Monday 1 July 2013
£1.9m investment in more nursing staff at NGH
£1.9m investment in more nursing staff at NGH: More than 120 additional nursing staff will be in place on Northampton General Hospital's wards by October, announced director of nursing and midwifery Suzie Loader today. NGH News
NGH surgeons have 'normal' death rates - Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Northampton Chronicle & Echo | NGH surgeons have 'normal' death rates
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Data to be published on Northampton General Hospital surgeons shows rates of deaths following operations are normal, hospital bosses have said. Ten medical and surgical specialities are publishing their clinical outcomes from non-emergency as part of ... and more » |
WHO to recommend earlier HIV drugs
WHO to recommend earlier HIV drugs: New guidelines from the World Health Organization about HIV treatment could see millions of extra people being given life-saving medicine. BBC News
See also:
See also:
- VIDEO: 'No one should die because of HIV' BBC News
- WHO says drug treatment for HIV should begin earlier The Independent
- Consolidated Guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection World Health Organization
- WHO issues new HIV recommendations calling for earlier treatment World Health Organization
Student medics 'taught bad habits'
Student medics 'taught bad habits': Are young medics getting enough of the right kind of training? BBC News
Monitor to probe GP access and 'new models of primary care'
Monitor to probe GP access and 'new models of primary care': GP access and barriers to 'new models of primary care' will be probed as a part of a wide-ranging review of general practice in England, launched by health regulator Monitor on Monday. GP Online
NHS Direct cancels 111 contracts
NHS Direct cancels 111 contracts: NHS Direct has cancelled contracts to provide NHS 111 in North Essex and Cornwall and admits all of its 111 contracts are "financially unsustainable". E-Health Insider
Workforce planning guide
Workforce planning guide: This guidance sets out the milestones and timelines for the planning process to be operated in 2013/14 to produce 2014/15 workforce investment plans. It aims to secure the future supply of workforce, in a way that both maintains safe staffing levels for patients and supports the transformation of services necessary to drive quality improvement. Stakeholder support in identifying key issues, perspectives and evidence are also called for. Health Education England
UK government backs 'three-parent' IVF
UK government backs 'three-parent' IVF: The Department of Health has published draft regulations on so-called "three-parent IVF".
If the regulations are approved by Parliament, it would make the UK the first country in the world to provide patients with the option of mitochondria replacement techniques. These are innovative IVF-based techniques designed to prevent serious mitochondrial diseases (see below).
Why 2013 could turn out to be a watershed year for telehealth
Why 2013 could turn out to be a watershed year for telehealth: Providing health services remotely can reduce hospitalisations, save lives and help care for people in tough economic times
Telehealth has the potential to reduce hospitalisations and save lives. It also has an important role to play in caring for people against a challenging economic backdrop.
Telehealth has the potential to reduce hospitalisations and save lives. It also has an important role to play in caring for people against a challenging economic backdrop.
Patients facing eight-hour waits in ambulances outside A&E departments
Patients facing eight-hour waits in ambulances outside A&E departments: Sick patients have been forced to wait up to eight hours in ambulances queuing outside Accident & Emergency units amid a crisis in the system.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Health watchdog put 20 gagging orders on staff
Health watchdog put 20 gagging orders on staff: The troubled health watchdog that is accused of covering up a report into the deaths of mothers and babies at a maternity unit issued at least 20 "gagging orders" to prevent former members of staff from speaking out.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Surgeons' mortality rates are meaningless, say patient groups
Surgeons' mortality rates are meaningless, say patient groups: Surgeons have been criticised by patients' groups for the "meaningless" way in which they have released statistics about death rates following operations.
The Daily Telegraph
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The NHS at 65: 'Health tourists' to be charged for care
The NHS at 65: 'Health tourists' to be charged for care:
Migrants will be charged to go to a GP under proposals being unveiled by the Government this week. The plans, to be announced by the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, are part of a crack-down on "health tourists" – those who live outside the EU but use the NHS to obtain free healthcare. The Independent
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Migrants will be charged to go to a GP under proposals being unveiled by the Government this week. The plans, to be announced by the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, are part of a crack-down on "health tourists" – those who live outside the EU but use the NHS to obtain free healthcare. The Independent
See also:
- GPs told to charge non-Britons for NHS services The Guardian
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