Children at risk of catching measles, mumps and rubella as NHS figures show hundreds missing out on vaccine in Northamptonshire Hundreds of under-fives in Northamptonshire could be at risk of catching measles, mumps and rubella as more than one in ten have not been vaccinated by their fifth birthday, new figures reveal. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust wins three awards at the annual Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust wins three awards at the annual Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards On Thursday 6 October 2022, Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust picked up three award wins at the annual Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards.
The three awards that the team took home were the “All Age Crisis and Acute Care for the Integrated Response Hub”, the “Seni Lewis Award for the Liaison and Diversion Team with Northants Police” and an “Outstanding Leadership Award” for Adam Smith, Deputy Director of Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism. About My Area
Amber alert issued on blood stocks – existing O Neg and O Pos donors asked to make appointments
Amber alert issued on blood stocks – existing O Neg and O Pos donors asked to make appointments NHS Blood and Transplant has triggered an “amber alert” – which came into force today - meaning hospitals have been asked to put in place management plans to protect blood stocks. This could mean postponing some non-urgent elective surgeries to ensure blood is prioritised for patients who need it most.
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- Shortage of blood supplies prompts amber warning BBC News
- How to give blood in UK: Where can I donate to NHS? What is my type? The Daily Mail
- First ever amber alert for NHS blood supplies could mean cancelled surgery The Guardian
- NHS declares first-ever ‘amber alert’ over critically low blood supplies The Independent
The mental health nurse’s handbook
The mental health nurse’s handbook This handbook is a resource for mental health nurses and their employers to guide their preceptorship and supervision conversations, helping to focus on some key areas of practice. It is intended as a brief practical guide and provides links to other important and helpful resources. NHS England
Narrowing the gap – increasing engagement with digital services
Narrowing the gap – increasing engagement with digital services Following the publication of novel research on digital inclusion in health and social care by Basis Social, Bola Akinwale, Deputy Director, National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme reflects on how the NHS and wider organisations can reduce digital exclusion and narrow healthcare inequalities. NHS England
One in 20 suffer long-term Covid effects, study finds
One in 20 suffer long-term Covid effects, study finds One in 20 people suffer long-term effects after Covid, a study has found.
The long Covid in Scotland study, led by the University of Glasgow, found that effects were more likely to occur after severe infections requiring hospitalisation.
The research showed older women from deprived communities were most at risk. BBC News
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- Outcomes among confirmed cases and a matched comparison group in the Long-COVID in Scotland study (open access) Nature Communications
- First results from largescale long-covid study University of Glasgow
- Over-50s set to be invited for Covid booster and flu jab in England BBC News
- PAxlovid: Pfizer's Covid drug can cause deadly blood clots, study warns The Daily Mail
- Twelve million over-50s invited to book Covid booster from Friday The Daily Telegraph
- NHS to trial booking flu jabs online as it opens COVID boosters to over-50s GPonline
- ‘It felt like I was never going to get better’: patients navigating long Covid The Guardian
- The astounding impact and reach of long Covid, in numbers and charts The Guardian
Black people more likely to develop dementia, large study finds
Black people more likely to develop dementia, large study finds Black people are more likely to develop dementia than white and South Asian people, a UK study suggests.
It confirms previous study findings but the reasons are complex, University College London (UCL) researchers said.
A mix of genes and underlying health conditions, such as high blood pressure and obesity, may play a role in dementia risk among black people. BBC News
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Operating theatres go unused as NHS backlog grows
Operating theatres go unused as NHS backlog grows The push to tackle the hospital backlog is being undermined by the struggle to get services back to full strength.
A BBC analysis shows the expected surge in new patients has not yet happened.
Instead, the waiting list in England is growing because the NHS is carrying out fewer operations and treatments than it was before Covid, despite a government push to boost capacity.
Surgeons said it was really frustrating as operating theatres were not being used due to a lack of beds and staff. BBC News
Heart attack responses a ‘shambles’ as patients face eight-hour ambulance waits
Heart attack responses a ‘shambles’ as patients face eight-hour ambulance waits Senior doctors have sent a warning over the “shambles” of heart attack care after pressures on the NHS have left patients waiting eight hours for an ambulance.
The caution comes as several hospitals in the past week have declared critical incidents over the level of pressure on their emergency care services. The Independent
NHS drug shortage spikes by 200% in a year
NHS drug shortage spikes by 200% in a year The economic chaos and rising prices are being felt in the health sector too, where inflation is hitting medicine manufacturers.
Higher raw material, production and import costs are causing an unprecedented shortage of drugs and leading to soaring prices.
The cost of medicine is one of the biggest outlays for the NHS, and a drugs research team has told Channel 4 News they estimate price rises cost NHS England an extra £136 million over the last year.
Pharmacists say it’s not sustainable.
