Thursday 24 October 2013
Officers back hospital replacement
Officers back hospital replacement Plans for a development to replace a Northamptonshire hospital in Brackley are expected to be approved. BBC News
Nurse struck off after pain relief dispute
Nurse struck off after pain relief dispute A nurse who refused to give pain relief to a patient at Kettering General Hospital has been struck off. Northamptonshire Telegraph
See also:
See also:
- Morphine-refusal nurse struck off BBC News
Hospital plans £45 million unit in Northampton to help children with autism
Hospital plans £45 million unit in Northampton to help children with autism A new £45 million unit to help children with autism and learning difficulties is to be built in Northampton. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Ex-Blair adviser linked to US healthcare giant is new NHS boss
Ex-Blair adviser linked to US healthcare giant is new NHS boss
A former adviser to Tony Blair who has spent a decade at the top of an American private healthcare giant has been appointed to run the NHS in England. The Independent
See also:
- US health chief becomes new NHS boss BBC News
- Blair advisor Simon Stevens appointed new NHS chief executive The Daily Telegraph
- Former aide to Tony Blair to become new head of NHS England The Guardian v
If care planning is so good, why aren’t more people doing it? asks Jeremy Taylor
If care planning is so good, why aren’t more people doing it? asks Jeremy Taylor “I’ve been a doctor for ten years and I have no idea what a care plan is or looks like.” This refreshingly honest admission, heard at a recent conference, perfectly illustrates the continuing gap between rhetoric and reality when it comes to person-centred care. National Voices is working to narrow that gap. Policy makers, progressive … Continue reading NHS Choices
Saturated fat link with heart disease questioned
Saturated fat link with heart disease questioned "The risk from saturated fat in foods such as butter, cakes and fatty meat is being overstated and demonised, according to a cardiologist," BBC News reports.
In an opinion piece, a doctor specialising in heart disease writes that warnings over saturated fats are misguided.
Proposed changes to EU data protection rules "would erode UK healthcare and research"
Proposed changes to EU data protection rules "would erode UK healthcare and research" Changing data protection rules could lead to less effective NHS, warn NHS Confederation and Royal College of Physicians.
Lessons from Europe: the value of tariff redesign
Lessons from Europe: the value of tariff redesign With responsibility for pricing structures being shifted to NHS England and the pricing function moving to Monitor, this briefing reviews the European experience of paying for specialist health services and examines whether it is time to redesign the NHS tariff in England to facilitate the development of new models of care.
Lessons from Europe: assuring quality through regulation
This briefing highlights approaches to quality assurance taken in Germany and the Netherlands. It identifies lessons for NHS leaders and policymakers in England on how to approach the challenge of regulating effectively for quality as the current regulatory system is being reconsidered.
This briefing highlights approaches to quality assurance taken in Germany and the Netherlands. It identifies lessons for NHS leaders and policymakers in England on how to approach the challenge of regulating effectively for quality as the current regulatory system is being reconsidered.
Feel better outside, feel better inside: ecotherapy for mental wellbeing, resilience and recovery
Feel better outside, feel better inside: ecotherapy for mental wellbeing, resilience and recovery This report includes new findings from the University of Essex showing the many benefits of ecotherapy for mental wellbeing. It finds that ecotherapy has been proven to improve mental health, boost self esteem, help people with mental health problems return to work, improve physical health, and reduce social isolation.
We must not ignore people's wishes as they approach death
We must not ignore people's wishes as they approach death An end-of-life self assessment tool can be used to ensure care is tailored to patients' needs.
Most GPs back Government plans to charge foreign patients
Most GPs back Government plans to charge foreign patients A poll finds most family doctors support Government plans to charge migrants to access the NHS, despite strong opposition from GP leaders and their unions. The Daily Telegraph
Chief Medical Officer ‘ashamed’ as rickets makes a comeback
Chief Medical Officer ‘ashamed’ as rickets makes a comeback
The Victorian-era disease rickets has returned to England, the country’s Chief Medical Officer has said, and should be fought off through a universal handout of vitamin supplements to all children under five. The Independent
See also:
See also:
- Free vitamins for all under-fives advised by chief medical officer The Guardian
- Children should be given vitamin D to prevent rickets The Daily Telegraph
- Call for free vitamins for children BBC News
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