Thursday 15 June 2017
Maternity staff at Northampton General Hospital give birth to 29 babies in just over one year
Maternity staff at Northampton General Hospital give birth to 29 babies in just over one year Staff at Northampton General Hospital's maternity unit have given birth themselves to an incredible 29 babies in 13 months...and believe they may have set a new record. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Your chance to help shape Corby’s health services
Your chance to help shape Corby’s health services NHS Corby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is looking for people to join a new patient representative group. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Women and leadership – (still) more to do
Women and leadership – (still) more to do Despite the advances of recent years, two recent reports, Women in finance and Women on boards: 50:50 by 2020, once again draw attention to the problems women still face in obtaining senior leadership positions within the NHS and outside it. The King's Fund
Detailed guide: Child and maternal health data and intelligence: a guide for health professionals
Detailed guide: Child and maternal health data and intelligence: a guide for health professionals Public Health England collects and analyses available child and maternal health data and produces intelligence resources to help with improving services and outcomes.
This guidance supports commissioners, service planners and other healthcare professionals with using these resources to make or influence decisions about services that improve the health of children, young people and pregnant women.
This guidance supports commissioners, service planners and other healthcare professionals with using these resources to make or influence decisions about services that improve the health of children, young people and pregnant women.
Towards affordable healthcare: why effective innovation is key
Towards affordable healthcare: why effective innovation is key This report finds that whilst the UK is well placed to innovate to improve health outcomes and reduce costs, the UK is often not doing enough with the tools at its disposal. Given the challenging financial climate facing the NHS, this report showcases how health care innovations currently employed at home and abroad could increase productivity and reduce costs. International Longevity Centre
Returning to practice
Returning to practice This guidance aims to help people who have taken a break from practice, or are considering doing so, to understand the requirements for coming back on to the HCPC Register. It helps to ensure that registrants who have been out of practice for more than two years, and wish to return, update their knowledge and skills in order to resume safe and effective practice. Health Care & Professions Council
Worries over care home fees and funding
Worries over care home fees and funding Care homes may be charging families for extended periods after a resident has died as well as large upfront fees, a competition inquiry has revealed.
The concerns emerged from the initial findings of a review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) which began in December.
The CMA has now opened a case owing to fears that there could be breaches in consumer law.
There are more than 400,000 people in care and nursing homes in the UK. BBC News
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The concerns emerged from the initial findings of a review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) which began in December.
The CMA has now opened a case owing to fears that there could be breaches in consumer law.
There are more than 400,000 people in care and nursing homes in the UK. BBC News
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- CMA outlines emerging concerns in care homes market Competition and Markets Authority
Treatments and technologies matter, but patients most want to be seen as people
Treatments and technologies matter, but patients most want to be seen as people Patient stories are a raw and compelling new kind of online feedback. They can prompt rapid improvements in services – if the NHS is willing to embrace them
People have always shared their experiences of healthcare, usually privately, with family, neighbours or workmates. But online, patients and carers are increasingly willing to share accounts of their health service encounters with the wider world, often in intimate detail. There are websites devoted to collecting and publicising patient ratings and reviews of healthcare professionals, services, diagnoses and treatments.
Stories place people, not pathology, at the centre of clinical thinking Continue reading... The Guardian
People have always shared their experiences of healthcare, usually privately, with family, neighbours or workmates. But online, patients and carers are increasingly willing to share accounts of their health service encounters with the wider world, often in intimate detail. There are websites devoted to collecting and publicising patient ratings and reviews of healthcare professionals, services, diagnoses and treatments.
Stories place people, not pathology, at the centre of clinical thinking Continue reading... The Guardian
As overdose deaths hit record levels, drug and alcohol services face massive cuts
As overdose deaths hit record levels, drug and alcohol services face massive cuts Investigation finds cuts-hit councils in England are slashing budgets and access to treatment, despite the UK being Europe’s drugs death capital
Kevin Jaffray had been addicted to heroin for 20 years when he finally sought help in prison. “I was in prison more than out. I’d been living in a tent in Bournemouth. I’d lost everything, I was broken. I was overdosing once or twice a week. I was dicing with death every day. Prison was a relief.”
The cuts are the legacy of the ending of what had been an effective ring fence on drug treatment in 2013 Continue reading... The Guardian
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Kevin Jaffray had been addicted to heroin for 20 years when he finally sought help in prison. “I was in prison more than out. I’d been living in a tent in Bournemouth. I’d lost everything, I was broken. I was overdosing once or twice a week. I was dicing with death every day. Prison was a relief.”
The cuts are the legacy of the ending of what had been an effective ring fence on drug treatment in 2013 Continue reading... The Guardian
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Three in four pensioners want tax rise to pay for NHS, polling finds
Three in four pensioners want tax rise to pay for NHS, polling finds Three quarters of pensioners support tax rises to pay for improvements to NHS, polling has found.
The survey of 2,000 adults also found four in 10 would like to see charges for patients who miss appointments.
The findings came as NHS leaders called for a cash boost for the health service, and pay rises for 1.3 million staff.
But the survey commissioned by PwC found that 53 per cent of the public thought it was more important to hire more staff, rather than to increase pay for existing workers. The Daily Telegraph
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The survey of 2,000 adults also found four in 10 would like to see charges for patients who miss appointments.
The findings came as NHS leaders called for a cash boost for the health service, and pay rises for 1.3 million staff.
But the survey commissioned by PwC found that 53 per cent of the public thought it was more important to hire more staff, rather than to increase pay for existing workers. The Daily Telegraph
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NHS will not survive without extra cash, health service leaders claim
NHS will not survive without extra cash, health service leaders claim NHS chiefs have demanded more money for health service, saying the service is no longer sustainable, with a "desperate" need for a vision for the future.
Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said extra funds and “bold decisions” were needed to deal with an “inexorable” rise in demand from an ageing population
Too many children were being left to wait six months for specialist care, he said, while the health service “turned our backs” on routine waiting list targets.
Speaking to the organisation’s annual conference in Liverpool, he said an urgent cash injection was needed, calling for a GDP target to be set for health spending. The Daily Telegraph
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Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said extra funds and “bold decisions” were needed to deal with an “inexorable” rise in demand from an ageing population
Too many children were being left to wait six months for specialist care, he said, while the health service “turned our backs” on routine waiting list targets.
Speaking to the organisation’s annual conference in Liverpool, he said an urgent cash injection was needed, calling for a GDP target to be set for health spending. The Daily Telegraph
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