Bed-blockers: Medically-fit patients to be discharged within 24 hours from NHS hospitals under plan
Bed-blockers: Medically-fit patients to be discharged within 24 hours from NHS hospitals under plan Medically-fit patients may be discharged within 24 hours under NHS plans to tackle bed-blocking.
More than 13,000 hospital beds across the country — one in seven — are currently occupied by patients declared well enough to go home. Some have spent up to nine months on wards.
The years-old crisis, thought to cost taxpayers £2billion every year, has a knock-on effect on ambulance response times and restricts capacity to perform other operations. The Daily Mail
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Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Valuing health: why prioritising population health is essential to prosperity
Valuing health: why prioritising population health is essential to prosperity This report calls on the government to consider the health of the population as crucial to sustainable economic growth, rather than being dependent on a prosperous economy. Raising alarm about rapidly declining population health and widening health inequalities, the report identifies that the nation is facing a ‘ticking time-bomb’ of ill health with current government policies insufficient to meet the scale of the challenge. To-date, principal discourse centres upon healthcare and treatments, rather than developing and sustaining trajectories that preserve health. British Medical Association
NHS faces consultant exodus
NHS faces consultant exodus The NHS is facing a potential exodus of senior doctors as punitive pay and pensions rules force many consultants to consider quitting, the BMA has warned.
The association’s consultants committee has told the Government the health service could face a ‘tidal wave of resignations’ during the next year, after a survey of consultants in England revealed 44 per cent were planning to leave their roles ‘in some capacity’ in the next 12 months. BMA
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MPs call on Government to address postcode lottery of menopause treatment in new report
MPs call on Government to address postcode lottery of menopause treatment in new report Ahead of World Menopause Day, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Menopause (the APPG), chaired by leading parliamentary campaigner Carolyn Harris MP, publishes its final report following a year-long inquiry into the subject.
The MPs findings demonstrate that widespread action is needed across all spheres to improve the situation for those going through the menopause, and the families, friends and colleagues affected by it.
Menopause symptoms can have a debilitating impact on the day-to-day lives of women. Whether from the inability to get the right diagnosis at the right time, difficulties in accessing HRT, a lack of support from their employer while struggling at work, or simply not being able to recognise what is happening to them and their bodies and seek help.
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- Give all women a menopause check at 45, MPs told BBC News
- All women should be offered a health check aged 45 to diagnose early menopause, MPs say The Daily Mail
- MPs call for menopause health checks at 45 and free HRT in England The Guardian
- Offer 45-year-old women a menopause health check on the NHS, MPs say The Independent
£50 million to tackle health inequalities through research
£50 million to tackle health inequalities through research People are set to benefit from a £50 million research boost to tackle health inequalities in local areas and improve health outcomes across the country.
The significant investment, overseen by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), will enable 13 local authorities to set up pioneering Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) between experts and academics to address knowledge gaps in local areas. Department of Health and Social Care
Significant milestone reached as extra 2 million scans, tests and checks delivered to bust the COVID backlogs
Significant milestone reached as extra 2 million scans, tests and checks delivered to bust the COVID backlogs Community diagnostic centres (CDCs) have delivered more than 2 million vital tests, checks and scans for patients, with a further 10 centres now approved, the Health and Social Care Secretary has announced today (11 October 2022). These centres are busting the COVID-19 backlogs by speeding up access to lifesaving tests. Department of Health and Social Care
World-first national genetic testing service to deliver rapid life-saving checks for babies and kids
World-first national genetic testing service to deliver rapid life-saving checks for babies and kids The NHS will be able to diagnose and potentially save the lives of thousands of severely ill children and babies — within days rather than weeks — with a world-first national genetic testing service launching today.
Announcing the groundbreaking new service at the first-ever NHS genomics conference in England, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard hailed it as the start of a “new era of genomic medicine”. NHS England
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People not looking for work due to illness hits record high
People not looking for work due to illness hits record high The number of people not looking for work because they are suffering from a long-term illness has hit a record high, latest official figures show.
The fall in the number looking for work has helped to push the unemployment rate to its lowest for nearly 50 years.
The jobless rate fell to 3.5% in the three months to August, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. BBC News
'Not a single penny less' to NHS despite tax hike reversal, says minister
'Not a single penny less' to NHS despite tax hike reversal, says minister The NHS and social care will receive “not a single penny less” as a result of the Government repealing a multibillion-pound tax hike, according to a Treasury minister.
Chris Philp offered the guarantee as the House of Commons took steps to scrap the national insurance rise introduced by former prime minister Boris Johnson’s government. The Independent
Nurses will not get higher pay offer, says UK health secretary, as strikes loom
Nurses will not get higher pay offer, says UK health secretary, as strikes loom Health secretary said there is limited scope for negotiation on 3% offer and she is ‘not anticipating further changes’
Thérèse Coffey has said nurses will not get a higher pay offer, as they vote on strike action for the first time in decades.
The Royal College of Nursing will ballot nurses this week, asking for a higher pay award as well as action to tackle pressures caused by surging vacancies. The Guardian
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