Friday 16 October 2015
Pensioner fell out of wheelchair in Northampton and waited seven hours for ambulance crew
Pensioner fell out of wheelchair in Northampton and waited seven hours for ambulance crew A disabled man who fell from his wheelchair at his Northamptonshire home waited seven hours for an ambulance crew to pick him up. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Restrictions on nurse recruitment from overseas changed
Restrictions on nurse recruitment from overseas changed Nurses will be added to the government’s shortage occupation list on an interim basis. This means that nurses from outside the EEA that apply to work in the UK will have their applications for nursing posts prioritised. The independent Migration Advisory Committee will review the change and present further evidence to the government by February 2016.
The move is designed to ease pressure on the NHS at a time when the government is introducing tough new controls on costly agency spending. It will help the NHS improve continuity of care for patients, invest in the frontline and maintain safe staffing levels. Department of Health
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- Nursing included on the shortage occupation list NHS Employers
- Our response to announcement that nurses are to be added to Shortage Occupation List Nursing and Midwifery Council
- ‘A real victory for nurses, the health service and patients’ - RCN responds to news that nursing will be placed on Shortage Occupation List Royal College of Nursing
- Overseas nursing restrictions eased BBC News
- Hospitals to hire more foreign nurses after Government U-turn on immigration The Daily Mail
- Overseas NHS nurses: Restrictions lifted amid widespread shortages The Daily Telegraph
- UK lifts restrictions on recruiting nurses from overseas The Guardian
- NHS staffing shortages: Restrictions on recruiting nurses from overseas to be temporarily lifted The Independent
- Nursing added to shortage occupation list OnMedica
Guidance: Cold weather plan (CWP) for England
Guidance: Cold weather plan (CWP) for England The cold weather plan gives advice to help prevent the major avoidable effects on health during periods of cold weather in England. Public Health England
Launch of the largest flu vaccination programme marks the start of NHS “Stay Well This Winter” campaign
Launch of the largest flu vaccination programme marks the start of NHS “Stay Well This Winter” campaign A major drive to help people stay well this winter is being launched today (Thursday) by Public Health England and NHS England.
It kicks off with a national flu vaccination programme for children, which this year seeks to help over three million 2-6 year olds, as the programme is extended to children in school years 1 and 2.
For the first time, all our youngest primary school children will be eligible to receive the free nasal spray vaccine, making this the largest school-based vaccination programme in England involving children in 17,000 schools.
As in previous years, the adult flu vaccine will also be offered for free to those in groups at particular risk of infection and complications from flu. The groups being offered the adult flu vaccine are:
It kicks off with a national flu vaccination programme for children, which this year seeks to help over three million 2-6 year olds, as the programme is extended to children in school years 1 and 2.
For the first time, all our youngest primary school children will be eligible to receive the free nasal spray vaccine, making this the largest school-based vaccination programme in England involving children in 17,000 schools.
As in previous years, the adult flu vaccine will also be offered for free to those in groups at particular risk of infection and complications from flu. The groups being offered the adult flu vaccine are:
- Pregnant women
- Those aged 65 or over
- Those aged under 65 with long-term conditions
- Carers
Open consultation: National price caps for agency staff working in the NHS
Open consultation: National price caps for agency staff working in the NHS Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) propose to introduce caps on the total amount NHS providers can pay per hour for an agency worker.
The proposed hourly price caps would apply to:
Next steps
Monitor and the TDA will consider all responses to the consultation and decide whether, when and how to implement the price caps. Subject to that process, the aim is to introduce the price caps on 23 November 2015.
If you have questions relating to the consultation or proposed rules, please email agencyrules@monitor.gov.uk.
The proposed hourly price caps would apply to:
- all staff groups employed by NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts: nursing, medical, all other clinical and other non-clinical staff
- all agency staff and bank staff
Next steps
Monitor and the TDA will consider all responses to the consultation and decide whether, when and how to implement the price caps. Subject to that process, the aim is to introduce the price caps on 23 November 2015.
If you have questions relating to the consultation or proposed rules, please email agencyrules@monitor.gov.uk.
Assessing the health of people who are homeless
Assessing the health of people who are homeless This guidance is for community nurses to help them assess the health of homeless people. The resource features a template health assessment including general physical health, presence of long term conditions, substance use, mental health, sexual health and housing. It also incorporates template care plans for use by nurses and patients. The guidance is designed to promote the best possible standard of care that meets national guidelines, including existing NICE standards, Public Health England outcomes on homeless health, and the standards for commissioners and service providers by the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health. The Queen's Nursing Institute
Fears grow over antibiotic resistance
Fears grow over antibiotic resistance More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a continued fall in the effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet says. BBC News
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Charges over Stafford patient deaths
Charges over Stafford patient deaths The trust which ran Stafford Hospital is to face criminal charges in connection with the deaths of four patients, the BBC learns. BBC News
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Are three-quarters of English hospitals really unsafe?
Are three-quarters of English hospitals really unsafe? The majority of hospitals in England are not really unsafe - of course not. That would be a staggering situation to find in the 21st century NHS.
