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In as little as the last 25 years, obesity in the UK has increased 400 per cent, pushing the issue to the forefront of the healthcare debate. It has become a very topical subject for the current administration, which is under increasing pressure to reverse a trend which could result in a third of British adults being obese by 2020. Continue reading Bariatric transfer ' behind the scenes of a specialist health service
Men with prostate cancer are at risk of being left behind those with other common cancers thanks to a spate of recent moves by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), The Prostate Cancer Charity has warned. Continue reading Charity warns 'short sighted' NICE risks compromising care of men with prostate cancer
An ambulance service has been criticised for it response time in getting to an accident. The North West Ambulance Service has been criticised over its response time in getting an ambulance to a young woman who had been hit by a car in Oldham, Greater Manchester last week. Continue reading Ambulance service response time criticised
A British manufacturer has teamed up with a nursery school owner to raise the standard of hand hygiene in educational settings after it was revealed millions of school days are missed each year due to avoidable illness. Continue reading Millions of lost school days in the UK could be avoided
For an essential public body as old and as large as the NHS, reform is inevitable. Whilst this doesn’t mean such reforms are ever uniformly palatable, they are a fact of life and crucial if the NHS is to prosper ,especially given the present economic climate. Continue reading NHS reforms and the future built environment
The recent resignation of Christine Connelly as the Department of Health’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) should not have come as a surprise. Anyone who has followed the progress of £11.4-billion Nation Programme for IT transformation (NPfIT) will be acutely aware of quotes including -no grounds for confidence, -not value for money, -far below expectations, -a damage limitation exercise that leapt from the pages of the National Audit Office’s report into this ill-starred IT colossus. Continue reading NPfIT ' put us out of its misery
Reports that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is working with Connecting for Health to improve data security in the NHS are good to hear, says Idappcom, but adds the data traffic analysis and security specialist, if the problem is – as has been reported – systemic in nature, then more radical action may be needed. Continue reading NHS systemic security issues highlight need for regular IT security audits says Idappcom
Up to 30 per cent of UK hospitals could be transporting diagnostic specimens in medical bags that may not stand up to international guidelines, according to research by specialist supplier Versapak. Continue reading Hundreds of hospitals could be using unproven medical bags, according to Versapak research
Civica, a market leader in specialist systems and business process services that help organisations to achieve a more cost-efficient way of working, has announced that Civica UK Ltd, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired PSCAL Limited (-PSCAL”). Continue reading Civica acquires PSCAL
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) has selected Zircadian’s e-Roster to manage junior doctor rosters across the Trust.LPT is already an established user of Zircadian’s e-Rota and e-Monitor web-based solutions for creating junior doctor rotas, ensuring compliance and for monitoring doctor hours. The medical staffing team uses e-Roster to create and plan rosters that meet the complex requirements of junior doctor working patterns and avoiding costly penalties. Continue reading Zircadian's e-Roster streamlines management of junior doctor hours for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Health secretary Andrew Lansley tells GPSJ that he is happy with the way the swine flu crisis is being handled and with the advice he has been given for the under 5’s. He also said patients will benefit from GP’s controlling budgets. Continue reading Health Secretary tells GPSJ he is confident of 'swine flu' advice
A man who collapsed whilst walking home from work in the snow has thanked the people who saved his life today. Mike Ashton from Kingsdown near Sittingbourne had been walking in sub-zero temperatures early last Saturday morning (4 December) when his body temperature dipped so low he collapsed in an orchard at Chilton Manor Farm, off Highsted Lane, Rodmersham. Continue reading Officers save Man's life
Improved hand hygiene amongst hospital staff is almost certain to be the major factor in the dramatic fall in healthcare associated infections, new research has found. Continue reading Clean hands are killing the superbugs
CSC (NYSE:CSC) has announced that the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has successfully completed a proof of concept (PoC) evaluation of its Clinical Information Portal. This was developed as part of a pilot of the NHS Interoperability Toolkit. Continue reading NHS Trust Declares CSC's Clinical Information Portal a Success
The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the top prize at the Guardian Public Services Awards 2010 for reducing its energy consumption and carbon emissions by 26% over the last three years, saving £15,000. Continue reading MANCHESTER HOSPITALS WIN TOP AWARD AT GUARDIAN PUBLIC SERVICES AWARDS 2010
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