New guidance for households with possible COVID-19 infection

New guidance for households with possible COVID-19 infection New guidance to stay at home for 14 days if someone in your household has symptoms of COVID-19 is the focus of the next stage of a public awareness campaign launched by Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock today.

The new guidance will set out that individuals will still be asked to self-isolate for 7 days from the onset of COVID-19 symptoms but any individuals in the household will now be asked to self-isolate for 14 days from that moment as well. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Controlling the spread of COVID-19: Health Secretary's statement to Parliament Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: COVID-19: guidance on social distancing and for vulnerable people Department of Health and Social Care
• Detailed guide: COVID-19 guidance for mass gatherings Department of Health and Social Care
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID19 mortality and healthcare demand Imperial College COVID 19 Response Team
• Estimating the generation interval for COVID-19 based on symptom onset data (open access) medRxiv
• How Northampton charities and communities are rallying around older people during coronavirus pandemic Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• What Northampton schools and colleges have said about coronavirus and how they are dealing with the outbreak Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Northampton's Royal & Derngate CLOSED following Government advice on coronavirus Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Three more Northamptonshire coronavirus cases confirmed Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Coronavirus: UK changes course amid death toll fears BBC News
• Coronavirus: US volunteers to test first vaccine BBC News
• Coronavirus: UK to unveil new financial measures to support economy BBC News
• Coronavirus UK: Elderly given conflicting advice by government The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus UK: Pregnant women to stay indoors for three months
• Families where just ONE member has even mild coronavirus symptoms must self-isolate for 14 days The Daily Mail
• Experts question official NHS advice over ibuprofen and coronavirus The Daily Telegraph
• It's not just ventilators the NHS needs, it's the staff who know how to use them The Daily Telegraph
• New data, new policy: why UK's coronavirus strategy changed The Guardian
• Army likely to embed medics in NHS hospitals to help fight coronavirus The Guardian
• Coronavirus will force hospital chiefs to make some terrible choices | Polly Toynbee The Guardian
• We doctors are scared of the coronavirus crisis. How could we not be? The Guardian
• Doctors demand priority COVID-19 testing for frontline NHS staff GPonline
• Junior doctors' rotations paused amid covid-19 pandemic Health Service Journal
• Government issues drastic new coronavirus advice: Avoid pubs, work from home, abandon travel plans The Independent
• Coronavirus: How to curb your anxiety about Covid-19 virus according to psychologists The Independent
• Coronavirus: Food banks forced to close amid Covid-19 outbreak The Independent
• Coronavirus: UK lockdown could be indefinite until a vaccine is found, warn scientists advising government The Independent
• Covid-19 spread by presymptomatic carriers OnMedica
• Coronavirus: Why you shouldn't automatically call NHS 111 if you have symptoms Sky News

What do children and young people need from primary care networks?

What do children and young people need from primary care networks? Healthy London Partnership and the Association of Young People’s Health (AYPH) have produced resources for primary care networks as they seek to address the needs of children and young people.

Trans mental health better if ID matches gender

Trans mental health better if ID matches gender Trans adults have improved mental health and less suicidal thoughts when their identification documents reflect their identified gender, new research shows.

The findings published this week in The Lancet Public Health journal are based on the results from a survey of over 20,000 American trans adults. OnMedica

Type 1 diabetes is two distinct conditions

Type 1 diabetes is two distinct conditions Children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes under the age of seven have a different endotype compared with those diagnosed aged 13 or above.

This is the finding from new research published in Diabetologia - the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]. OnMedica

Hundreds of patients in Nene repeatedly admitted to A&E in final months

Hundreds of patients in Nene repeatedly admitted to A&E in final months Hundreds of patients a year in Nene are repeatedly admitted to A&E in the last few months of their life, new figures reveal. Daventry Express

Another Northamptonshire coronavirus case confirmed

Another Northamptonshire coronavirus case confirmed A ninth case of coronavirus in Northamptonshire has been confirmed by health officials today (Sunday). Daventry Express

See also:

• British coronavirus cruise couple back in UK BBC Northampton
• Northampton General Hospital restricts visiting times to once a day Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Northampton General Hospital launches handwashing competition for children and schools Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• KGH restrict visiting times amid coronavirus pandemic Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Another Northamptonshire coronavirus case confirmed Northamptonshire Telegraph

