NHS faces acute and growing staffing shortage, warns agency

NHS faces acute and growing staffing shortage, warns agency

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/13/nhs-faces-acute-and-growing-staffing-shortage-warns-agency By: Denis CampbellHealth policy editor Health Education England says service must recruit 190,000 more staff by 2027 but instead low pay and work pressure are driving skills drain The NHS is beset by acute shortages of nurses and paramedics and is facing a skills drain, with staff quitting because of pressurised jobs and…

NHS app to cut patient waiting times by showing which local services are the busiest

NHS app to cut patient waiting times by showing which local services are the busiest

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.itv.com/news/2017-12-14/nhs-app-patient-waiting-times/ By: ITV news The NHS has launched a free app that shows how busy local services are in the hope of reducing waiting times. Called NHSquicker, the app enables people in Devon and Cornwall to view current waiting times for local emergency departments and minor injuries units, and estimates how…

More than 1,400 NHS dementia patients well enough to go home at Christmas will be stranded in hospital, warns charity

More than 1,400 NHS dementia patients well enough to go home at Christmas will be stranded in hospital, warns charity

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/dementia-patients-nhs-hospital-return-home-christmas-charity-support-cuts-care-family-mental-health-a8105881.html By: May Bulman Social Affairs Correspondent Lack of social care funding ‘turning wards into waiting rooms’ as figures shows dementia patients are delayed up to 10 times longer than hospital patients without the condition More than 1,400 people with dementia who are well enough to go home will be stranded in hospital on Christmas Day, a charity…

Jeremy Hunt launches opt-out organ donation plans in England

Jeremy Hunt launches opt-out organ donation plans in England

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/12/jeremy-hunt-launches-opt-out-organ-donation-plans-in-england-and-wales By: Sarah Boseley Health editor System would presume consent but experts criticise plans, saying there is no yet evidence that opt-out policies increase donation The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is to launch plans for an opt-out system of organ donation, asking people to overcome their “fatal reluctance” to discuss the issue…

Record high levels of prisoner self-harm a ‘damning indictment’ of failures in mental health provision in jails

Record high levels of prisoner self-harm a ‘damning indictment’ of failures in mental health provision in jails

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/record-high-prisoner-self-harm-mental-health-prisons-public-accounts-committee-ministry-justice-a8106766.html By: May Bulman Social Affairs Correspondent  Record high levels of self-harm in prisons are a “damning indictment” of the current state of the mental health provision in jails across England and Wales, MPs have warned. A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) reveals that long-standing understaffing and increased prevalence of drugs…