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Social care assessors failing older people
16/01/2019
Social care assessors often fail to understand the disabilities and support needs of older people, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The...
Handbook to the NHS Constitution for England
16/01/2019
Information about the rights and pledges in the NHS Constitution and what these mean for NHS patients and staff. Updated with 2019 edition of the...
Government consultation on restricting unhealthy foods
16/01/2019
The government is seeking views on its plans to restrict promotions of food and drink products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS). This consultation...
NHS to support partners of new mothers with mental illness
05/12/2018
New and expectant fathers will be offered mental health checks and treatment as part of a new plan to support families. In the landmark move, the partners of pregnant women and new mothers who are themselves suffering from anxiety, depression or more severe disorders such as psychosis will be...
See inside the new £16.4m staff housing block which aims to attract more doctors and nurses to Grimsby hospital
04/12/2018
Grimsby hospital bosses are hoping to attract more medical staff after the opening of a multi-million-pound accommodation block. The first staff are due to move into the modern, £16.4 million facility at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital this month after it was officially opened today. The...
Monthly announcement of national dementia diagnosis rate
04/12/2018
National dementia diagnosis rates (DDR) for September and October 2018 can be found on the NHS Digital website. Click here for more information
Nursing charity launches report on care for homeless
04/12/2018
The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has published a report on homelessness. The report gives insight based on the views of 206 homeless health nurses working across the UK.
Consultation and CCG guidance on prescribing in primary care
03/12/2018
A national public consultation has been launched on proposals to update and review commissioning guidance about items that should not be routinely prescribed in primary care. In the majority of cases there are other more effective, safer and/or cheaper alternatives available. CCGs are asked to...
Very low calorie diets to tackle obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemic
03/12/2018
Hundreds of thousands of people will receive NHS help to battle obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to NHS England. Very low calorie diets that have been shown to put type 2 diabetes in remission in those recently diagnosed with the condition will be trialled as part of the NHS long term plan.
Decline in hospital admissions for drug-related mental and behavioural disorders
03/12/2018
Hospital admissions for drug-related mental and behavioural disorders in England dropped by 4% in a year - from 7,545 in 2016/17 to 7,258 in 2017/18, according to new figures published today by NHS Digital. This is the second year in a row that the number of admissions for drug-related mental and...
Latest mental health services statistics
03/12/2018
NHS Digital has published statistics on people who have been referred for treatment or assessment with mental health services in England. This is the most detailed picture available of the use of NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England during the...
New cervical screening figures released
29/11/2018
NHS Digital has published data on cervical screening coverage for 2017/18. The report presents information on women aged 25-64 who were invited for regular screening, as well as the screening samples sent to pathology laboratories and referrals to colposcopy clinics.
Children's mental health briefing
29/11/2018
A report from the children’s commissioner concludes that child and adolescent mental health services are improving in most areas in the country, but still patchy and changing too slowly. More....
New mental health support for mothers
29/11/2018
NHS England has published information about mental health services for mothers, their families and people who care for them. Eight leaflets cover a broad range of topics including postnatal depression, postpartum psychosis and perinatal OCD. They offer advice to support people in making decisions...
New role helping patients on their journey through hospital
28/11/2018
A new role has been rolled out to help patients flow through hospital from admission to discharge as smoothly and speedily as possible. A total of 15 new apprentice patient care navigators are now walking the wards and corridors of Scunthorpe and Grimsby hospitals with one aim in sight – the safe...
Ambulatory emergency care could relieve winter pressures
28/11/2018
A report from the Society of Acute Medicine calls on the government and NHS leaders to realise urgently the potential of ambulatory emergency care. It warns that the NHS is on borrowed time as winter approaches but says better use of same-day emergency clinics could save at least 14,000 overnight...
NHS set to save record £300 million on the NHS’s highest drug spend
28/11/2018
The NHS is set to save a record £300 million after negotiating deals with five manufacturers on low cost versions of the health service’s most costly drug. The saving, the biggest ever from a single drug negotiation, was unlocked by the introduction of ‘biosimilar’ versions of adalimumab are double...
National adult asthma audit programme
28/11/2018
The national adult asthma audit launched on the 1 November 2018 across England, Scotland and Wales. To date, 156 hospitals have registered to participate. This audit will collect data on patients admitted to hospital for an asthma attack, highlighting variations in care and areas for improvement...
PHE and NHSE launch national drive to trace hepatitis C patients
23/11/2018
Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England have launched a national exercise to identify and treat patients who have been previously diagnosed with hepatitis C. In recent years new, potentially curative treatments have been developed for hepatitis C, but tens of thousands of people who were...
Government promises patients a better alternative to hospital
23/11/2018
More NHS patients will be cared for at home and in their community to avoid them going into or staying in hospital unnecessarily, Theresa May has announced. The forthcoming NHS long term plan will include rapid response teams made up of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists and will provide urgent...
Mental health: One in four young women struggling
23/11/2018
Nearly one in four young women has a mental illness, with emotional problems such as depression and anxiety the most common, figures for England show. The official NHS report found young women aged 17 to 19 were twice as likely as young men to have problems, with 23.9% reporting a disorder...
The hospitals that fail to treat patients on time
23/11/2018
Nearly one in five local hospital services are consistently failing to hit any of their key waiting-time targets, BBC analysis shows. Twenty-nine hospital trusts and boards out of 157 have not hit a single target for a whole year. Northern Ireland is struggling the most - all five trusts have...
Grimsby Hospital parking at 'crisis point' as patients and visitors trapped in queues day after day
22/11/2018
Parking at Grimsby's hospital it at "crisis point", according to a patient who says he is trapped in queues for a space day after day. The patient sent Grimsby Live a photograph showing a long trail of cars, bumper to bumper, looking for parking spots on Wednesday morning. He said the scramble for...
Healthwatch reports on emergency admissions
22/11/2018
New research indicates a spike in emergency readmissions to hospital over the last year. A report published by Healthwatch calls on the NHS to fix the data gaps to help understand why.
More than half of patients who finished psychological therapy recovered in 2017/18
22/11/2018
More than half of patients (50.8%) treated for anxiety and depression in 2017/18 went on to recover, according to statistics from NHS Digital. This is the first financial year when the recovery rate passed 50%. More....
Overwhelming public support for healthy food action
22/11/2018
A new survey from Public Health England (PHE) shows overwhelming public support for reducing sugar and calories in everyday foods. The survey , carried out by Ipsos MORI, found around 9 in 10 people support the government working with the food industry (manufacturers, supermarkets and restaurants)...
Care Hero Recognised in Grimsby
21/11/2018
Grimsby is an area which values its community and also provides recognition where its due via their Heart of Your Community awards . These awards are the perfect way to demonstrate how important it is for companies and individuals to work together to enhance the lives of those around them. What’s...
Over 65s urged to get flu vaccine
21/11/2018
The NHS is urging the over 65s to take advantage of the NHS’s biggest ever flu vaccination programme. Older people across the country are being offered the most effective vaccine in the world as part of the programme which is providing a record 8.5m doses free of charge. All vaccines have now been...
