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Bolstering the workforce is the key to the survival of the NHS | Niall Dickson: Falling staff numbers demand radical answers

Bolstering the workforce is the key to the survival of the NHS | Niall Dickson: Falling staff numbers demand radical answers if we are to meet the challenges that face the health service
Source: theguardian.com

NHSbuntu - a modern, secure, open source, operating system being considered by Jeremy Hunt for the NHS. It seems to have

NHSbuntu - a modern, secure, open source, operating system being considered by Jeremy Hunt for the NHS. It seems to have taken the recent ransomware attack on the ageing Windows XP infrastructure of the NHS to alert those in charge to an innovation that has already been developed from within it. NHSbuntu...
Source: openhealthhub.org

Day v Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust & Health Education England (2017) - Hempsons

Day v Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust & Health Education England (2017) - Hempsons
Source: hempsons.co.uk

GP exodus from the NHS predicted within five years by research - Hospital Dr

GP exodus from the NHS predicted within five years by research - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Four out of ten European doctors working in the NHS are considering leaving - Hospital Dr

Four out of ten European doctors working in the NHS are considering leaving - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Healthcare Quality Indicators: Wales 'in line' with UK average - BBC News: NHS Wales is doing as well as - and in some areas

Healthcare Quality Indicators: Wales 'in line' with UK average - BBC News: NHS Wales is doing as well as - and in some areas better than - other UK nations in a range of health quality indicators.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Leaked NHS Improvement figures suggest January was worst month for NHS in 13 years - Hospital Dr

Leaked NHS Improvement figures suggest January was worst month for NHS in 13 years - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Labour has shifted focus away from the NHS crisis. For what? | Owen Jones: The NHS should be the party’s main focus right

Labour has shifted focus away from the NHS crisis. For what? | Owen Jones: The NHS should be the party’s main focus right now. Jeremy Corbyn’s pronouncements about immigration and high pay are just distractions
Source: theguardian.com

Ten people to get NHS bionic eyes - BBC News: The NHS will pay for 10 blind patients to have "bionic eyes" to help treat

Ten people to get NHS bionic eyes - BBC News: The NHS will pay for 10 blind patients to have "bionic eyes" to help treat an inherited form of blindness.
Source: bbc.co.uk

NHS England sending anorexic patients to Scotland for treatment: Mental health experts voice concern over growing trend

NHS England sending anorexic patients to Scotland for treatment: Mental health experts voice concern over growing trend and say it could increase vulnerable patients’ chances of dying
Source: theguardian.com

Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank: King’s Fund says local health leaders have been

Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank: King’s Fund says local health leaders have been told not to reveal plans until they are finalised and have been approved
Source: theguardian.com

Sore throats to be tested by pharmacists instead of GPs under NHS move: Sufferers will go for on-the-spot tests under initiative

Sore throats to be tested by pharmacists instead of GPs under NHS move: Sufferers will go for on-the-spot tests under initiative designed to relieve pressure on GPs and tackle antibiotic resistance
Source: theguardian.com

Missing GP records in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk 'total 9,000' - BBC News: More than 9,000 patients' records have gone missing

Missing GP records in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk 'total 9,000' - BBC News: More than 9,000 patients' records have gone missing since private firm Capita took over NHS file transferring services, a BBC survey shows.
Source: bbc.co.uk

A collaborative improvement project by an NHS Emergency Department and Scottish Ambulance Paramedics to improve the identification

A collaborative improvement project by an NHS Emergency Department and Scottish Ambulance Paramedics to improve the identification and delivery of sepsis 6. Martin Carberry. John Harden. BMJ Quality Improvement Reports.
Source: bmj.com

Moved Permanently

Moved Permanently
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Poverty costs UK £78bn a year, Joseph Rowntree Foundation says - BBC News: The effects of poverty in the UK cost the average

Poverty costs UK £78bn a year, Joseph Rowntree Foundation says - BBC News: The effects of poverty in the UK cost the average taxpayer £1,200 a year, and the UK £78bn in total, with the NHS bearing the brunt, a report suggests.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Good read. "Humanising healthcare" by Dr Margaret Hannah. Great ideas briefly and clearly explained. The book outlines an

Good read. "Humanising healthcare" by Dr Margaret Hannah. Great ideas briefly and clearly explained. The book outlines an approach in Fife to reduce winter pressures on beds by encouraging patients, staff, and community to seek better health care. The ideas are based on Alaska's Southcentral Foundations's...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt doesn’t understand junior doctors. He co-wrote a book on how to dismantle the NHS | Frankie Boyle: Frankie

Jeremy Hunt doesn’t understand junior doctors. He co-wrote a book on how to dismantle the NHS | Frankie Boyle: Frankie Boyle: The health secretary’s name is so redolent of upper-class brutality he belongs in a Martin Amis book where working-class people are called Dave Rubbish
Source: theguardian.com

NHS bullying made me want to kill myself and forced me to quit: I will never forget what happened to me and four years on

NHS bullying made me want to kill myself and forced me to quit: I will never forget what happened to me and four years on I still suffer trauma whenever I go near the hospital where I once worked
Source: theguardian.com

Massive NHS Kernow debts spark health cut fears - BBC News: Health services in Cornwall could face "big hits" after NHS

Massive NHS Kernow debts spark health cut fears - BBC News: Health services in Cornwall could face "big hits" after NHS Kernow admits is could end the year with debts of £57m.
Source: bbc.co.uk