Friday 20 January 2017
POLL: Would you be willing to pay extra tax to prop up the NHS in Northamptonshire?
POLL: Would you be willing to pay extra tax to prop up the NHS in Northamptonshire? Health bosses in Northamptonshire need to save £230 million over the next five years to balance the books... but would you be willing to pay extra tax to prop up the NHS? Northampton Chronicle and Echo
‘We want justice for our babies’: Northampton woman’s campaign to see inquests for stillbirths
‘We want justice for our babies’: Northampton woman’s campaign to see inquests for stillbirths A Northampton mother who was forced to enter a four-year legal battle to reveal doctor’s negligence over her baby’s death is calling for a change in the law for other parents - and The Chronicle & Echo wants to help her cause. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
St Andrew's college for young people with mental needs rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted
St Andrew's college for young people with mental needs rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted A school for children and adolescents with mental health needs has earned its second 'outstanding' rating from Ofsted. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Crowd-sourcing the future of the NHS
Crowd-sourcing the future of the NHS As the NHS struggles to meet rising demand amid funding constraints and a growing sense of crisis in social care, it can be difficult to look beyond the immediate pressures and think ahead to the longer term future of health and social care in England.
Last year, in a bid to look beyond the here and now, we started a programme of work to generate new thinking on the future of the NHS – thinking unconstrained by today’s limitations and boundaries. We asked experts both inside and outside the Fund to set free their imaginations on a range of ‘What if…’ scenarios for the future of health and care.
Their essays challenged us to consider scenarios such as a carbon-neutral NHS, an NHS in a world in which antibiotics stopped working and a society in which obesity were eradicated, among others. The King's Fund
Last year, in a bid to look beyond the here and now, we started a programme of work to generate new thinking on the future of the NHS – thinking unconstrained by today’s limitations and boundaries. We asked experts both inside and outside the Fund to set free their imaginations on a range of ‘What if…’ scenarios for the future of health and care.
Their essays challenged us to consider scenarios such as a carbon-neutral NHS, an NHS in a world in which antibiotics stopped working and a society in which obesity were eradicated, among others. The King's Fund
Supporting carers: mental health carers’ assessments in policy and practice
Supporting carers: mental health carers’ assessments in policy and practice This briefing outlines the challenges that mental health carers face in accessing carers’ assessments. It looks at the legal context and how the assessments work in practice. Centre for Mental Health
Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs
Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs The Commonwealth Fund International Experts Working Group on Patients with Complex Conditions offers recommendations on care for older adults living with frailty, advanced illness, or other complex conditions.
Fewer beds, higher patient demand - NHS pressure mounts
Fewer beds, higher patient demand - NHS pressure mounts With many hospitals close to full in these difficult winter weeks, there has been much debate about the resources available in the health service.
Patient demand is rising faster than the budget increases allocated to the NHS in England.
Yet the number of hospital bed numbers has fallen steadily in recent years. So what is going on?
The total number of overnight hospital beds in England fell from 144,455 at the start of the 2010/11 financial year to 129,458 in the middle of 2016 (the last recorded figures). The number of day beds over that period increased from 11,783 to 12,480.
Looking further back into history reveals a sharper rate of decline.
That current figure of overnight beds compares with almost 300,000 in 1987-88 according to figures from the Nuffield Trust. BBC News
Patient demand is rising faster than the budget increases allocated to the NHS in England.
Yet the number of hospital bed numbers has fallen steadily in recent years. So what is going on?
The total number of overnight hospital beds in England fell from 144,455 at the start of the 2010/11 financial year to 129,458 in the middle of 2016 (the last recorded figures). The number of day beds over that period increased from 11,783 to 12,480.
Looking further back into history reveals a sharper rate of decline.
That current figure of overnight beds compares with almost 300,000 in 1987-88 according to figures from the Nuffield Trust. BBC News
Man evicted from hospital for blocking bed for two years
Man evicted from hospital for blocking bed for two years A hospital applied for a court order to remove a patient who had occupied a bed "unnecessarily" for more than two years.
The man, who cannot be named due to patient confidentiality, had refused to leave the James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk.
The hospital said he had been "fit for discharge" and had been offered appropriate accommodation.
It said the decision to go to court was a last resort and "not taken lightly".
The man, from Suffolk, had been at the hospital in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, since August 2014. BBC News
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The man, who cannot be named due to patient confidentiality, had refused to leave the James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk.
The hospital said he had been "fit for discharge" and had been offered appropriate accommodation.
It said the decision to go to court was a last resort and "not taken lightly".
The man, from Suffolk, had been at the hospital in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, since August 2014. BBC News
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'Huge leap' in prostate cancer testing
'Huge leap' in prostate cancer testing The biggest leap in diagnosing prostate cancer "in decades" has been made using new scanning equipment, say doctors and campaigners.
