Child health 'an election issue' Measures to protect children's health should be put at the forefront of the general election, say doctors. BBC News
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Monday, 2 March 2015
Drug drivers targeted by new rules
Drug drivers targeted by new rules New regulations aimed at stamping out drug driving, including the first legal limits on cannabis and cocaine, come into force in England and Wales. BBC News
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Start date for 'Devo Manc' NHS plan
Start date for 'Devo Manc' NHS plan Greater Manchester will begin taking control of its health budget from April after a devolution agreement is signed by the Chancellor George Osborne. BBC News
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- 'Devo Manc' and the NHS BBC News
- Ministers sign £6bn Manchester health and social care devolution deal GP Online
- Viewpoint: Dr Kailash Chand: Detail needed on devolution of Manchester's £6bn NHS budget GP Online
- Manchester’s plan has implications for the whole NHS The Guardian
- Deal to devolve £6bn NHS and social care budget to Manchester is signed OnMedica
Prescribing rights of allied health professionals to be widened
Prescribing rights of allied health professionals to be widened Many patients having to see a GP just to get a medicine they need, NHS England says. OnMedica
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500 new cases of female genital mutilation in one month are 'just the tip of the iceberg' warn campaigners
500 new cases of female genital mutilation in one month are 'just the tip of the iceberg' warn campaigners The campaign group Equality Now said figures showing 500 new cases of FGM in England in January are 'just the tip of the iceberg', warning figures will 'increase' as women access health services. The Daily Mail
GP crisis looming as half of family doctors plan to leave profession before 60
GP crisis looming as half of family doctors plan to leave profession before 60 A survey of 1,004 GPs across the UK, for the BBC's Inside Out programme, found that 56 per cent said they expect to retire or leave before they are 60. The Daily Telegraph
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Lib Dems veto Saatchi's medical innovation bill
Lib Dems veto Saatchi's medical innovation bill Health minister cites ‘risk of unintended consequences’ of law to allow doctors to use innovative treatments when other options are exhausted
The Liberal Democrats have vetoed a proposed law seeking to give doctors legal protection to use innovative treatments on patients when other options have been exhausted.
The Lib Dem health minister, Norman Lamb, said he wanted to avoid “the risk of unintended consequences” of Lord Saatchi’s medical innovation bill, which went unopposed in a third reading by the House of Lords and was set to go to the Commons. Continue reading... The Guardian
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The Liberal Democrats have vetoed a proposed law seeking to give doctors legal protection to use innovative treatments on patients when other options have been exhausted.
The Lib Dem health minister, Norman Lamb, said he wanted to avoid “the risk of unintended consequences” of Lord Saatchi’s medical innovation bill, which went unopposed in a third reading by the House of Lords and was set to go to the Commons. Continue reading... The Guardian
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- Lord Saatchi's drugs bill has been let down by politics The Daily Telegraph
NHS chief: poor weekend care leaving vulnerable patients feeling unsafe
NHS chief: poor weekend care leaving vulnerable patients feeling unsafe Sir Bruce Keogh says problems of weekend care can only be solved by ending premium rates paid to staff for working weekends
Poor weekend care in NHS hospitals is leaving the most vulnerable patients feeling neglected and unsafe, and wasting money on operating theatres, laboratories and diagnostic equipment lying idle, Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England has said.
But he warned it can only be tackled by ending premium rates paid to staff for working weekends.
Everybody knows that it’s wrong to start winding down on a Friday afternoon and start cranking up again on a Monday. Continue reading... The Guardian
Poor weekend care in NHS hospitals is leaving the most vulnerable patients feeling neglected and unsafe, and wasting money on operating theatres, laboratories and diagnostic equipment lying idle, Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England has said.
But he warned it can only be tackled by ending premium rates paid to staff for working weekends.
Everybody knows that it’s wrong to start winding down on a Friday afternoon and start cranking up again on a Monday. Continue reading... The Guardian
What does the future hold for the Cancer Drugs Fund?
What does the future hold for the Cancer Drugs Fund? Since 2010, the fund has had £200m a year to spend on drugs and has treated 60,000 patients, but many feel it has outstayed its welcome
When the government created the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) in 2010 to pay for cancer drugs rejected by the National Institute for Care and Health Excellence (Nice), it was intended as a short-term stopgap until a longer-term solution to the problem of evaluating and funding cancer drugs for terminally ill patients could be developed.
The fund, which was given £200m a year to spend on drugs, was set up in a context of media stories about cancer patients being denied life-extending drugs. Since then, 60,000 patients have received drug treatments funded by the CDF. Although initially welcomed by cancer charities, many feel it has outstayed its welcome. Continue reading... The Guardian
When the government created the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) in 2010 to pay for cancer drugs rejected by the National Institute for Care and Health Excellence (Nice), it was intended as a short-term stopgap until a longer-term solution to the problem of evaluating and funding cancer drugs for terminally ill patients could be developed.
