The Health Secretary is reviewing the “broken” NHS. He’s talking urgently with English Junior Doctors to settle that dispute. He’s taking emergency measures to start to make the health and care services regulator CQC fit for purpose. With Blood Stocks at ‘critically low levels’ there are urgent appeals for people with O-type blood to donate, whilst an amber alert restricts hospital use of that blood-type to essential cases only. https://www.blood.co.uk/news-and-campaigns/campaigns/blood-donor-appeal/
Professor Lord Darzi has been appointed to establish the state of the NHS. His report will provide ‘raw and honest assessment of issues facing the health service and feed into a governmental 10-year plan to radically reform the nation’s health service’. 3 key steps in the growth mission are: cutting waiting times to get people back to work; making the UK a life sciences and medical technology superpower; and, creating training and job opportunities through the NHS to deliver growth up and down the country.
The draft report of the findings of the independent consultation about the future of community health services, in particular those at St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon, has been published. A virtual meeting was held on Thursday 18 July to present and explain this. The link to the recording of that meeting is at https://virtualviews.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk/changes-to-services . This was ‘just’ a summary of what has been published as their draft report. They (the independent consultants) request notification of any factual errors in the draft report by 31 July 2024. After that the report will be considered by Mid Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB) as they deliberate about the future. The recommendations about the way forward will be presented at an extraordinary MSE ICB meeting in public to be held on 30 September 2024, subject to any delay if there is an intervention from the government. MSE ICB will consider all the factors involved including constraints put upon them by national policies.
We’ve recorded an interview with the outgoing Interim Chief Executive of our local NHS for publication at our forthcoming AGM. She’s delivered improvements, which were fully reported at Mid & South Essex Integrated Care Board’s meeting in public on 11 July, agenda papers at: file:///C:/Users/PeterBlackman/Downloads/Part-I-ICB-Board-Papers-11-July-2024-2.pdf . She agrees with the NHS CEO that: more care must move from hospitals into primary and community services; better use of technology and data is important; and preventative care is a key priority.
Our film, ‘The Impact of Covid on Dying, Death & Bereavement’ will be published on our website and be publicised in the coming week. More then. The Covid Public Inquiry has published its Module 1: The resilience and preparedness of the UK Report. Its Report and Recommendations in Brief are at https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/…/UK-Covid-19-Inquiry… The Inquiry has found that “the system of building preparedness for the pandemic – that is, our ability to deal with a pandemic – suffered from several significant flaws”.
There’s a summer wave of Covid. UKHSA is also warning about Whooping Cough, Measles, STIs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases), heatwaves, Farm Visits, Flu & respiratory illnesses, ticks & Lyme disease, travel health, & Festivals. We’ve written about all these previously. Public health news is on our website and in weekly e-newsletters. SWF Library provides online services and help with internet access. For health & welfare information and subscription to our newsletter, email swfhealthsocial@outlook.com , or leave voicemails on 01245 322079
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