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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...
Flu Vaccination Season
15/10/2018
Flu Vaccines are here and from next week, along with our usual resources we will have Flu Vaccination information for Parents at our engagement events. Come along and ask if you need one! You can download the Flu Vaccine information below.
NHS invests £2 million to eliminate inpatient suicides
15/10/2018
The prime minister has announced £2m in funding for the Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) over the next two years. The funding will help to reduce suicides across the NHS, with the aim of achieving zero inpatient suicides. It will be used to develop tools for the NHS and public and private partners.
Directions for integrated care providers (ICPs)
15/10/2018
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation with GPs and others involved in the provision of primary medical services. It set outs the draft directions for those providing primary care as part of an ICP and asks if the draft provisions for a new ICP contract are effective...
Local data from 2017 cancer patient experience survey
15/10/2018
NHS England has published local results from the 2017 national cancer patient experience survey. The results , by trust and clinical commissioning group, are on the survey website alongside the national data, which was published in July. Fieldwork for the 2018 survey begins in October and a...
Access to children and young people’s mental health services
12/10/2018
A report from Education Policy Institute examines access to specialist services, waiting times for treatment, and provision for those children that are not able to receive treatment, using information from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and local authorities in England. More...
National mortality case record review: annual report 2018
12/10/2018
The Royal College of Physicians reports on the effectiveness of the standardised review approach used by hospitals to learn from adult acute deaths and improve patient care. It cites a number of case studies where the structured judgement review process has made positive contributions to improving...
Making hospitals safe for people with diabetes
11/10/2018
Diabetes UK has published a report that highlights the challenges facing diabetes inpatient services and shows what should be in place in all hospitals. More.....
PM pledges action on suicide to mark World Mental Health Day
11/10/2018
The Samaritans’ helpline will remain free for the next four years with support from the government, Theresa May has announced as she marked World Mental Health Day. New government funding – up to £1.8 million – will help ensure the charity can continue to provide immediate and lifesaving support to...
Sepsis tool promises to improve detection and treatment
09/10/2018
Imperial College Health Partners, NHS Improvement and NHS England have launched a suspicion of sepsis (SOS) dashboard. This provides clinicians and managers with a reliable and consistent tool to identify and analyse the impact of local improvement on deteriorating patients with SOS. It uses...
NHS to recruit doctors from Australia
09/10/2018
NHS England says it will recruit doctors from Australia in the latest initiative to boost GP numbers. The international recruitment drive is being widened to Australia after the NHS successfully encouraged applications from more than 1,200 GPs in Europe. NHS England will target GPs who left the UK...
Patients to be offered choice over setting and type of dialysis treatment
05/10/2018
People being treated with dialysis after kidney failure are to be offered a choice over where and what type of treatment they have. New recommendations from NICE say patients, in discussion with their clinician, can choose which type of dialysis is right for them and where they can have their...
More people are paying for social care
05/10/2018
The proportion of people who report that they or their family pay for some of their care and support rose by 1.4% to 36.7% in 2017/18, according to figures released by NHS Digital. More.....
People with severe mental illness experience worse physical health
03/10/2018
A Public Health England (PHE) report shows that people with severe mental illness suffer significantly worse physical health compared to the general population, with the greatest inequalities seen among younger people. The report looks at GP data for adults aged under 75. It was prompted by the...
Intergrated care in every community
02/10/2018
Watch this short video from NHS England about intrergrated care in every community
Free guides available to support the health and wellbeing of older people and carers
01/10/2018
Free guides available to support the health and wellbeing of older people and carers NHS England have co-produced free guides that provide older people with practical advice to support healthy ageing and caring. The Healthy Ageing and Healthy Caring guides provides information to older people and...
New care and support guide released on the NHS website
28/09/2018
A new guide to social care and support has been released on the NHS website, to provide guidance to people who may need social care, their families and carers. The guide has been written by experts and extensively tested with users, including members of the public, local authorities, care providers...
Loneliness in later life
27/09/2018
A report from Age UK presents new evidence about loneliness among people aged 50 and over, what increases the chances of people experiencing loneliness and how best to help those older people who are persistently lonely. The focus throughout is on the need for approaches to reducing loneliness to...
Meningitis goes undetected for too long
26/09/2018
Lives could be saved if parents are given consistent, explicit advice about recognising meningitis and septicaemia (otherwise known as sepsis) from health professionals, according to a new report from the charity Meningitis Research Foundation. The report , launched at the start of Meningitis...
Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings
26/09/2018
A NICE guideline covers ways to reduce suicide and help people bereaved or affected by suicides. It aims to help local services work more effectively together to prevent suicide, identify and help people at risk, and prevent suicide in places where it is currently more likely. More.....
Stopping smoking - what works?
26/09/2018
A newsletter from Public Health England looks at the evidence on different ways to stop smoking. According to PHE, smokers who get the right support are four times more likely to quit successfully. More.....
NICE responds to feedback on eating disorders quality initiatives
25/09/2018
A new NICE quality standard (QS) on eating disorders focuses on promoting early access and coordinating care between services. NICE has made several additions to the standard since a draft was published earlier in the year, in response to feedback from stakeholders, including a parliamentary report...
Impact of maternity care charges on migrant women
25/09/2018
A study by a maternity charity explores the experiences of women who faced charges for NHS maternity care. Most of the participants were socially and economically vulnerable but faced debts for bills which they were sent from the NHS. The study shows how NHS charging gives rise to stress and...
NHS to save 'hundreds of millions' in landmark drug ruling in England
24/09/2018
A landmark ruling against two leading drug companies could save the NHS in England "hundreds of millions" a year. Novartis and Bayer were trying to stop NHS doctors from prescribing a cheaper treatment for a serious eye condition. Health bosses said the judgement in the High Court may reduce the...
One person quits smoking every 80 seconds
21/09/2018
Last year, nearly 400,000 smokers in England quit successfully, which is the equivalent to 1,069 smokers each day. Despite new smokers starting and ex-smokers relapsing, there are now 1 million fewer smokers in England since 2014. Of the 6.1 million smokers in England, 6 in 10 want to quit but most...
Patients with high-risk skin cancer have new treatment option
21/09/2018
Hundreds of patients with a type of advanced skin cancer are set to benefit from a new treatment, dabrafenib plus trametinib. More.....
