Mother of autistic boy, two, criticises Northampton General Hospital for 'failing' her son and 700 other children on the waiting list A mother of an autistic two-year-old boy has criticised Northampton General Hospital for having ZERO paediatricians and ultimately “failing” her son and 700 other young people. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Friday, 12 August 2022
NHS performance summary
NHS performance summary The analysis below includes the latest data on key activity and performance measures from June and July 2022, as published by NHS England on 11 August 2022. This includes data on the NHS's performance against some key targets, including some of those set out in the latest planning guidance, as well as other indicators of patient safety and care. Nuffield Trust
See also:
- Today’s NHS data should be a wake-up call to the next prime minister The Health Foundation
- Next PM will inherit health system in 'state of steady crisis' The King's Fund
- NHS making huge progress on long waits, but too many patients stuck in hospital due to capacity crunch in social care NHS Confederation
- NHS slashes longest waits for care despite record numbers of most serious 999 calls NHS England
- NHS Activity Tracker NHS Providers
- Mountain to clear NHS waiting list keeps getting bigger Nuffield Trust
- Ambulance calls for most serious conditions hit record BBC News
- National hell service: Nearly 1,000 patients a DAY wait 12-plus hours in A&E The Daily Mail
- Hospital waiting lists in England reach record high of 6.7 million The Guardian
- NHS waiting list hits record 6.7 million as backlog rises by 100,000 The Independent
Community Network: The staffing challenges facing community health services and how we can address them
Community Network: The staffing challenges facing community health services and how we can address them The Community Network, which is hosted by NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, has published an infographic to compliment its new briefing, which reveals the problems and solutions to workforce shortages in community healthcare.
Having the right numbers and skill mix of community staff is essential to providing high-quality care, keeping people well in their own home or in the community, and preventing demand on other healthcare services.
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Independent report: Vaccination strategy for ongoing polio incident: JCVI statement
Independent report: Vaccination strategy for ongoing polio incident: JCVI statement Advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on a vaccination strategy to control the ongoing polio incident. Department of Health and Social Care
NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers
NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers A cyber-attack on a major IT provider of the NHS has been confirmed as a ransomware attack.
Advanced, which provides digital services like patient check-in and NHS 111, says it may take three to four weeks to fully recover.
Ransomware hackers take control of IT systems, steal data and demand a payment from victims to recover.
The NHS insists that disruption is minimal, but Advanced would not say whether NHS data had been stolen. BBC News
See also:
- GCHQ to investigate ransomware attack on NHS 111 supplier Channel 4 News
- NHS cyber attack: Hackers 'issue demands' to IT supplier The Daily Mail
- Advanced begins forensic investigation into ransomware attack Digital Health
- NHS ransomware attack: what happened and how bad is it? The Guardian
- Fears for patient data after ransomware attack on NHS software supplier The Guardian
- Cyberattack: NHS staff unable to access patient notes for three weeks The Independent
- Cyber attack on software supplier causes "major outage" across the NHS IT Pro
- NHS facing weeks of disruption after cyberattack on supplier of patient records systems Public Technology
NHS trusts in England offer staff hardship grants amid cost of living crisis
NHS trusts in England offer staff hardship grants amid cost of living crisis NHS trusts are giving their staff hardship grants, low-cost meals and money to buy their children’s school uniforms to help them cope with the deepening cost of living crisis.
Others have set up food banks, are subsidising public transport fares and advising hard-up frontline personnel how to access supermarket vouchers to help feed their families. The Guardian
Pharmacists warn shortage of drugs is putting patients at risk
Pharmacists warn shortage of drugs is putting patients at risk A shortage of some medicines is putting patients at risk, pharmacists have warned.
A poll of 1,562 UK pharmacists for the Pharmaceutical Journal found more than half (54%) believed patients had been put at risk in the past six months due to shortages. Sky News
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: New drug can fight off 300 different types of superbugs
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: New drug can fight off 300 different types of superbugs Scientists have developed a drug that is hoped could lead the fight against superbugs.
Fabimycin — a man-made antibiotic — was found to kill hundreds of bacteria that are resistant to common medicines.
Superbugs are estimated to contribute to around 7million deaths per year, with some experts warning they should be taken as seriously as global warming. The Daily Mail
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Childhood obesity: Just half of six-year-olds get one hour of exercise each day
Childhood obesity: Just half of six-year-olds get one hour of exercise each day Half of six-year-olds in England do not get enough exercise each day, according to a study.
Only 53 per cent do the 60 minutes of vigorous exercise recommended by the NHS for the age group — with girls doing less than boys. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Activity Behaviors in British 6-Year-Olds: Cross-Sectional Associations and Longitudinal Change During the School Transition (open access) Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Search and destroy drug that could extend lives of advanced prostate cancer patients gets approval
Search and destroy drug that could extend lives of advanced prostate cancer patients gets approval A radical ‘search and destroy’ treatment which could extend the lives of thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer has been approved by regulators.
