- 31Oct
Maternity Services and user feedback: challenge fund launched
NHS England has launched an innovation fund to challenge maternity services in the use of patient feedback. Trusts have been invited to apply for funding up to £50,000 per project from a total pot of £100,000 set up to support further advances in this area, linked to the overarching ambitions of Better Births. The vision…
- 28Oct
Video and Facebook pages help to reduce STIs in young people
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has published a review of brief interventions that aim to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections in young people. The review provides a summary of randomised controlled trials which evaluated a variety of approaches including one-to-one counselling, video presentations and online/offline packages. It finds that brief interventions…
- 28Oct
Principles for supported decision making and informed consent
Traditionally clinical practice in the NHS has considered that it is up to doctors to decide what risks to communicate to patients. Recent case law has changed and doctors are now obliged to ensure that patients are aware of any and all risks that an individual patient might consider significant. The Royal College of Surgeons…
- 28Oct
The NHS if … King’s Fund Competition
The King’s Fund has launched an essay competition to stimulate new thinking and writing about the future of the NHS. They are inviting people to write their own essay exploring a future scenario for the NHS, considering the potential impact on the health system and wider society. An expert panel of judges will select the…
- 28Oct
Help Stop Choking: website and app for people with learning disabilities
Belfast Trust Speech & Language team have launched a new website with information on how to avoid choking and what steps to take if an incident happens. The Help Stop Choking Website offers a series of accessible DVD clips, activities, advice leaflets, posters and recording forms available to download for free. It has been developed…
- 25Oct
Helping patients to ask questions and ‘choose wisely’
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have this week launched Choose Wisely, a campaign with a list of forty treatments and procedures that are of little or no benefit to patients. The list, which has been drawn up by the Academy’s member royal colleges and faculties, and patient groups, includes advice to both patients and…
- 25Oct
Job vacancy: Health Information Officer, Breast Cancer Now
Health Information Officer Salary: £24,500 to £28,000 per annum Fixed-term contract for six months Hours: 35 hours per week Location: Central London Closing date 11.59pm on Sunday 30 October 2016 We’re Breast Cancer Now, the UK’s largest breast cancer charity – and we’re dedicated to funding research into this devastating disease. We believe that if we…
- 20Oct
Diabetes education not meeting needs of at risk communities
CQC (the Care Quality Commission) have published a report on their review of people’s experience of diabetes care across England, and the support they are given to manage their health. ‘My diabetes, my care: Community diabetes care review’ considers how well care services work together to deliver high-quality diabetes care. It also makes a number…
- 20Oct
Online forums as health information sharing platforms
Concerns over online health forums and information–seeking behaviour point to the potential harm incorrect, incomplete, or biased information may cause. The aim of a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research was to improve our understanding of the quality and quality characteristics of information found in online discussion forum websites so that their…
- 20Oct
Self Care Conference 2016 – report published
The 2016 Self Care Conference took place in London on 26 September. A report is now available and highlights a number of key messages from the Conference, including: People are living longer but in poorer health; Unhealthy eating habits and tobacco-use account for 10.8% and 10.7%, respectively, of the nation’s total disease burden; People managing their health…