include new and current contact information for key figures within local health economies. Each regional guide contains contact information for representatives on health and wellbeing boards, CCGs, Healthwatch, strategic clinical networks and senates, and directors for adult and child social care. Regional Voices
Choice in mental health care
Choice in mental health care This guidance aims to help commissioners, GPs and providers support mental health patients exercising their legal rights to choose who provides their care and treatment. This guidance has been updated to reflect suggestions from consultation which highlighted the need for further clarity and it also includes a set of clinical scenarios to illustrate how mental health patients’ legal rights should work in practice. NHS England
CCG funding allocations 2014/15 and 2015/16
CCG funding allocations 2014/15 and 2015/16 These documents outline the funding allocations that CCGs will receive over the next two years (2014/15 and 2015/16). The allocations reflect the new funding formula which has been adopted for local health commissioners that will more accurately reflect population changes and include a specific deprivation measure. NHS England
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Tackle loneliness to 'shield' A&E
Tackle loneliness to 'shield' AE NHS leaders warn loneliness could cause a major spike in emergency admissions. BBC News
Researchers: your guide to hitting the headlines
Researchers: your guide to hitting the headlines Boffins, are you having trouble communicating the fruits of your labour to a wider audience?
Have you spent five thankless years going through stool samples in an attempt to find new treatments for giardiasis only to have your work written up as a single paragraph on page 34 of the Rochdale Observer?
Well, worry no more. Drawing on decades of journalistic experience, the Behind the Headlines team has drawn up the definitive guide to getting your work featured prominently on News at Ten. Simply follow the 10 tips below and before you know it you’ll be talking p-values with Phil and Holly on ITV's This Morning. Continue reading... NHS Choices
Have you spent five thankless years going through stool samples in an attempt to find new treatments for giardiasis only to have your work written up as a single paragraph on page 34 of the Rochdale Observer?
Well, worry no more. Drawing on decades of journalistic experience, the Behind the Headlines team has drawn up the definitive guide to getting your work featured prominently on News at Ten. Simply follow the 10 tips below and before you know it you’ll be talking p-values with Phil and Holly on ITV's This Morning. Continue reading... NHS Choices
Exclusive: Huge variation in GP-patient ratio across England revealed
Exclusive: Huge variation in GP-patient ratio across England revealed GPs in parts of England are dealing with twice as many patients as their counterparts in other areas, an analysis of official data by GP magazine reveals. GP Online
Tory Francis Maude says NHS reforms hinge on inclusion of private firms
Tory Francis Maude says NHS reforms hinge on inclusion of private firms Maude wants private firms to get health service work under £5.3bn Better Care Fund aiming to knit health and social care.
A senior minister has criticised the government’s £5.3bn central policy to save the NHS and claimed it will only work if private firms are given a much bigger role. Continue reading... The Guardian
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A senior minister has criticised the government’s £5.3bn central policy to save the NHS and claimed it will only work if private firms are given a much bigger role. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Children under six being prescribed behavioural drugs against medical guidelines
Children under six being prescribed behavioural drugs against medical guidelines Children under six are being prescribed behavioural drugs against medical guidelines as mental health professionals struggle to cope with a lack of funding and short staffing. The Independent
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- ADHD and preschool children in the news British Psychological Society
- ADHD drugs increasingly prescribed to treat hyperactivity in pre-schoolers The Guardian
Monday, 22 December 2014
Corby one of the winners as whole county gets health funding boost
Corby one of the winners as whole county gets health funding boost The body in charge of healthcare in Corby has been handed one of the biggest funding increases in England. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Paramedics being offered support service to help reduce high levels of work-related stress
Paramedics being offered support service to help reduce high levels of work-related stress Paramedics working for East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) are beng encouraged to join a ‘peer support’ project to help reduce the high levels of work related stress. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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- Rise in paramedic stress sick leave BBC Northamptonshire
Statutory guidance: The forward view into action: planning for 2015/16
Statutory guidance: The forward view into action: planning for 2015/16 This planning guidance published by Monitor, NHS England, the NHS Trust Development Authority, the Care Quality Commission, Public Health England and Health Education England sets out the steps that foundation trusts and others in the health sector should take during 2015/16 to start delivering the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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