£1 million boost to improve healthcare provision for people in custody in Kettering and Northampton - Northamptonshire Telegraph

£1 million boost to improve healthcare provision for people in custody in Kettering and Northampton The investment will provide better support for detained people and reduce the amount of time officers spend away from their policing duties while taking detainees for medical treatment elsewhere. Under a new five-year contract between Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and the county’s police and crime commissioner, full-time healthcare will be available to detainees in the custody facilities in Kettering and Northampton.
The service will be available all day, every day, meaning that detained people will have access to a full range of treatment and assessment on-site and that police officers are far less likely to escort a detainee off-site. Northamptonshire Telegraph

NHS England announces areas to receive new funding to improve employment support for people with severe mental illness

NHS England announces areas to receive new funding to improve employment support for people with severe mental illness As outlined in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, NHS England has committed to doubling access to Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services nationally by 2020/21, enabling approximately 20,000 people who experience a severe mental illness (SMI) to find and retain employment.

Rates of employment are lower for people with mental health problems than for any other group of health conditions. IPS is an evidence-based approach to providing employment support for people experiencing severe mental health problems, shown to be twice as effective as vocational rehabilitation and associated with reduced use of other services including inpatient admissions. In 2016/17, IPS services in England achieved approximately 2,300 job outcomes. NHS England
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• From prison to work: a new frontier for individual placement and support  Centre for Mental Health
NHS mental health job coaches help thousands of people into work NHS England

Hospitals will send thousands of patients home earlier

Hospitals will send thousands of patients home earlier Thousands of patients will be discharged from hospital more quickly under an NHS drive to free up beds.Up to 18,000 hospital beds are currently occupied by ‘long stay’ patients – those who have been there for at least three weeks.
Simon Stevens, the head of the NHS, has promised to reduce this number by a quarter by November to free up at least 4,000 beds. There are a little over 130,000 beds on the NHS in England, meaning nearly one in eight are occupied by long stay patients. Mail Online

Thousands of UK visa applications by doctors refused, figures show

Thousands of UK visa applications by doctors refused, figures show More than 2,300 visa applications by doctors looking to work in the UK have been refused in five months, official figures show.
There were 3,597 requests from doctors for tier 2 visas between 6 November and 5 April, but only 34% were successful.
The figures, obtained by the law firm Eversheds Sutherland through a freedom of information (FOI) request, come after the home secretary, Sajid Javid, said he was “taking a fresh look” at the cap on skilled migrants.
The NHS has warned the limit is exacerbating staff shortages as hospitals struggle to cope with record demand. The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has also lobbied for it to be lifted. The Guardian

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• Government to relax immigration rules on overseas doctors The Guardian

One-handed cookbook for stroke patients

One-handed cookbook for stroke patients Patients often lose the use of one of their arms, making everyday tasks more difficult (video). BBC News - Health

Redesigning care delivery: building the team around the patient

Redesigning care delivery: building the team around the patient NHS Employers - This case study looks at the work of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Chesterfield Royal) in using new models of care to overcome workforce supply challenges. King's Fund - Health Management and Policy Alert

Factors affecting nurse supply: an update on progress

Factors affecting nurse supply: an update on progress NHS Employers has developed a briefing for NHS HR professionals outlining the progress that has been made to address the ten key issues impacting the supply of nurses to the health service. NHS Employers

Therapy offered within one month to prevent PTSD, says NICE

Therapy offered within one month to prevent PTSD, says NICE The updated guidance gives recommendations on preventing and manging PTSD. Adults who are at risk of PTSD should be offered individualised cognitive-behavioural therapy within a month of experiencing a stressful event. Children can be considered for group therapy after shared trauma to reduce the risk of developing PTSD, the guidance says.

Professor Mark Baker, director for the centre of guidelines at NICE, said: “PTSD is a treatable condition but the pain of revisiting past events can prevent people seeking the help they need. We have updated our guidance to make sure that PTSD is managed as early as possible and give advice on coordinating the complex needs that are often associated with this condition.” NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)

See also:

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (update) NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)

Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare

Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare This independent rapid policy review, chaired by Professor Sir Norman Williams, was set up to look at the wider patient safety impact of concerns among healthcare professionals that simple errors could result in prosecution for gross negligence manslaughter, even if they happen in the context of broader organisation and system failings. The review makes recommendations to support a more just and learning culture in the healthcare system. King's Fund

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• Why the Williams review rejected calls to legally protect doctors' reflective notes GP Online

Parkrun & the NHS: a mutual cause for celebration

Parkrun & the NHS: a mutual cause for celebration The free run celebrated the NHS’s 70th birthday this weekend. But, argues Jack Dickenson, it is the event itself that could provide the elusive public health intervention we so badly need. The Guardian

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• PICTURE GALLERY: Kettering parkrun celebrates 70 years of the NHS Northamptonshire Telegraph

