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DH: Think measles: patient leaflet for young people – (DH: NHS patients benefit from cutting edge life science innovations ~ DH: New bowel cancer screening test ~ DH: PHE staff appear at Health Select Committee)
NHS England: Further update on commissioning & provision of Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) for HIV prevention – (New packs will give real value to patients ~ Solving the puzzle of Musculoskeletal Service transformation ~ NHS England: Latest new care model update bulletin published ~ Doctors urged to help stop ‘chemical restraint’ as leading health professionals sign joint pledge ~ From review to implementation: embedding the 2020 vision for maternity services – Baroness Julia Cumberlege ~ NHS England: What matters to me? – Katie Clarke-Day ~ NHS eye health summit tackles hospital demand ~ NHS England: Building carer friendly communities – Dr Neil Churchill ~ Patients hold key to making services better – Anu Singh ~ NHS England: Why I am optimistic about NHS 111 – Dr James Ray)
NHS England: Volunteering is a work of heart! ~ NHS England: Even volunteers have their Knockers ~ Chief Nursing Officer pays tribute to nation’s health volunteers ~ Volunteering helps people and helps me too ~ Hospital volunteering in the 21st century ~ There’s something about Mary – Janice Holt ~ Giving something back to those who helped me so much – Paris Dehghani ~ Voluntary service born out of crisis – Jenny Brumby ~ Credit to Gillian for giving up her time – Angela Barrago ~ Volunteering has been so fulfilling – Paul Box & Jane Obonyo)
NHS England: Fire & Rescue Services as a health asset ~ Working Together – how health, social care and fire & rescue services can increase their reach, scale & impact through joint working ~ Even more of a multi-function blue light service)
NHS England: Workplace experiences of BME & white staff published for every NHS trust across England ~ NHS Confed: Response to the inaugural report of the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard ~ CQC: NHS Equality & Diversity Council publish WRES report)
CQC: What does the forthcoming referendum mean for CQC? – (CQC's review of how NHS trusts investigate & learn from deaths ~ Patients Association responds to needless deaths on the NHS)
Patients Association response to PACAC Announcement on Quality of NHS Complaints Investigation – (Patients Association welcomes GMC advice for cosmetic surgery patients)
King's College London: Blood test to personalise depression treatment for the first time
PC&PE: Interests of users must be paramount in new approaches to care
LGA: Councils respond to Care Act study – (LGA: Councils respond to NHS England's confirmation that it will not fund new HIV treatment ~ LGA: Councils respond to launch of adult social care inquiry ~ LGA: Councils respond to personal budgets report)
ScotGov: Increase in junior doctors – (ScotGov: All pregnant women to receive vitamins ~ ScotGov: Women urged to go for smear test ~ ScotGov: Better education for Type 1 diabetes ~ ScotGov: Cancer patients satisfied with care ~ Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey – 2015/16 ~ ScotGov: Taking forward a healthier Scotland ~ Child mental health waiting times fall ~ ScotGov: Review of NHS targets ~ ScotGov: Putting carers first)
WAG: Dramatic reduction in smoking rates revealed in new survey – (Welsh NHS Confed comments on Welsh Health Survey ~ WAG: One year on, Vaughan Gething marks positive progress at Betsi Cadwaladr UHB ~ WAG: Keep well in warm weather)
Welsh NHS Confed comment on Richmond Group report
Civitas: End the limit on medical training places to reduce dependency on overseas doctors
EU News: Two new combination therapies against chronic hepatitis C – (Improving safety of first-in-human clinical trials ~ Regulation of advanced therapy medicines ~ EU News: eHealth Week focuses on patients ~ EU News: Schippers and Kamp sign broad Health Deal for targeted decisions in oncology ~ EU News: MEPs back WTO deal to end customs duties on 201 high-tech devices)
AJC: London seminar: No health without justice and no justice without health (23 June, 2016)
Collaborate: The Anatomy of Collaboration
Cancer Research UK: Scientists tear down pancreatic cancer's defences – (CRUK: Defining cancers based on genetic ‘fingerprint’ could help personalise treatment ~ Giving chemotherapy after radiotherapy improves survival for patients with rare brain tumour ~ Staying on oestrogen-blocking drugs for five extra years 'prevents more breast cancers returning' ~ CRUK: Huge global variation in cost of cancer drugs ~ New pre-surgery technique may make colostomy bags redundant for emergency bowel cancer patients ~ CRUK: Twice a day radiotherapy halves treatment time and is equally good at treating small cell lung cancer ~ CRUK: MRI scans help men avoid unnecessary prostate biopsy)
Diabetes UK: Number of children with excellent diabetes control is on the increase but concerns remain – (Diabetes UK: 250,000 people will die from preventable conditions by 2025)
BHF: Heart failure hospital visits increase by over a third in a decade – (BHF: Heart failure hospital visits increase by over a third in a decadeIron could reduce hospitalisation and help ease symptoms for people with failing hearts ~ BHF: Anabolic steroid abuse may increase risk of abnormal heart rhythm & stroke ~ BHF: Could mental stress trigger heart attacks in people with heart disease?)
NICE asks company to put leukaemia drug forward for new Cancer Drugs Fund
LGA: Vulnerable & disadvantaged could be left with nowhere to live under benefit cap, warn councils
Homeless Link: Crisis - We need your help to reform England’s homelessness legislation – (HL: “It cost us $1m not to do something about Murray…” ~ Homeless Link: Refreshing perspectives - peer research with people who have multiple needs)
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