NHS trust opens new staff car park Polly Jones 25 April, 2024 NHS trust opens new staff car park 25 April, 2024 University Hospitals of the North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust has officially opened its new staff carpark at Hilton Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The new car park is on the site of the former Grindley Hill Court, Royal Stoke University Hospital and replaces the existing staff parking spaces provided at the Royal Infirmary and Central Outpatients Department sites. The former site at at the Royal Infirmary will be redeveloped for local housing and community services. The new carpark ..read more

Green operating day trial cut emissions by 80 per cent Robyn Quick 24 April, 2024 Green operating day trial cut emissions by 80 per cent 24 April, 2024 Southmead Hospital's neurosurgery team cut emissions by nearly 80 per cent in Green Operating Day trial. Theatre staff in North Bristol NHS Trust’s (NBT) Neurosurgery team at Southmead Hospital delivered a Green Operating Day to reduce carbon emissions, in what is believed to be a sustainability first for the NHS. The team devised a one-day trial, run simultaneously across all neurosurgical theatres to see how sustainably they could run th ..read more

Scottish minister issues statement on Cass Report Robyn Quick 24 April, 2024 Scottish minister issues statement on Cass Report 24 April, 2024 Following the Cass Review, Scottish minister for public health Jenni Minto said a multi-disciplinary team led by the chief medical officer will meet to examine its clinical recommendations and consider how they may apply to NHS Scotland. The Cass Review, published on 10 April, looked at gender identity services for under-18s in NHS England. Giving an update on the Scottish government’s response to the review, which was chaired by creator of the repo ..read more

Ealing Hospital provides free phones for kids with diabetes Robyn Quick 23 April, 2024 Ealing Hospital provides free phones for kids with diabetes 23 April, 2024 Ealing Hospital has partnered with the charity Supporting Children with Diabetes to provide financially challenged families with free mobile phones to help manage their children’s condition. A phone app connects via Bluetooth to a small patch which is applied to the patient where a small cannula inserts just under the skin. This is called Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM). It automatically monitors blood sugar levels telling th ..read more

Director appointed to RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence Polly Jones 22 April, 2024 Director appointed to RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence 22 April, 2024 Professor Jane Ball FRCN has been appointed director of the RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence. The institute will set standards and aims to affirm the RCN's (Royal College of Nursing) position as the voice of nursing. The Institute has five academies: Nursing Leadership Academy; Nursing Practice Academy; Nursing Workforce Academy; International Nursing Academy; and Activism Academy. Professor Ball currently works as a professor o ..read more

National Office for Care and Support launched in Wales Robyn Quick 22 April, 2024 National Office for Care and Support launched in Wales 22 April, 2024 The National Office for Care and Support has formally launched in Wales. The National Office for Care and Support will primarily focus on supporting the chief social care officer for Wales in their role, delivering a National Care Service for Wales, and implementing the National Commissioning Framework for Care and Support in Wales. With a focus on innovation, improvement and transformation of adult and children’s services, the National Of ..read more

Trust launches major digital patient record upgrade Polly Jones 19 April, 2024 Trust launches major digital patient record upgrade 19 April, 2024 Staff at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are preparing to launch a major digital transformation programme that is aimed at improving care for patients long term, through more modern systems. A new Patient Administration System (PAS), the first phase of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR), by System C will be rolled out at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, and Prin ..read more

Scotland launches genomic medicine strategy Polly Jones 19 April, 2024 Scotland launches genomic medicine strategy 19 April, 2024 Scotland has launched its first genomic medicine strategy, aimed at improving diagnoses and outcomes for patients with cancer and rare conditions. The five-year strategy sets out how genomics can be best used in the NHS. For example, healthcare professionals could make more tailored decisions when treating most cancers as some people respond better to some treatments than others because of their genetic make-up. Though the practice is already widely used across ..read more

Mental health inpatient unit for young people opens in Surrey Polly Jones 18 April, 2024 Mental health inpatient unit for young people opens in Surrey 18 April, 2024 A new mental health inpatient unit for young people has opened in Surrey. The unit is the first of its kind to open in the area for more than a decade. Emerald Place Clinic is a new purpose-built inpatient unit based in Charlwood Surrey that will provide care and treatment for young people aged 13-18. It has been provided by NHS England, and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust together with Elysium Healthcare ..read more

Calls for duty of candour system to be re-considered Robyn Quick 17 April, 2024 Calls for duty of candour system to be re-considered 17 April, 2024 A new call for evidence launched yesterday (16 April) aims to capture and consider views about how the duty of candour system is honoured, monitored and enforced in health and social care settings. The duty of candour requires health and care providers to be open and honest when things go wrong. It means that patients and families have a right to receive explanations for what happened as soon as possible and a meaningful apology.  The c ..read more