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Emergency readmissions are rising
25/03/2019
NHS Digital has published data for emergency readmissions for hospitals in England between 2013/14 and 2017/18. These figures show that emergency...
NHS England publishes response to consultation feedback on Integrated Care Provider (ICP) Contract
25/03/2019
NHS England has now published the response to the 12-week consultation, which ran from August to October 2018, on the proposed contracting...
Review of the wider public health workforce
22/03/2019
Public Health England has published a review of what it calls the wider public health workforce – which includes sectors that influence but do not...
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...
Government promises more funding to fight superbugs
21/11/2018
The government has agreed an extra £10m to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at home and abroad. More....
Registering vision impairment as a disability
21/11/2018
The Department of Health and Social Care has updated the certificate of vision impairment and referral of vision impairment letter template for consultant ophthalmologists and hospital eye clinic staff. More….
Priorities for adult social work research
19/11/2018
A report from the Department of Health and Social Care sets out the top ten priorities for adult social work research. It aims to ensure that future research answers the questions that are important to social workers and those who are in contact with them. More....
Feedback from people with personal health budgets
19/11/2018
NHS England commissioned an independent survey of people with a personal health budget (PHB) to understand their experience. Nearly nine in ten, 89%, said their personalised care and support plan reflected what mattered to them, 86% said they had achieved what they wanted as a result of their plan...
Cancer screening to be overhauled as part of NHS long term plan
19/11/2018
Professor Sir Mike Richards will lead a major overhaul of national cancer screening programmes as part of a renewed drive to improve care and save lives, NHS England has announced. Increasing early detection of cancers when they are easier to treat is at the heart of the NHS’s long term plan to...
New web resource to explore technology in care
16/11/2018
The CQC has added pages to its website exploring the use of technology in care. Updates will look at what providers will need to consider as they develop new ways of working with technology. More.....
NHS to provide glucose monitors for type 1 diabetes patients
16/11/2018
Tens of thousands of people with type 1 diabetes across the country will benefit from life changing glucose monitors on the NHS. To coincide with World Diabetes Day, Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, is announcing action to end the current variation patients in some parts of the...
Improving access and continuity in general practice
15/11/2018
A report by the Nuffield Trust sets out the evidence on continuity of care, its impact on clinical outcomes and wider health services, its importance to patients and GPs, and the relationship between improved access initiatives and continuity of care within general practice. The report aims to help...
Health care needs of people with multiple conditions
15/11/2018
A Health Foundation report found that one in four adults in England (14.2 million people) had two or more health conditions. This group accounts for over half (55%) of hospital admissions and outpatient visits and three-quarters (75%) of primary care prescriptions. The report also found that people...
Digital maturity of maternity services
15/11/2018
NHS England has published a “digital maturity assessment” of maternity services across England, described as a baseline for improvement at both a national and local level. More.....
Encouraging people to choose self care for life
15/11/2018
More than 22 million people are being targeted as part of Self Care Week which launches this week. The slogan “ Choose Self Care for Life ” aims to engage and empower people to look after their own health better including self-treatable conditions, long term conditions, or lifestyle choices to...
Public Health England warns travellers of rabies risk
15/11/2018
PHE is reminding travellers to avoid coming into contact with animals when travelling to rabies affected countries due to the risk of catching the disease. More.....
Latest figures on prescribing for diabetes
15/11/2018
NHS Digital has published its latest annual report on prescribing for diabetes covering the ten years to 2017/18. It examines prescribing trends on medicines prescribed in primary care in England for the treatment and monitoring of diabetes during the period April 2007 to March 2018. The report...
