Friday 22 August 2014
NHS sickness absence rates fall further
NHS sickness absence rates fall further The latest NHS staff sickness absence rates released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show a decrease in overall sickness absence, falling to 3.95 per cent in April 2014 from 3.98 percent in April 2013. NHS Employers
Doctors may face 'tougher sanctions'
Doctors may face 'tougher sanctions' Failing doctors could be forced to apologise to patients under measures being considered by the medical regulator. BBC News
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- Doctors could be struck off if they fail to apologise to patients The Daily Telegraph
US Ebola patients out of hospital
US Ebola patients out of hospital One of the US aid workers who recovered from the Ebola virus says he is "thrilled to be alive" as he and another patient are discharged from hospital. BBC News
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Health experts' food poverty warning
Health experts' food poverty warning More people are suffering from malnutrition as a result of worsening food poverty, health experts warn. BBC News
'Fat and 30' link to dementia is inconclusive
'Fat and 30' link to dementia is inconclusive “People as young as 30 who are obese may be at greater risk [of dementia],” The Independent reports.
This UK study examined a set 14-year period (1998 to 2011) and looked at whether NHS hospital records documenting obesity in adults above the age of 30 were associated with subsequent hospital or mortality records documenting dementia in the remaining years of the study.
Overall there was actually no significant association between obesity and dementia in later life.
When the researchers broke down the data into 10-year age bands (30s, 40s, 50s and 60s) they found that people in these age groups had increased risk of dementia. However, it must be remembered that the researchers were not looking at lifetime dementia diagnoses, but only looking at diagnoses in the remaining years of the study. Very few people in the younger age groups would have developed dementia over the following few years.
For example, the study found more than a trebled risk of dementia for people with obesity in their 30s, but this was based on only 19 people who developed dementia during the remaining years of the study. Calculations based on small numbers may be less reliable and should be given less "weight".
As expected the greatest number of subsequent dementia diagnoses occurred in people who were 70 or above when obesity was assessed, and obesity did not increase dementia risk in these people.
Aside from any dementia link or not, overweight and obesity are well established to be associated with a variety of chronic diseases and a healthy weight should be the aim.
This UK study examined a set 14-year period (1998 to 2011) and looked at whether NHS hospital records documenting obesity in adults above the age of 30 were associated with subsequent hospital or mortality records documenting dementia in the remaining years of the study.
Overall there was actually no significant association between obesity and dementia in later life.
When the researchers broke down the data into 10-year age bands (30s, 40s, 50s and 60s) they found that people in these age groups had increased risk of dementia. However, it must be remembered that the researchers were not looking at lifetime dementia diagnoses, but only looking at diagnoses in the remaining years of the study. Very few people in the younger age groups would have developed dementia over the following few years.
For example, the study found more than a trebled risk of dementia for people with obesity in their 30s, but this was based on only 19 people who developed dementia during the remaining years of the study. Calculations based on small numbers may be less reliable and should be given less "weight".
As expected the greatest number of subsequent dementia diagnoses occurred in people who were 70 or above when obesity was assessed, and obesity did not increase dementia risk in these people.
Aside from any dementia link or not, overweight and obesity are well established to be associated with a variety of chronic diseases and a healthy weight should be the aim.
New drive to make GP information more accessible
New drive to make GP information more accessible NHS England consults on ‘accessible information standard’. OnMedica
NHS patients to be seen by 'doctors on the cheap'
NHS patients to be seen by 'doctors on the cheap' Patients will increasingly be seen by “physician associates” rather than doctors under Government plans despite fears they are “doctors on the cheap”, according to a report. The Independent
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All three parties must tackle mental health crisis now, says Alastair Campbell
All three parties must tackle mental health crisis now, says Alastair Campbell Britain “cannot wait another generation” to tackle the mounting crisis in the nation’s mental health, Alastair Campbell has said, in a challenge to all three political parties to put the issue at the heart of their election manifestos. The Independent
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