The treatment works like a guided missile – tracking down cancer cells in the body and delivering a radioactive payload to destroy them. The Daily Mail
Thursday, 11 August 2022
Adult social care provider partnerships in integrated care systems
Adult social care provider partnerships in integrated care systems This guide for adult social care providers concerns the opportunities integrated care systems (ICSs) provide for partnership working between health and social care. ICSs are partnerships between health and care organisations, coming together to collectively plan and deliver health and care to meet the needs of their population. This guide has been developed with input and support from NHS England and is designed to help adult social care providers understand ICS and, at the same time, help ICSs to have a better understanding of the value of the full participation and engagement from adult social care providers. Care Provider Alliance
Departmental overview 2020-21: Department of Health and Social Care
Departmental overview 2020-21: Department of Health and Social Care This overview summarises the work of the Department of Health & Social Care including what it does, how much it costs, recent and planned changes and what to look out for across its main business areas and services. National Audit Office
All children aged 1 to 9 in London to be offered a dose of polio vaccine
All children aged 1 to 9 in London to be offered a dose of polio vaccine Following the discovery of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus in sewage in north and east London, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that a targeted inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) booster dose should be offered to all children between the ages of 1 and 9 in all London boroughs.
This will ensure a high level of protection from paralysis and help reduce further spread of the virus. UK Health Security Agency
See also:
- Polio NHS UK
- Urgent polio boosters for London children BBC News
- Polio IS spreading in Britain for first time in 40 years: Health chiefs launch 'urgent' jab rollout The Daily Mail
- Polio vaccine will be offered to London children after virus found in sewers The Daily Telegraph
- 900,000 London children to be offered polio vaccine booster after sewage findings The Guardian
- Children in London to be offered polio vaccine in bid to stop outbreak ITV News
- All London children aged one to nine to be offered polio vaccine dose after more virus found in sewers Sky News
'I've been let down - I shouldn't have stage-4 cancer'
'I've been let down - I shouldn't have stage-4 cancer' A woman with fast-growing stage-four breast cancer says the NHS has let her down, with delays at every stage of her treatment.
Caroline Boulton, 56, had several appointments for a mammogram, which checks for early signs of cancer, cancelled because of Covid, in March and November 2020.
In late 2021, she found a small lump, went to her GP and was referred urgently to a specialist - but then the delays began. BBC News
See also:
- Long cancer waits double in a year (log in required) Health Service Journal
Covid symptoms sufferers still have four months after catching virus revealed
Covid symptoms sufferers still have four months after catching virus revealed Covid sufferers are still reporting common symptoms an average of four months after having caught the virus, a new study has found.
Two hundred patients enrolled in the Covid-19 Neurological and Molecular Prospective Cohort Study in Georgia, or CONGA, to investigate the longer term impacts of the illness. The Independent
See also:
- Neuropsychiatric sequelae of long COVID-19: Pilot results from the COVID-19 neurological and molecular prospective cohort study in Georgia, USA (open access) Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
- People ‘still travelling less and exercising more than before Covid’ The Independent
- Covid reinfections: How likely are you to catch coronavirus again as cases rise? The Independent
- Study reveals new COVID treatments, therapies and drug combinations Open Access Government
Monkeypox vaccines set to run out in UK with bookings in some areas already closing
Monkeypox vaccines set to run out in UK with bookings in some areas already closing While the latest data suggests the monkeypox outbreak is slowing across the country, new cases are being reported every day, and it has been labelled as a "global health emergency".
The UK is set to run out of monkeypox vaccines, with bookings in some areas already closing as a result, Sky News understands.
Sources have suggested supply issues mean there are only around 5,000 doses of the jab left.
See also:
- Monkeypox isn’t just spread by sexual contact Full Fact
- UK will ‘run out of monkeypox vaccine in 10 to 20 days’ The Guardian
- Monkeypox: UK ‘on brink of running out of vaccines’ as infection spreads The Independent
- WHO forced to explain monkeypox has nothing to do with monkeys after spike in attacks on primates The Independent
- UK ‘on the verge of running out of monkeypox vaccines’ Metro
- The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short Wired
CALL or nothing: NHS will tell patients to accept a 'virtual' appointment or face long waits
CALL or nothing: NHS will tell patients to accept a 'virtual' appointment or face long waits Patients will be forced to accept a virtual NHS appointment or face long waits as part of controversial plans to bring down waiting lists.
NHS bosses say the use of phone and video consultations will become much more common as part of a push to clear waits of more than 18 months by next April.
As part of the plans, trusts with the biggest backlog of outpatient appointments — like post-operation follow-ups — will be paired with hospitals with spare capacity. The Daily Mail
Lie down on your right side to absorb drugs better, new research suggests
Lie down on your right side to absorb drugs better, new research suggests Taking medicine lying on your right speeds up its effects, a new study has found, as researchers say posture affects how the stomach absorbs drugs.
Scientists have used a state-of-the-art 'StomachSim' that is based on the anatomy of the human stomach to analyse and understand how effective swallowed medicines are. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Computational modeling of drug dissolution in the human stomach: Effects of posture and gastroparesis on drug bioavailability (open access) Physics of Fluids
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Charity's pride after donating picnic tables to KGH
Charity's pride after donating picnic tables to KGH KGH staff, patients and visitors can now take a break outside after a health charity donated 22 picnic tables.
The Northamptonshire Health Charity handed over £10,000 to pay for the tables after a funding request from the hospital’s health and wellbeing group. Northamptonshire Telegraph
The distribution of doctor quality: evidence from cardiologists in England
The distribution of doctor quality: evidence from cardiologists in England There is widespread and unexplained variation in the outcomes of similar patients across place and providers in all developed health systems. This paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes. It exploits within-hospital quasi-random assignment of patients to senior doctors following a heart attack to estimate the effectiveness of individual doctors, and to estimate returns to experience for these doctors. Institute of Fiscal Studies
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