Think multidisciplinary team working for high-quality care, GPs urged
GPs in Wales are being urged to transform care by forging partnerships with other primary care professionals for the benefit of patients Related items fromOnMedica Primary care networks: lifeboats launched on stormy seas Public must debate true scale of NHS challenges GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years' Huge hospital waits add to GPs ’ workload, warns top GP Partnership best model for delivering what GPs and patients want (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 13, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
MDU warns doctors to protect their online privacy
Avoiding revealing too much information can protect against advances from infatuated patients Related items fromOnMedica Can medicine be cured? Patient stories Huge hospital waits add to GPs ’ workload, warns top GP GPs to consult via social media and take on more roles Hunt ‘never planned to insist on changes to existing contracts’ (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 12, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
More healthcare professionals to be allowed to prescribe
The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill will expand number of prescribers of low-risk medicines to reduce GP workload Related items fromOnMedica Variations in uptake of prescribing guidance impact on patients Antibiotic scrip rates lower in CAM-trained practices Pharmacists could offer high-dose statins direct to patients Clinicians need better options if we are to stop over-medication NI launches ‘One Health’ plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 12, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
BME doctors less successful in securing specialty training places
Little progress has been made in reducing bias in recruitment over last three decades Related items fromOnMedica The collaborative approach turning things around GPs to consult via social media and take on more roles How we ’re helping to release the capabilities of frontline staff Improving the health and wellbeing of 1.5m NHS employees GPs demand defence of Northern Ireland health service from Brexit (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 12, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
UK medical schools are failing to tackle racism
BMJ investigation finds medical schools are 'oblivious' to the issue of racism Related items fromOnMedica Mansplaining Bullying by colleagues affects one in five NHS staff Can medicine be cured? BMA apologises for appalling sexism and harassment Junior doctors to play a role in contract renegotiation (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 12, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Fears China ’s lockdown could impact on medicines supplies
Department of Health and Social Care asks medicines suppliers to assess risks and hold on to Brexit stockpiles Related items fromOnMedica Remedy quest GPs need more time to treat complex needs Pharmacists could offer high-dose statins direct to patients Clinicians need better options if we are to stop over-medication Poor pain management - a major cause of opioid crisis (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 12, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Further healthcare worker infected with coronavirus in UK
Believed to be an A&E doctor working at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex Related items fromOnMedica WHO to help in fight against a global flu pandemic Going Viral Parent support vital on flu jabs Holidaymakers urged to check their MMR vaccine status Social Prescribing Link Workers AKA ‘The Glue in Health and Social Care’ (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 11, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Scottish government pledges more cash for health and social care in budget
But it ’s not enough to meet safe staffing legislation, say nurse leaders Related items fromOnMedica New Year NHS resolutions BMA urges Tory leader candidates to reform pensions provision Doctors call on politicians to invest in the NHS NHS – It’s not just about numbers GP contract for England brings overall 3.4% increase (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 11, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Don ’t treat shortness of breath as trivial, GPs urged
It ’s a strong indicator of future serious ill health and early death, say researchers Related items fromOnMedica Illness poorly managed in those with learning disability Doctors warn of ‘feather duvet lung’ Road traffic pollution raises lung cancer risk NICE issues guidelines on neurological conditions UK asbestos regulations slammed (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 11, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Senior doctors call for cuts to child services in England to be reversed
Government must boost investment in next month ’s budget, they say Related items fromOnMedica Child migrants denied universal health coverage Rise of child health on political agenda threatened A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world UK lagging behind peers on child health Child health should be election priority say experts and public (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 11, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Rethink hospital eye care to protect patients ’ eyesight, urge experts
Call follows report highlighting ‘serious inadequacies’ in provision amid mounting pressure on ophthalmology departments in England Related items fromOnMedica Hunt announces 11 hospital trusts in special measures Day surgery shake-up for Northern Ireland Eight in ten stillbirths might have been avoided Questions on Health Economics and commissioning Care to be delivered ‘closer to home,’ says Welsh government (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 11, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Testosterone levels causally affect disease risk
Higher levels raised women ’s type 2 diabetes risk but cut men’s risk; and raised risk of some cancers in women and men Related items fromOnMedica CVD mortality much higher among cancer patients Diabetes risk lower with high intake of fruit and veg NHS must improve access to screening to save lives Night shifts worsen diabetes risk for unhealthy women Higher cancer risk from chronic diseases (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 10, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Palliative care could benefit people with Parkinson ’s
Patients and caregivers both had better outcomes when palliative care was integrated into their care Related items fromOnMedica Fund specialist dementia training to improve care and save money Emergency admissions at end of life set to sky rocket One in two women and one in three men will develop neurological disease Poor people have worse end-of-life care Cannabinoids not recommended to treat cancer-related pain (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 10, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Phone apps unreliable for detecting all cases of skin cancer
Current regulatory process for awarding CE mark for algorithm-based apps does not adequately protect public Related items fromOnMedica NHS must improve access to screening to save lives Metastatic breast cancer goes undiagnosed for too long GPs urge caution over DTC genetic testing UK cancer survival improved, but lags behind similar nations Is crowdfunding for cancer patients paying for ‘quackery’? (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 10, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Wales has the UK ’s highest prevalence of diabetes
Total for UK now over 4.8 million including undiagnosed cases – predicted to reach 5.3 million by 2025, warns Diabetes UK Related items fromOnMedica Type 2 diabetes in 10 times more young people than realised Child type 2 diabetes is a ‘wake-up call’ to the nation Put children ’s health, not private profits, at heart of policy Diabetes will soon cost NHS £16.9bn Scotland reveals target of halving child obesity by 2030 (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 10, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