Health Secretary Matt Hancock's Sunday Telegraph Op-Ed

Health Secretary Matt Hancock's Sunday Telegraph Op-Ed Health Secretary Matt Hancock outlines the steps taken over recent days in the fight against COVID-19. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Press release: Next stage of expanded coronavirus (COVID-19) public information campaign launches Department of Health and Social Care
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): UK government response (with links to all COVID-19 related government information) Department of Health and Social Care
• Coronavirus: Downing Street to give daily update on fight against outbreak BBC News
• PM urges industry to help make NHS ventilators BBC News
• Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health BBC News
• Coronavirus: GPs prepare for NHS's 'biggest crisis' BBC News
• Coronavirus: Isolation for over-70s 'a big ask' BBC News
• Coronavirus: Why we touch our faces and how to stop it BBC News
• Coronavirus: Scientists say UK virus strategy is 'risking lives' BBC News
• Coronavirus: Europe now epicentre of the pandemic, says WHO BBC News
• Coronavirus: Do face masks actually work? BBC News
• 99% of frontline staff say NHS can't cope with coronavirus Channel 4 News
• New York and Los Angeles close restaurants to curb coronavirus outbreak The Daily Telegraph
• Police issue fraud advice to protect public from coronavirus scams The Daily Telegraph
• NHS considers cancelling non-emergency surgery to free up resources for coronavirus response The Daily Telegraph
• Private beds to be used for coronavirus sufferers as NHS feels strain The Daily Telegraph
• GPs limit face-to-face contact with patients as LMCs warn routine appointments will stop GPonline
• UK coronavirus crisis 'to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised' The Guardian
• Fake news about Covid-19 can be as dangerous as the virus The Guardian
• UK medical schools urged to fast-track final-year students to help fight coronavirus The Guardian
• Coronavirus: UK manufacturers urged to consider switching to making ventilators The Guardian
• NHS and private hospitals join forces to fight coronavirus crisis The Guardian
• We can’t be squeamish about death. We need to confront our worst fears The Guardian
• Coronavirus: Boris Johnson to hold daily press conferences on outbreak after accusations government is ‘complacent and behind’ The Independent
• Coronavirus: UK outbreak ‘could see nearly 8m hospitalised and last until spring 2021’, report warns The Independent
• Coronavirus: Healthcare workers urge public not to rip hand sanitiser off hospital walls The Independent
• Coronavirus: 60% of UK population need to become infected so country can build 'herd immunity', government's chief scientist says The Independent
• Seven people in the Midlands have died from coronavirus over the weekend ITV News

Health Education England to invest up to £10m in clinical placements across England

Health Education England to invest up to £10m in clinical placements across England Investment plans to support new undergraduate nurses have been unveiled by Mark Radford, chief nurse at Health Education England, to boost nursing workforce numbers.

'I was sectioned - now I'm working for change'

'I was sectioned - now I'm working for change' A teenager who felt punished after being discharged from a mental health unit has said she is "excited" to work with an NHS trust to improve systems.

Sasha Campbell, 18, was sectioned after several attempts on her own life and spent time in psychiatric units.

She has become involved in recruitment at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, and will be helping with staff training at her former unit. BBC News

Autism: How to talk to a child about their autism

Autism: How to talk to a child about their autism Isaac is autistic, but in his mum Eliza's words, that is not all that he is.

The language they use around autism influences how people see Isaac.

She says finding the right words has helped her support him. BBC News

North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust: 20 deaths or serious harm cases in maternity

North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust: 20 deaths or serious harm cases in maternity At least 20 maternity deaths or serious harm cases have been linked to a Devon hospital since 2008, according to NHS reports obtained by the BBC.

A 2017 review - never released - raised "serious questions" about maternity care at North Devon District Hospital.

The BBC spent two years trying to obtain the report and won access to it at a tribunal earlier this year. BBC News

Pregnant Spanish woman says NHS put her health at risk with ‘threatening’ action

Pregnant Spanish woman says NHS put her health at risk with ‘threatening’ action A pregnant Spanish woman was told by the NHS her data would be shared with the Home Office if she didn’t prove she had the right to be in Britain – despite being an EU citizen who had lived in the UK for years.

The 34-year-old, who chose to remain anonymous, said she feared the “threatening” action would lead to delays in care for her or her baby. The Independent

FGM survivors recount horror of practice: 'I was sobbing, it was brutal'

FGM survivors recount horror of practice: 'I was sobbing, it was brutal' Warnings come as report finds official data on global prevalence of FGM ‘woefully’ underestimates nature and scale. The Independent 

HIV prevention drug PrEP 'to be made available on the NHS this year'

HIV prevention drug PrEP 'to be made available on the NHS this year' A drug which prevents HIV infection is to be made available on the NHS this year, it is reported.