First date set for judicial review into Corby Urgent Care Centre - Northamptonshire Telegraph

First date set for judicial review into Corby Urgent Care Centre A date has been set for the preliminary hearing for a legal challenge against changes to Corby’s Urgent Care Centre. Protestors against the changes proposed to the UCC in Cottingham Road have learned that the half-hour hearing will take place 168 miles away over the Welsh border in Cardiff on Tuesday, June 19. The Save Our UCC group say that the proposal to offer an appointment-only system is a material change to the function of the walk-in facility and therefore bosses should have launched a full consultation before they announced the change. Northamptonshire Telegraph

NHS quality checkers’ toolkits

NHS quality checkers’ toolkits Quality checking is where people with a learning disability, autism or both are employed to help us look at the quality of the services they use and tell us how we can make them better – these toolkits are for quality checkers to use within NHS services. NHS England

New roles help to build teams around the patient

New roles help to build teams around the patient In our new case study, we look at how Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust engaged staff and introduced the nursing associate and the assistant practitioner roles to develop new team structures.

After having seen limited outcomes from proactive recruitment campaigns, the trust was unable to make up for a shortfall in nursing. It decided to explore the possibility of introducing a new workforce model and make better use of the skills already available in teams. NHS Employers

Start Well: Stay Well model to support new starters

Start Well: Stay Well model to support new starters We have published a brand new retention-focused case study.

The new publication explores how the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) designed the Start Well: Stay Well model to ensure new starters feel part of the team from the start of their employment journey, and that they continue to be engaged throughout their time with CUH. NHS Employers

More cuts to care on way - council chiefs

More cuts to care on way - council chiefs Vulnerable old and disabled people will see cuts to vital care services and higher charges, council chiefs say.

The annual budget survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services shows councils expect to spend £21.4bn this year in England.

While this is a rise from £20.8bn last year, the cost of inflation combined with growing demand means this will not be enough, ADASS said. BBC News

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• Forty per cent rise in care home residents being evicted because of closures The Telegraph

Bottle feeding is a woman's right, midwives told

Bottle feeding is a woman's right, midwives told If a woman decides not to breastfeed her baby it is her choice and must be respected, midwives are being told.
The Royal College of Midwives' new position statement makes it explicitly clear that women should be supported if, after being given advice, information and support, they opt to bottle feed using formula milk.
Although breast is best, often some women struggle to start or sustain breastfeeding, says the RCM.
Informed choice must be promoted. BBC News

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• New mothers ‘should not be shamed into breastfeeding’  The Telegraph

The UK health tax hurting foreign nurses

The UK health tax hurting foreign nurses When a Kenyan nurse took up a job in the UK a few years ago, he felt his family's future had been secured.
But now the distraught father-of-three is struggling financially to reunite his family.
Ken, not his real name, lives with his wife and daughter.
But his twin children, a boy and a girl, remain in Kenya where they live with relatives.
That's because Ken is unable to raise enough money to cover a British health tax, known as the immigration health surcharge (IHS).
'Struggling to stay afloat'
Migrant workers coming to the UK from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and their dependents have to a pay an annual fee of £200 ($268) each. BBC News

Half of premature births could be avoided with simple bacteria test

Half of premature births could be avoided with simple bacteria test Up to half of premature births could be prevented if women were simply tested for harmful bacteria, scientists say.

Researchers found that a new technique could identify the risk at routine check-ups, helping to ensure swift treatment.

Premature birth is the biggest cause of death for young children worldwide.

Scientists from a charity led by fertility expert Prof Robert Winston found that a new swab test could check if women were carrying potentially harmful bacteria in their reproductive tract. The Telegraph

Revealed: first child to be diagnosed with Internet addiction by the NHS

Revealed: first child to be diagnosed with Internet addiction by the NHS A 15-year-old boy is set to be diagnosed with internet gaming addiction in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the NHS.

The teenager from North London has been off school for a year after becoming so addicted to gaming that he has lost confidence to leave his home.

The decision represents a potential breakthrough for his mother Miss Kendal Parmar who has battled for three years for help and to have his condition recognised and treated by the NHS. The Telegraph

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• It is time for social media to protect our children The Telegraph

Most carers suffer mental health problems because they are looking after loved ones - Mirror.co.uk

Most carers suffer mental health problems because they are looking after loved ones - Mirror.co.uk Seven in 10 carers have suffered mental health problems because of caring for loved ones, a grim report has revealed.

A study to mark the start of National Carers' Week reveals how the unsung army of volunteers looking after relatives are risking their own health.

Seventy-two per cent have suffered mental ill health as a result of caring, while 61% said their physical health had worsened.

Sixty-nine per cent find it difficult to get a good night’s sleep and 54% have cut the amount of exercise they do. Mirror

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• 'There's a void when the person you're caring for dies' BBC News