The fund, which was given £200m a year to spend on drugs, was set up in a context of media stories about cancer patients being denied life-extending drugs. Since then, 60,000 patients have received drug treatments funded by the CDF. Although initially welcomed by cancer charities, many feel it has outstayed its welcome. Continue reading... The Guardian
Morecambe Bay Trust inquiry: Families braced for delayed report into maternity deaths
Morecambe Bay Trust inquiry: Families braced for delayed report into maternity deaths As many as 80 bereaved families are bringing legal negligence claims in an NHS scandal that is expected to provoke a political storm this week, when an inquiry into failings at three hospitals is published. The Independent
Friday, 27 February 2015
Ambulances in Northamptonshire lose 645 hours in one month to time spent with patients in hospital
Ambulances in Northamptonshire lose 645 hours in one month to time spent with patients in hospital East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has revealed a total of 645 hours lost in one month by frontline staff in Northamptonshire due to time spent with patients in hospital before they can be handed over to doctors. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Constructive comfort: accelerating change in the NHS
Constructive comfort: accelerating change in the NHS This report identifies key factors needed for successful change and explores why they are not consistently present in the NHS. It sets out how national bodies can help make successful change more likely, in part by boosting the support provided to organisations and focusing on NHS staff leading change. The Health Foundation
It’s all about the people: how national policy makers can better support change in the NHS
It’s all about the people: how national policy makers can better support change in the NHS How can national policy makers support local change? How can those working in Whitehall’s Ivory Towers help, not hinder, those working on the NHS front line? Clare Allcock looks at the findings from our work on this issue. The Health Foundation
What’s important to me. A Review of Choice in End of Life Care
What’s important to me. A Review of Choice in End of Life Care This report identifies the issues people approaching the end of life are currently facing and offers a blueprint for how greater choice in end of life care can be achieved. Our advice is focused around a ‘national choice offer’ – a simple expression of what should be offered to each individual who needs end of life care. The Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board
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Themes and lessons learnt from NHS investigations into matters relating to Jimmy Savile
Themes and lessons learnt from NHS investigations into matters relating to Jimmy Savile The Secretary of State for Health asked former barrister Kate Lampard to produce a ‘lessons learned’ report, drawing on the findings from all published investigations and emerging themes.
The report includes 14 recommendations for the NHS, the Department of Health and wider government. Department of Health
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The report includes 14 recommendations for the NHS, the Department of Health and wider government. Department of Health
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- News story: Joint statement in response to the Jimmy Savile investigations Monitor & The NHS Trust Development Authority
- Savile: Why the risks are real in today's NHS BBC News
The role of prescribed persons
The role of prescribed persons The National Audit Office has today published a report on the role of prescribed persons in whistleblowing. Prescribed persons, as prescribed under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, are independent bodies or individuals that can be approached by whistleblowers where an approach to their employers would not be appropriate. Prescribed persons, which usually have an authoritative relationship with the whistleblowers’ organizations, can be regulatory or legislative bodies, central government departments, arm’s length bodies or charities and include all Members of Parliament.
One of the principle conclusions of today’s NAO investigation is that more needs to be done to reduce the gap between the actions of prescribed persons and whistleblowers’ expectations, whilst recognizing that it is unlikely that the gap will ever be fully closed. Sir Robert Francis, in publishing his recent independent review, noted the challenges in encouraging whistleblowers to speak up. Whistleblowers will on occasion continue to feel let down by the arrangements in place and this does not encourage potential whistleblowers to raise concerns with confidence.
Today’s report calls on the wider government to do more to understand the experience of whistleblowers and to act where whistleblowers suffer detriment.
This is the NAO’s third report on whistleblowing. The first reviewed whistleblowing policies from 39 bodies, including its own, against good practice. The second focused on how organizations provide the best conditions to encourage people to come forward.
One of the principle conclusions of today’s NAO investigation is that more needs to be done to reduce the gap between the actions of prescribed persons and whistleblowers’ expectations, whilst recognizing that it is unlikely that the gap will ever be fully closed. Sir Robert Francis, in publishing his recent independent review, noted the challenges in encouraging whistleblowers to speak up. Whistleblowers will on occasion continue to feel let down by the arrangements in place and this does not encourage potential whistleblowers to raise concerns with confidence.
Today’s report calls on the wider government to do more to understand the experience of whistleblowers and to act where whistleblowers suffer detriment.
This is the NAO’s third report on whistleblowing. The first reviewed whistleblowing policies from 39 bodies, including its own, against good practice. The second focused on how organizations provide the best conditions to encourage people to come forward.
ICT service launches whistleblowing tool
ICT service launches whistleblowing tool Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Luton ICT Services has launched a feedback tool that it says provides a simple, anonymous solution for NHS staff and patients to report concerns about the way services are run. E-Health Insider
Workforce supplement: The benefits of specialist nurses
Workforce supplement: The benefits of specialist nurses Six reasons why specialist nurses in advanced practice should be on your agenda. Health Service Journal
Longer sleep linked to stroke
Longer sleep linked to stroke “Too much sleep could kill you,” is the baseless and needlessly alarmist headline on the front cover of today’s Daily Express.
The study it is reporting on actually showed that people who sleep for more than eight hours a night had a 46% increased risk of stroke over the following 10 years, compared with people sleeping six to eight hours.
While these results certainly warrant further investigation, it does not show that the increased sleep caused strokes, let alone death.
The study it is reporting on actually showed that people who sleep for more than eight hours a night had a 46% increased risk of stroke over the following 10 years, compared with people sleeping six to eight hours.
While these results certainly warrant further investigation, it does not show that the increased sleep caused strokes, let alone death.
Consultation supports stronger GMC sanctions against failing doctors
Consultation supports stronger GMC sanctions against failing doctors Strong support for proposals to improve patient protection and public confidence in doctors. OnMedica
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