Wednesday 4 June 2014
VIDEO: Dedicated hospital stroke unit opens
VIDEO: Dedicated hospital stroke unit opens A new dedicated stroke unit to help the rehabilitation of patients has opened at Kettering General Hospital. BBC Northamptonshire
Dorrell leaves Commons health role
Dorrell leaves Commons health role Former Cabinet minister Stephen Dorrell steps down as chair of the Commons health committee with immediate effect. BBC News
Just five sunburns increase your cancer risk
Just five sunburns increase your cancer risk “Five serious sunburns increase the risk of deadly skin cancer by 80%,” The Daily Telegraph reports. A US study has found that sun overexposure during the teenage years significantly increases the risk of developing skin cancer in later life.
The study followed over 110,000 nurses over 20 years, using questionnaires. It found that women who had five or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20, compared to those that had none, were 80% more likely to develop melanoma (the most aggressive form of skin cancer).
The study followed over 110,000 nurses over 20 years, using questionnaires. It found that women who had five or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20, compared to those that had none, were 80% more likely to develop melanoma (the most aggressive form of skin cancer).
Community specialist palliative care enabling more people to die at home
Community specialist palliative care enabling more people to die at home But more still needs to be done to open up services to non-cancer patients, says report. OnMedica
Hospital chiefs call for urgent reforms to ensure NHS survives
Hospital chiefs call for urgent reforms to ensure NHS survives Health service leaders call on three main parties to recognise scale of the challenge as £30bn funding gap is revealed.
The NHS will become "unsustainable" in its current form unless politiciansurgently work out how to modernise and fund the service so that it cancope with sharply rising pressures, hospital bosses warn today.
In a letter to the Guardian, 71 NHS leaders urge the three main parties to start producing solutions to help the NHS survive or risk it ceasing to be a universal servicethat is free at the point of need. Continue reading... The Guardian
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The NHS will become "unsustainable" in its current form unless politiciansurgently work out how to modernise and fund the service so that it cancope with sharply rising pressures, hospital bosses warn today.
In a letter to the Guardian, 71 NHS leaders urge the three main parties to start producing solutions to help the NHS survive or risk it ceasing to be a universal servicethat is free at the point of need. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Psychiatric support teams improve patient care and save hospitals millions | Sarah Whitehead
Psychiatric support teams improve patient care and save hospitals millions | Sarah Whitehead A project to diagnose mental illness in inpatients is improving treatment while also reducing readmissions and waiting lists.
Vicky Mason, 69, cares for her 94-year-old mother, Jane, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease a decade ago. In recent years, Jane has begun to show signs of dementia and delirium. "She has been deteriorating over the past few years. She still knows who we are, but her memory is fading," says Mason.
But a project to provide specialist psychiatric support to dementia patients while they are in hospital has
both stabilised Jane's cognitive abilities and improved the way in which her Parkinson's is treated. On noticing a change in behaviour, the doctors treating Mason's mum on the Parkinson's ward in Heartlands
hospital, Birmingham, referred her to the project's rapid assessment interface and discharge (Raid) team based in the hospital, for immediate specialist psychiatric support. Continue reading.. The Guardian
Vicky Mason, 69, cares for her 94-year-old mother, Jane, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease a decade ago. In recent years, Jane has begun to show signs of dementia and delirium. "She has been deteriorating over the past few years. She still knows who we are, but her memory is fading," says Mason.
But a project to provide specialist psychiatric support to dementia patients while they are in hospital has
both stabilised Jane's cognitive abilities and improved the way in which her Parkinson's is treated. On noticing a change in behaviour, the doctors treating Mason's mum on the Parkinson's ward in Heartlands
hospital, Birmingham, referred her to the project's rapid assessment interface and discharge (Raid) team based in the hospital, for immediate specialist psychiatric support. Continue reading.. The Guardian
Britain must do more to protect growing population of over-100s
Britain must do more to protect growing population of over-100s Britain needs to transform the way it looks after its oldest people,
expanding care home capacity to meet the needs of rising numbers of
“survivors” who live be 100 or more, experts have said. The Independent
expanding care home capacity to meet the needs of rising numbers of
“survivors” who live be 100 or more, experts have said. The Independent
Hospital inspectors facing ‘intolerable’ workload, leaked CQC documents reveal
Hospital inspectors facing ‘intolerable’ workload, leaked CQC documents reveal Hospital inspectors warn their workload has become “unsustainable”, as leaked documents reveal serious concerns about pressures faced by staff, inconsistent inspections and even drinking on the job. The Independent
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