Northampton paramedic sacked by ambulance service after obtaining medication by fraud

Northampton paramedic sacked by ambulance service after obtaining medication by fraud A paramedic working for East Midlands Ambulance Service has admitted getting medicines by fraud. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

How do the health care systems in the United Kingdom compare with others internationally?

How do the health care systems in the United Kingdom compare with others internationally? Two years ago I wrote about how health systems in other countries were grappling with the problems of how to support an ageing population with high rates of co-morbidities. I was interested in the fact that the same policy problem can generate different solutions depending on the context in which it sits – so while it may appear that there is a sort of ‘free will’ in decisions about policy, in reality decisions will always depend on the limitations of funding and political structures. The King's Fund

The Buurtzorg Nederland (home care provider) model: observations for the UK

The Buurtzorg Nederland (home care provider) model: observations for the UK The Buurtzorg model is a cost-effective and nurse-led district nursing system founded in the Netherlands. This briefing looks at the successes of the Buurtzorg model, while also identifying some of the challenges which would need to be addressed if the UK were ever to adopt a similar system approach. The content and analysis have been updated to reflect developments taking place across the UK with regards to piloting Buurtzorg. Royal College of Nursing

Junior doctors stage first all-out strike

Junior doctors stage first all-out strike The first all-out doctors' strike in the NHS's history has begun in England.

Thousands of junior doctors walked out of both routine and emergency care at 08:00 BST in protest at the imposition of a new contract from the summer.

It is the first time services such as A&E, maternity and intensive care have been hit in the long-running dispute.

NHS bosses believe plans are in place to ensure safety, but say the situation will be monitored closely during the stoppage which ends at 17:00 BST. BBC News

See also:

• Statement to Parliament: NHS 7 day services and the junior doctors' strike Department of Health
• Junior doctors' leaders 'trying to topple the government' BBC News
• VIDEO: Why are junior doctors on strike? BBC News
• Are all-out strike days actually going to be safer? BBC News
• Patients face summer of chaos: As 45,000 junior doctors launch an all-out strike today and threaten indefinite action, ambulance staff also plan a walkout The Daily Mail
• Junior doctors begin first all-out strike in NHS history The Daily Telegraph
• Junior doctors' strike: the BMA cares about pay – not patients The Daily Telegraph
• As junior doctors strike, BMA tells them it's not their fault if people die The Daily Telegraph
• Junior doctors cannot dictate health policy The Daily Telegraph
• Junior doctors strike: Top surgeon would 'not countenance' walking out on emergency patients The Daily Telegraph
• BMA rejects Jeremy Hunt bid for talks to avert all-out junior doctor strike GP Online
• Where the newspapers stand on the junior doctors' strike The Guardian
• Medical chiefs urge David Cameron to avert junior doctor strikes The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt could have stopped this doctors’ strike. But he wanted it | Polly Toynbee The Guardian
• Hospitals braced for walkout as Hunt says doctors' strike must be defeated The Guardian
• NHS doctor: why I won’t be withholding emergency care The Guardian
• Consultants and locums called into A&E for junior doctors' strike The Guardian
• Junior doctor resigns live on ITV ahead of strike over Jeremy Hunt's contract video The Guardian
• Junior doctors: 'over half could quit NHS England over Hunt's contract' The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt: history will judge me on delivering seven-day NHS The Guardian
• Junior doctors' strike: Hospitals braced for first A&E walkout in NHS's 68-year history The Independent
• Junior doctors accused of trying to use all-out strike to topple the Government and Jeremy Hunt The Independent
• Junior doctors' strike: Patients deserve better, from doctors and Government The Independent
• Doctors set to for all-out strike as accusations fly OnMedica

Doctors look after our mental health but who looks after theirs?

Doctors look after our mental health but who looks after theirs? A new study from Cardiff University has revealed that nearly 60% of doctors have experienced mental illness and psychological problems at various stages in their career. That is bad enough in itself, but what is much worse is that very few of the 2,000 surveyed said that they had sought help.

A number of health and professionals from other industries have been studied in recent years and many, not unsurprisingly, also show high levels of stress. Sadly, however, it seems that this failure to seek help is not a phenomenon that is confined purely to the medical profession. The Conversation

Revealed: NHS hospitals investigate one in seven deaths of vulnerable patients

Revealed: NHS hospitals investigate one in seven deaths of vulnerable patients Jeremy Hunt urged to investigate after trusts examine just 222 of 1,638 deaths of patients with learning disabilities



Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is facing calls for a nationwide inquiry into the deaths of highly vulnerable patients in NHS care after it emerged that just one in seven such fatalities in hospitals in England have been investigated.



Data released to the Guardian under freedom of information (FOI) laws show that hospitals in England have investigated just 222 out of 1,638 deaths of patients with learning disabilities since 2011. Continue reading... The Guardian

Zika virus 'could be on its way to Europe', warns UN health agency

Zika virus 'could be on its way to Europe', warns UN health agency Europe should brace itself for the arrival of the Zika virus, the UN’s health agency warned on Monday, as warmer temperatures bring an increase in mosquito numbers.

Zika cases are on the decline in Brazil, the country hardest hit by the outbreak, as the southern hemisphere enters autumn. But the European summer will usher in a "marked increase" in Zika infections, said Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director general of the World Health Organisation. The Daily Telegraph