Monday 20 July 2015
Hospital patients in Northamptonshire waiting up to 12 hours for transport following private firm’s redundancies
Hospital patients in Northamptonshire waiting up to 12 hours for transport following private firm’s redundancies Hospital patients in Northamptonshire have been left waiting up to 12 hours by a private transport service that took over a contract from the NHS. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
No more inner Stalin: can Jeremy Hunt deliver his vision for the NHS?
No more inner Stalin: can Jeremy Hunt deliver his vision for the NHS? The headlines that preceded Jeremy Hunt’s speech at the Fund yesterday may have focused on seven-day working, but what he had to say about his approach to reform is likely to be of greater interest to leaders within the NHS.
The Health Secretary’s central message was that in future reform will rely less on top-down controls and more on what he called ‘self-directed improvement’. This will go hand-in-hand with greater transparency about NHS performance and an aspiration that the NHS should become ‘the world’s largest learning organisation’.
The ambition is for the NHS to develop a ‘culture of continuous improvement’ supported by buddying with high-performing organisations such as the Virginia Mason Medical Centre in Seattle. In Hunt’s own words, ‘I want these changes to create a profound change in culture in the NHS’, moving away from targets and money as the main ways of delivering improvements in care.
The Health Secretary’s central message was that in future reform will rely less on top-down controls and more on what he called ‘self-directed improvement’. This will go hand-in-hand with greater transparency about NHS performance and an aspiration that the NHS should become ‘the world’s largest learning organisation’.
The ambition is for the NHS to develop a ‘culture of continuous improvement’ supported by buddying with high-performing organisations such as the Virginia Mason Medical Centre in Seattle. In Hunt’s own words, ‘I want these changes to create a profound change in culture in the NHS’, moving away from targets and money as the main ways of delivering improvements in care.
Sugar intake should be drastically reduced, says report
Sugar intake should be drastically reduced, says report "Sugar intake 'should be halved'," BBC News reports. The headline is prompted by a government report that recommends no more than 5% of our calorie intake should come from "free sugars". The previous recommendation was 10%.
The new advice says children aged 11 or over and adults should consume no more than seven teaspoons of added sugar a day – 30g, equal to less than a single can of Coca-Cola, which contains 39g.
Children should consume much less than that. The report recommends no more than 19g for children aged four to six (around the amount of sugar in a pouch of Capri Sun) and no more than 24g for children aged seven to 10 (around the amount of sugar in a Snickers bar).
The BBC tells us "all age groups in the UK consume twice as much as this limit", so the gulf between what is good for our health and what we actually do is now wider than ever. The main sources of free sugars are sugar-sweetened drinks, cereal, chocolate, sweets, fruit juice and added sugar at the table.
The new advice says children aged 11 or over and adults should consume no more than seven teaspoons of added sugar a day – 30g, equal to less than a single can of Coca-Cola, which contains 39g.
Children should consume much less than that. The report recommends no more than 19g for children aged four to six (around the amount of sugar in a pouch of Capri Sun) and no more than 24g for children aged seven to 10 (around the amount of sugar in a Snickers bar).
The BBC tells us "all age groups in the UK consume twice as much as this limit", so the gulf between what is good for our health and what we actually do is now wider than ever. The main sources of free sugars are sugar-sweetened drinks, cereal, chocolate, sweets, fruit juice and added sugar at the table.
Heads 'fear for pupil mental health'
Heads 'fear for pupil mental health' Head teachers are more concerned with pupils' mental health than any other issue related to well-being, a survey suggests. BBC News
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Mental health callouts 'at 15 a day'
Mental health callouts 'at 15 a day' Devon and Cornwall police attends the equivalent of almost 15 mental health incidents a day, figures show. BBC News
Plan for 'world class' cancer care
Plan for 'world class' cancer care NHS patients in England should get results for cancer tests within four weeks of being referred by a GP by 2020 under new plans to provide "world class care". BBC News
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See also:
- Achieving world-class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England 2015-2020 Independent Cancer Taskforce
- Taskforce report aims to boost cancer survival and transform patient experience NHS England
- RCGP response to the Independent Cancer Taskforce report Royal College of General Practitioners
- Cancer: The challenge facing the NHS BBC News
- NHS chief: Cancer reforms will save 30,000 lives yearly The Daily Telegraph
- This cancer care lottery is unacceptable (editorial) The Daily Telegraph
- Cancer taskforce tells NHS: get up to date and save 30,000 lives a year The Guardian
Why Are We Failing to Fund Mental Health Research?
Why Are We Failing to Fund Mental Health Research? Sam Crossman looks at the funding gap that exists in mental health research. The Huffington Post UK
NHS ‘will fall well short of £22bn savings target’
NHS ‘will fall well short of £22bn savings target’ Health service leaders warn they will need almost double the £8bn boost promised by ministers because delivering target is ‘pie in the sky’
NHS leaders fear they will need almost double the £8bn boost ministers have pledged for the health service because the chances of delivering £22bn of promised savings are “pie in the sky”.
They believe it is unlikely more than £15bn of efficiencies can be achieved to help close the £30bn hole expected to appear in NHS finances by 2020. Continue reading... The Guardian
NHS leaders fear they will need almost double the £8bn boost ministers have pledged for the health service because the chances of delivering £22bn of promised savings are “pie in the sky”.
They believe it is unlikely more than £15bn of efficiencies can be achieved to help close the £30bn hole expected to appear in NHS finances by 2020. Continue reading... The Guardian
The PFI hospitals costing NHS £2bn every year
The PFI hospitals costing NHS £2bn every year The NHS is spending more than £3,700 every minute to pay for privately financed hospitals, The Telegraph can disclose. The Daily Telegraph
Jeremy Hunt 'breached patient confidentiality' by Tweeting hospital picture
Jeremy Hunt 'breached patient confidentiality' by Tweeting hospital picture The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been accused of breaching patient confidentiality by tweeting a photo from a hospital visit. The Daily Telegraph
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224 fewer people received an organ transplants over 2014/15 period as number of donations has fallen for the first time in a decade
224 fewer people received an organ transplants over 2014/15 period as number of donations has fallen for the first time in a decade The number of people donating organs has fallen for the first time in a decade, leading to a call for more donors. The Independent
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- Organ donation crisis threatens hundreds of lives The Daily Telegraph
- Obesity and old age causes fall in donor organs The Daily Telegraph
- Number of people donating organs after death falls for first time in 11 years The Guardian
#ImInWorkJeremy: Doctors send Jeremy Hunt photos of themselves working over the weekend
#ImInWorkJeremy: Doctors send Jeremy Hunt photos of themselves working over the weekend Doctors, nurses and hospital workers across the country are sending photos of themselves to Jeremy Hunt to prove they work over the weekend as he pushes for seven-day services. The Independent
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See also:
- NHS staff post #ImInWorkJeremy photos BBC News
- #ImInWorkJeremy: NHS staff post weekend working pictures on Twitter The Daily Telegraph
- Hundreds of doctors sign GP's petition over Hunt seven-day NHS comments GP Online
- Don't lecture us Jeremy Hunt, we doctors already work 24/7 in the NHS The Guardian
- The Guardian view on free time: too valuable not to share fairly | Editorial The Guardian
- Dear Mr Cameron... junior doctor's furious open letter over plans to overhaul NHS The Independent
- 'Dear Mr Cameron': Junior doctor's angry letter to PM over NHS plans wins support of thousands ITV News
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