Health, Social Care and Homelessness (Archive)

DH:  Improving the safety of maternity care in the NHS – (DH:  Safer pregnancy awareness campaign ~ DH:  Northumberland health & care leaders sign MOU with India)

DH:  New plans to modernise community pharmacies ~ LGA: Councils respond to Government announcement on pharmacies

NHS England:  How the care homes vanguards can bring together local health & care systems - (NHS England:  The NHS partners with Twitter to help shed light on what it means to work or be a patient in the NHS ~ NHS England:  Second round of funding aims to improve maternity services through patient feedback ~ NHS England:  National reviews into children’s specialised services accelerated ~ NHS England:  Mental health digital innovators to apply for new £400k fund ~ NHS England:  GP practices to benefit from new surgeries and upgraded clinics across England ~ NHS England:  National reviews into children’s specialised services accelerated ~ NHS England:  Pharmacy Integration Fund of £42m announced)

MHRA:  Parents advised not to use unlicensed homeopathic teething products in infants & children

Welsh NHS Confederation comment on Draft Budget

WAG:  Train / Work / Live – First Minister of Wales launches major new GP recruitment campaign – (WAG:  £13.5m EU-backed project to unlock new innovation)

EU News:  Opening up clinical data on new medicines

Innovate UK:  Improving care for stroke patients: apply for innovation funding – (Innovate UK:  Stress-free travel for dementia patients: apply for funding)

GDS:  How the Sexual Health: 24 service used GOV.UK patterns

Kings Fund:  Commitments to increase mental health funding not reaching the front line – (The King’s Fund responds to latest NHS performance statistics)

BHF help train thousands of people in CPR on Restart a Heart Day

Cancer Research UK:  New consent forms for cancer treatments published

ScotGov:  Children’s palliative care boost – (ScotGov:  Increased investment in primary care)

WAG:  People in residential care to keep more of their money

CQC:  Your views on proposed fees for providers

Age UK:  Older people who pay their own way in care homes struggling to get a ‘fair deal’

EMA recommends measures to ensure safe use of Keppra oral solution – (Use of metformin to treat diabetes now expanded to patients with moderately reduced kidney function)

ScotGov:  Improving the lives of looked after children – (ScotGov:  Delivering flexible childcare)

DCMS:  Troubled Families Programme: transforming the lives of thousands of families

ESRC:  Better measures of child poverty

DCMS:  £40m homelessness prevention programme announced ~ LGA responds to CLG Committee publication of report on Homelessness Reduction Bill ~ DCMS:  New measures tackle overcrowded housing

NICE:  Home care services should give people more responsibility to manage their medicines ~ NICE calls for increased use of magnesium sulfate in preterm labour ~ NICE:  New treatment recommended for kidney cancer)

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud