Health, Social Care and Homelessness (Archive)

DH:  Tackling antibiotics resistance in low income countries – (DH:  UK Zika research awarded share of £120m vaccine fund ~ DH:  Use of antibiotics decreases across all healthcare settings for the first time)

NHS England:  Take care of yourself this winter – (NHS England:  Common sense changes will prepare NHS for future, says NHS top doctor ~ NHS England:  NHS England CE Simon Stevens welcomes 8 health innovations joining NHS Accelerator ~ NHS England:  Small answers to big problems ~ NHS England:  Overall Patient Experience Scores - 2016 Community Mental Health Survey update ~ NHS England’s Chief Nurse urges people with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes to respect their condition but ‘not let it define them’ ~ NHS England:  New measures to support whistleblowers in primary care)

CQC:  Invisible Conditions Q&A

NHS Confederation:  Mental Health Network supports challenge to Government to fulfil funding promises

ScotGov:  NHS preparing for winter – (NHSScotland Chief Executive’s Annual Report ~ ScotGov:  Making free childcare more flexible)

WAG:  Everyone deserves an equal chance at the best possible life, says Chief Medical Officer – (WAG:  “Retinopathy screening could save your sight” - Minister launches diabetes eye care campaign ~ WAG:  Over £10m funding for cardiac units in Wales ~ WAG:  Special event to discuss the future of outpatients in Wales)

Welsh NHS Confederation comment on 'Physicians on the front line' report

NO:  Children’s Services to be improved due to information sharing agreement

Kings Fund:  Controversial plans right way forward for the NHS ~ LGA:  Councils respond to King's Fund report on STPs ~ RoSPA:  Preventability is key in healthcare rationalisation ~ WAG:  “Best cancer care is paramount”, says Health Secretary Vaughan Gething ~ Kings Fund:  NHS faces difficult winter as demand for care increases)

BHF:  Hundreds of communities to be equipped with defibrillators, following £1m government funding

Cancer Research UK :  Sponge on a string test could replace endoscopies – (CRUK:  Stop smoking services under threat as budgets are cut

EU News:  Modelling & simulation in the development of medicines – (EU News:  Webinar - How can clinical research networks support developers of medicines for children?)

Age UK:  1.2m older people don’t get the social care they need ~ LGA responds to Age UK analysis on older people not receiving help they need

CLG:  New £18m fund to accelerate house building – (CLG:  Britain building again as new homes rise by highest level in 8 years ~ CLG:  Building Societies Association, 2016)

DWP:  Homelessness & mental health conditions to be supported by hardship fund

Homeless Link:  No First Night Out demonstrates early successes – (HL:  How innovative legal help is supporting destitute migrants)

JRF:  Chancellor urged to build 80,000 affordable homes a year to help people just managing

NICE says pancreatic cancer treatment considered not cost effective for routine NHS use – (NICE approves three quarters of CDF group 1 drugs for routine use ~ NICE:  Price discount helps give green light for breast cancer drug pertuzumab ~ NICE:  NICE welcomes landmark fall in antibiotic prescriptions)

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