The Sunday Times reported that PrEP - or pre-exposure prophylaxis - will be made "routinely available" to patients deemed to be at greater risk of catching HIV from April. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• HIV drug PrEP to be available across England Department of Health and Social Care
• PrEP: Preventative HIV drug available in England from April BBC News
• Preventative HIV drug ready for NHS ‘from April’ The Independent

Defining and refining success: innovation in the NHS

Defining and refining success: innovation in the NHS In our new report last week on the spread of new innovations in the NHS, we identified four key themes that innovators, potential adopters and policy-makers should keep in mind to achieve scale and spread across the health service. Here co-author Rachel Hutchings focuses on the first of those – defining and refining success. Nuffield Trust

COVID-19: Government announces moving out of contain phase and into delay

COVID-19: Government announces moving out of contain phase and into delay The Government has announced that we are moving out of the contain phase and into delay, in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Covid-19 critical incident plan launched in Northamptonshire today Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Speech: NHS nurses, we thank you for your service as we get through coronavirus together Department of Health and Social Care
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: COVID-19: stay at home guidance Public Health England
• Guidance: COVID-19: investigation and initial clinical management of possible cases Public Health England
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Public Health England
• Video consultations during Covid-19 Royal College of General Practitioners
• Coronavirus: What we’ve learned about UK 'delay' response BBC News
• Coronavirus: People with fever or persistent cough told to self-isolate BBC News
• Up to 10,000 in UK 'likely to have coronavirus' - chief scientific adviser BBC News
• Coronavirus: UK's approach 'concerning', says Jeremy Hunt BBC News
• Coronavirus: Government expert defends not closing UK schools BBC News
• Coronavirus: "I've had worse flu, without a doubt" BBC News
• Coronavirus UK: Health experts on Boris Johnson's measures The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus update: How the world is reacting to the outbreak The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson warns we 'may lose loved ones' The Daily Mail
• Britain's chief medic puts NHS on coronavirus war-footing The Daily Mail
• An empty world: How public spaces have been left eerily vacant by COVID-19 The Daily Telegraph
• Anyone with persistent cough or fever told to self-isolate for seven days GPonline
• Johnson: many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus The Guardian
• No 10 coronavirus briefing reassuring in its lack of reassurance The Guardian
• The Guardian view on the government and coronavirus: a risky path | Editorial The Guardian
• Verdicts of experts on government's new coronavirus measures The Guardian
• Health expert brands UK's coronavirus response 'pathetic' The Guardian
• Can the NHS cope with coronavirus? - podcast The Guardian
• NHS prepares to cancel elective ops in readiness for covid-19 surge Health Service Journal
• NHS seeks 'seven-fold' surge in intensive care capacity Health Service Journal
• Coronavirus: 'Highly likely' that NHS will be overrun by Covid-19, EU health authorities warn The Independent
• Internal memo leaked from NHS over COVID19 UK News in Pictures

Inspire, attract and recruit toolkit updated

Inspire, attract and recruit toolkit updated Our Inspire, attract and recruit toolkit has been updated for 2020, with changes made to bring it up to date with current developments and links added to new resources. NHS Employers

Chairing more than one trust board

Chairing more than one trust board This report highlights the potential benefits and risks of more than one trust sharing a chair. This arrangement is becoming increasingly common for a range of different reasons, often including a trend towards greater collaboration and consolidation of trusts, a drive to improve quality and efficiency, and new partnerships with the development of system working. NHS Providers

Study highlights factors behind rising rates of child suicide

Study highlights factors behind rising rates of child suicide Around eight in every 100 children aged 9–10 years in the USA report suicidal ideation – such as temporarily or regularly thinking about, considering, or planning suicide, according to a new study.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in 10–14-year-olds in the USA, and the number of children’s hospital admissions for suicidal thoughts or self-harm has more than doubled over the last decade, increasing from 0.67% in 2008 to 1.79% in 2015. OnMedica

See also:

• Risk and protective factors for childhood suicidality: a US population-based study (abstract) Lancet Psychiatry

Up to two-year wait for sleep apnoea treatment

Up to two-year wait for sleep apnoea treatment People with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are having to wait up to two years for appropriate treatment.

About two million people in the UK have moderate or severe symptoms related to OSA, which makes patients temporarily stop breathing while asleep.

This can happen hundreds of times a night, leaving them exhausted, with poor memory and concentration and a significantly higher risk of accidents.

A recent spike in diagnosis has been linked to rising levels of obesity. BBC News