Monday 8 May 2017
KGH to hold event to help people plan end of life care
KGH to hold event to help people plan end of life care Kettering General Hospital is holding an event to help people plan for their healthcare needs towards the end of life. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Surviving or Thriving? The state of the UK's mental health
Surviving or Thriving? The state of the UK's mental health In March 2017, commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation, NatCen conducted a survey amongst its panel members in England, Scotland and Wales. This aimed to understand the prevalence of self-reported mental health problems, levels of positive and negative mental health in the population, and the actions people take to deal with the stressors in their lives.
New case study looks at reducing agency spend
New case study looks at reducing agency spend In this new case study, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust shares its experience and advice on how it has reduced medical agency spend. NHS Employers
New report - Reward in the NHS: good practice and innovation taking place across the NHS on reward
New report - Reward in the NHS: good practice and innovation taking place across the NHS on reward This report captures the themes, good practice, and innovation that have emerged from NHS Employers' Total Reward Engagement Network over the last year. It focuses on key elements of reward and how organisations are changing their approach to reward. NHS Employers
General election 2017: NHS pay cap 'must be lifted'
General election 2017: NHS pay cap 'must be lifted' The pay cap on NHS staff must be lifted because it puts patient safety at risk, NHS bosses say.
NHS Providers said the cap, which limits pay rises to 1% a year to 2019, was causing severe recruitment and retention problems in England.
The body, which represents NHS trusts in England, said the next government must look at the issue immediately.
Labour says it would look to increase pay, but the Tories and Lib Dems have not yet set out any pay plans. BBC News
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NHS Providers said the cap, which limits pay rises to 1% a year to 2019, was causing severe recruitment and retention problems in England.
The body, which represents NHS trusts in England, said the next government must look at the issue immediately.
Labour says it would look to increase pay, but the Tories and Lib Dems have not yet set out any pay plans. BBC News
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- Pay restraint has had its day NHS Providers
- Worries over NHS staffing a key election concern NHS Providers
- NHS staff 'quitting to work in supermarkets because of poor pay' The Guardian
General election 2017: Conservatives pledge to end mental health 'injustice'
General election 2017: Conservatives pledge to end mental health 'injustice' The 1983 Mental Health Act would be replaced with new laws tackling "unnecessary detention" under Tory plans for England and Wales.
The Conservatives also pledged 10,000 more NHS mental health staff by 2020 and to tackle discrimination against those with mental health problems.
But Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that a failure to hit A&E targets was "not acceptable".
Opponents said without extra money, the Tory pledges were based on "thin air".
The Conservatives say their mental health plans are motivated by the concern that "vulnerable people are being subject to detention, including in police cells, unnecessarily" as numbers of people detained or "sectioned" under the Mental Health Act have risen. BBC News
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The Conservatives also pledged 10,000 more NHS mental health staff by 2020 and to tackle discrimination against those with mental health problems.
But Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that a failure to hit A&E targets was "not acceptable".
Opponents said without extra money, the Tory pledges were based on "thin air".
The Conservatives say their mental health plans are motivated by the concern that "vulnerable people are being subject to detention, including in police cells, unnecessarily" as numbers of people detained or "sectioned" under the Mental Health Act have risen. BBC News
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General election 2017: Labour proposes junk food ad ban
General election 2017: Labour proposes junk food ad ban Adverts for junk food and sweets would be banned from all TV shows broadcast before the 21:00 watershed under Labour plans to tackle childhood obesity.
The party says the proposal forms part of a future child health bill that will be outlined in its election manifesto.
Products high in fat, salt or sugar are currently banned from being advertised during children's TV only.
The Tories said they had the world's "most ambitious" child obesity plan that would be put at risk by Labour.
According to Labour, introducing a ban on pre-watershed junk food promotions would reduce children's viewing of such adverts by 82%. BBC News
The party says the proposal forms part of a future child health bill that will be outlined in its election manifesto.
Products high in fat, salt or sugar are currently banned from being advertised during children's TV only.
The Tories said they had the world's "most ambitious" child obesity plan that would be put at risk by Labour.
According to Labour, introducing a ban on pre-watershed junk food promotions would reduce children's viewing of such adverts by 82%. BBC News
'Unnecessary' painkillers could leave thousands addicted, doctors warn
'Unnecessary' painkillers could leave thousands addicted, doctors warn Prescriptions for powerful opioid painkillers have doubled from 12m to 24m in past decade, NHS Digital figures reveal
Prescription pain killers: share your stories with us
Powerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers are being handed out too readily, leading doctors have warned after it emerged that the number of times the drugs are being prescribed in the UK has doubled in the past decade.
The Faculty of Pain Medicine and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said they were worried about the high and growing use of opioid drugs such as codeine and tramadol – while other experts warn that hundreds of thousands of patients could be addicted to them. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Prescription pain killers: share your stories with us
Powerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers are being handed out too readily, leading doctors have warned after it emerged that the number of times the drugs are being prescribed in the UK has doubled in the past decade.
The Faculty of Pain Medicine and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said they were worried about the high and growing use of opioid drugs such as codeine and tramadol – while other experts warn that hundreds of thousands of patients could be addicted to them. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Antibiotics may soon be useless against infections
Antibiotics may soon be useless against infections The country is on the brink of a ‘post-antibiotic’ era in which infections will only be cured by fresh air and sunshine, the chief medical officer has warned.
Dame Sally Davies is particularly worried about the spread of untreatable strains of gonorrhoea which are already on the rise in some areas of the country.
She is also concerned about the emergence of resistant forms of TB which are not responding to antibiotics. The Daily Mail
Dame Sally Davies is particularly worried about the spread of untreatable strains of gonorrhoea which are already on the rise in some areas of the country.
She is also concerned about the emergence of resistant forms of TB which are not responding to antibiotics. The Daily Mail
Liberal Democrats pledge to put 1p on income tax to pay for NHS
Liberal Democrats pledge to put 1p on income tax to pay for NHS A local election breakthrough for the Liberal Democrats fuelled by pro-European Union supporters angry about Brexit failed to materialise with overall losses of 37 seats.
Despite the poor showing, the party’s vote share increased, prompting the party to claim it could win “scores” of seats at the general election on June 8.
The news came as the LibDems announced plans to put 1p on income tax to raise an extra £6 billion to spend on hospitals and and social care. The Daily Telegraph
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Despite the poor showing, the party’s vote share increased, prompting the party to claim it could win “scores” of seats at the general election on June 8.
The news came as the LibDems announced plans to put 1p on income tax to raise an extra £6 billion to spend on hospitals and and social care. The Daily Telegraph
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Patients in hospitals should be tagged with 'homing beacons' to stop them being lost in 'chaotic' wards, King's Fund and Royal College say
Patients in hospitals should be tagged with 'homing beacons' to stop them being lost in 'chaotic' wards, King's Fund and Royal College say All hospital patients should be tagged with homing beacons to prevent staff losing track of them on busy and chaotic NHS wards, experts have said.
The author of a new King’s Fund report said doctors and nurses waste “extraordinary” amounts of time trying to locate patients when they should be treating them.
Michael Wise, a clinician who spent months as an acute NHS patient, called on the health service to adopt tracking technologies such as those used in hospitals in Asia. The Daily Telegraph
The author of a new King’s Fund report said doctors and nurses waste “extraordinary” amounts of time trying to locate patients when they should be treating them.
Michael Wise, a clinician who spent months as an acute NHS patient, called on the health service to adopt tracking technologies such as those used in hospitals in Asia. The Daily Telegraph
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