But the way the Care Quality Commission has presented its evidence has allowed that idea to form. BBC News
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But the way the Care Quality Commission has presented its evidence has allowed that idea to form. BBC News
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- RCGP response to Care Quality Commission report on the State of Health and Social Care in England 2014/15 Royal College of General Practitioners
- Staffing and leadership crucial to care – RCN response to CQC annual report Royal College of Nursing
Departing NHS Alliance chair warns too many health staff 'out to protect status quo'
Departing NHS Alliance chair warns too many health staff 'out to protect status quo' Devon GP Dr Michael Dixon, who will stand down at the end of 2015 after 18 years as chairman of the NHS Alliance, has aimed a parting broadside at health service staff whose prime concern is to 'protect their own interests and the status quo'. GP Online
Walk the talk on inpatient falls prevention, hospitals told
Walk the talk on inpatient falls prevention, hospitals told Mismatch between stated policies and care provided; but prevention often simple and cheap. OnMedica
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See also:
- National audit of inpatient falls: audit report 2015 Royal College of Physicians
Embattled NHS can learn from other health systems around the world
Embattled NHS can learn from other health systems around the world The health service is the jewel in our crown, but there are things other countries could teach us, both on outcomes and on costs.
Today, only 40% of all countries globally provide their citizens with universal healthcare. The NHS offered inspiration to many countries when it established universal healthcare in 1948. Indeed, a national poll conducted at the Olympic Games in 2012 ranked the NHS as the institution that made people “most proud to be British”, beating even the Royal Family. I have never seen such a symbiotic relationship between a country’s health system and its national identity. It runs very deep and every politician knows it.
However, our continental neighbours can boast better health outcomes in some cases, such as cancer. Survival rates in England are around 10% lower than the EU average, particularly for colon, ovarian and lung tumours. We are catching up in some areas, including breast and stomach cancer but too many people are still being diagnosed too late.
A single, or dominant, funder offers our best hope for improved population health, patient care and taxpayer Continue reading... The Guardian
Today, only 40% of all countries globally provide their citizens with universal healthcare. The NHS offered inspiration to many countries when it established universal healthcare in 1948. Indeed, a national poll conducted at the Olympic Games in 2012 ranked the NHS as the institution that made people “most proud to be British”, beating even the Royal Family. I have never seen such a symbiotic relationship between a country’s health system and its national identity. It runs very deep and every politician knows it.
However, our continental neighbours can boast better health outcomes in some cases, such as cancer. Survival rates in England are around 10% lower than the EU average, particularly for colon, ovarian and lung tumours. We are catching up in some areas, including breast and stomach cancer but too many people are still being diagnosed too late.
A single, or dominant, funder offers our best hope for improved population health, patient care and taxpayer Continue reading... The Guardian
Community services are vital to the NHS, they must speak out on its future
Community services are vital to the NHS, they must speak out on its future Transforming care outside hospitals is Jeremy Hunt’s ‘biggest priority’ but community services are held back by a failure to make themselves heard
Community services should be at the centre of debate about the future of the NHS. Patient focused, cost-effective and at the forefront of prevention and early intervention, they are crucial to making the health service sustainable in the face of rising demand. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt even described transforming care outside hospitals as his “biggest priority”. But community services are being held back by the relentless focus on hospitals and their own failure to make themselves heard.
There is a huge spectrum of community services, from children’s care to re-ablement, mental health support, falls prevention, podiatry, speech and language therapy, wound care, continence, dementia care and palliative care. It includes community nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and sometimes social workers. Most of it takes place in people’s homes. Continue reading... The Guardian
Community services should be at the centre of debate about the future of the NHS. Patient focused, cost-effective and at the forefront of prevention and early intervention, they are crucial to making the health service sustainable in the face of rising demand. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt even described transforming care outside hospitals as his “biggest priority”. But community services are being held back by the relentless focus on hospitals and their own failure to make themselves heard.
There is a huge spectrum of community services, from children’s care to re-ablement, mental health support, falls prevention, podiatry, speech and language therapy, wound care, continence, dementia care and palliative care. It includes community nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and sometimes social workers. Most of it takes place in people’s homes. Continue reading... The Guardian
Doctors ask Cabinet Office to investigate Jeremy Hunt's patient deaths comments
Doctors ask Cabinet Office to investigate Jeremy Hunt's patient deaths comments Medics say health secretary breached ministerial code of conduct with claim that 11,000 patients a year die after being admitted to hospital at weekends.
Doctors have asked a Whitehall watchdog to investigate Jeremy Hunt’s claim that 11,000 patients a year die after being admitted to hospital at the weekend because too few medics are on duty. Continue reading... The Guardian
Doctors have asked a Whitehall watchdog to investigate Jeremy Hunt’s claim that 11,000 patients a year die after being admitted to hospital at the weekend because too few medics are on duty. Continue reading... The Guardian
Police chiefs slams panel for failing to strike paedophile doctor off
Police chiefs slams panel for failing to strike paedophile doctor off Dr Steve Burn downloaded indecent images of children on his work computer but the Medical Practitioner's Tribunal Service only suspended him for 12 months after he begged for another chance. The Daily Telegraph
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