Using advanced MRI nearly doubles the number of aggressive tumours that are caught.
And the trial on 576 men, published in the Lancet, showed more than a quarter could be spared invasive biopsies, which can lead to severe side-effects.
The NHS is already reviewing whether the scans can be introduced widely.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in British men, and yet testing for it is far from perfect. BBC News
Using advanced MRI nearly doubles the number of aggressive tumours that are caught.
And the trial on 576 men, published in the Lancet, showed more than a quarter could be spared invasive biopsies, which can lead to severe side-effects.
The NHS is already reviewing whether the scans can be introduced widely.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in British men, and yet testing for it is far from perfect. BBC News
Nearly 200 GP practices closed in 2016 alone, NHS data suggest
Nearly 200 GP practices closed in 2016 alone, NHS data suggest Data on GP practice populations released by NHS Digital this month list just 7,532 GP practices - down 181 from the total a year earlier in January 2016.
Part of the drop in GP practice numbers in the NHS Digital data is likely to be driven by mergers, which could mean that some of the practice locations no longer listed in official figures remain open, but under the wing of a larger group.
However, BMA leaders have warned that closures are at 'record levels' and the latest figures suggest that the trend is not slowing down as GPs wait for government pledges of investment through the GP Forward View to take effect. GP Online
Part of the drop in GP practice numbers in the NHS Digital data is likely to be driven by mergers, which could mean that some of the practice locations no longer listed in official figures remain open, but under the wing of a larger group.
However, BMA leaders have warned that closures are at 'record levels' and the latest figures suggest that the trend is not slowing down as GPs wait for government pledges of investment through the GP Forward View to take effect. GP Online
Noisy hospitals can accelerate decline in dementia
Noisy hospitals can accelerate decline in dementia Busy noisy hospitals with changing staff can accelerate mental decline in patients with dementia, a study* published in JAMA Psychiatry has shown.
Patients can become acutely confused and disorientated in busy noisy environments such as hospitals, which can prompt delirium. Delirium, which affects a quarter of older patients, may have long-lasting consequences, including accelerating the dementia process, University College London and University of Cambridge researchers have shown. OnMedica
Patients can become acutely confused and disorientated in busy noisy environments such as hospitals, which can prompt delirium. Delirium, which affects a quarter of older patients, may have long-lasting consequences, including accelerating the dementia process, University College London and University of Cambridge researchers have shown. OnMedica
Nurse shifts left unfilled at nearly every hospital in England, figures show
Nurse shifts left unfilled at nearly every hospital in England, figures show Analysis of official data finds 96% of NHS hospital trusts had fewer nurses covering day shifts than they had planned
Almost every hospital in England has fewer nurses on duty than each believes are needed to guarantee safe patient care, research shows.
Analysis of official data by the Health Service Journal (HSJ) found that 96% of NHS hospital trusts in England had fewer nurses covering day shifts in October than they had planned and 85% did not have the desired number working at night. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Almost every hospital in England has fewer nurses on duty than each believes are needed to guarantee safe patient care, research shows.
Analysis of official data by the Health Service Journal (HSJ) found that 96% of NHS hospital trusts in England had fewer nurses covering day shifts in October than they had planned and 85% did not have the desired number working at night. Continue reading... The Guardian
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- Shortage of nurses in almost EVERY hospital in Britain The Daily Mail
- 96 per cent of hospitals have nurse shortages, official figures show The Daily Telegraph
- NHS Hospital wards left with 'dangerously low levels of nurses' The Independent
Hitting the right note: the orchestra helping stroke survivors recover – video
Hitting the right note: the orchestra helping stroke survivors recover – video Strokestra, a pioneering collaboration between the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Hull integrated community stroke service uses group music-making to drive recovery in stroke survivors. Patients try out instruments, listen to and play alongside world-class musicians. With funding from Hull Public Health, the pilot programme involved 50 patients and carers and ran from May to October 2015. This is their story. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Sandwiches and salads off the menu as NHS battles cash crisis
Sandwiches and salads off the menu as NHS battles cash crisis Sandwiches and salads are off the menu at cash-strapped NHS hospitals as trusts attempt to put off paying bills until the new financial year.
Suppliers to hospitals have abandoned contracts after senior managers failed to persuade them to wait months for outstanding payments to be made.
Other NHS trusts are delaying payments in a desperate bid to reduce their deficit by the end of this financial year.
Last year the health service declared the worst deficit in its history - at £2.45bn - and the current winter crisis is fuelling extra spending on agency staff. The Daily Telegraph
Suppliers to hospitals have abandoned contracts after senior managers failed to persuade them to wait months for outstanding payments to be made.
Other NHS trusts are delaying payments in a desperate bid to reduce their deficit by the end of this financial year.
Last year the health service declared the worst deficit in its history - at £2.45bn - and the current winter crisis is fuelling extra spending on agency staff. The Daily Telegraph
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