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Deaths at home during Covid-19: A patient and family perspective on new Nuffield Trust research, Nuffield Trust
A group of patients and families with experience of end-of-life care worked with researchers from the Nuffield Trust to review findings from its research investigating the effect of the pandemic on people who were receiving end-of-life care at home. This information summarises the research findings from the perspective of patients and family. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Deaths at home during Covid-19: A patient and family perspective on new Nuffield Trust research
A group of patients and families with experience of end-of-life care worked with researchers from the Nuffield Trust to review findings from its research investigating the effect of the pandemic on people who were receiving end-of-life care at home. This information summarises the research findings from the perspective of patients and family. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mpox (monkeypox): prisons and places of detention, UKHSA (updated 19th April 2023)
Public health advice for prisons and other prescribed places of detention. 19 April 2023Updated background information and cleaning sections. 14 October 2022Clarified that the guidance is for non-HCID cases of monkeypox. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised SPC: Covid-19 Vaccine Janssen, MHRA (updated 17th April 2023)
Sections 4.8 and 5.1 have been updated to include safety and immunogenicity data following a booster (second dose). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Antipsychotics are increasingly prescribed to children and teenagers
Expert commentaries on findings that 0.3% of children and young people in England were prescribed antipsychotics in primary care at least once between 2000 and 2019, with rates doubling during this period, raise concerns due to lack of safety and efficacy data for this age group. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Summary Care Record (SCR) to be replaced by National Care Records Service   (NCRS)
In September 2023, the SCR will be replaced by the NCRS, which enables view of SCR information but additionally view of Personal Demographics Service, National Record Locator, and Reasonable Adjustments Flag; locally held care plans can also be included. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MyType1 Diabetes England online support
This free online resource provides information and tools to help adults in England understand their type 1 diabetes and how to manage it, with links to a library of online diabetes education courses, and to local services. There is also a healthcare professionals hub. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pragmatic review of interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in adult inpatients
Conclusion: A range of potential intervention options with evidence of a positive effect on catheter and CAUTI outcomes were identified. It is intended to provide a ' menu ' of intervention options for local decision makers, enabling them to identify interventions that are relevant and feasible in their local setting. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Influence of making beds on loads of airborne and surface-associated drug-resistant bacteria in patient rooms
Conclusions: The study results indicate the importance of wearing a face mask in combination with cautious handling techniques when making beds of patients carrying multidrug-resistant bacteria. If the carrier status of a patient is unknown, consideration should be given to protection measures during and shortly after bed making for staff and for other patients also present. Surface disinfection should be started not earlier than 30 minutes after the making of the bed. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

GP referrals: part 2 the hidden waiting list
The figures quoted in this accompanying briefing are based on the 1,518 patients who were referred by their general practice for tests, diagnosis or treatment. The survey was also shared via the Healthwatch network (1,825 respondents overall of which 1,458 respondents were in the ' referred group ' ) and comments from both surveys are used to support the analysis and provide quotes for this briefing. Considering how long it can take for a patient to be told they are being referred, combined with the time it takes to get onto a waiting list, the total time the patient has been suffering from their symptoms or condition can ...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

GP referrals: part 1 the referrals black hole
HealthWatch commissioned Panelbase to carry out an online survey covering two distinct groups who had an appointment with their GP practice in the past 12 months. Firstly, those who either expected or requested a referral for tests, diagnosis or treatment, but didn ' t get one, and secondly, those who were referred for tests, diagnosis or treatment. Panelbase heard from 2,144 people overall. The figures quoted in this briefing are based on the 626 patients who fall into the first group. Fieldwork was completed October 2022. The survey was also shared via the Healthwatch network (1,825 respondents overall, of which 357 resp...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The role of regions in health and care: what can be done between systems and the centre?
The advent of integrated care systems (ICSs) has driven a renewed focus on the role of local places within health and care. While ICSs themselves are large and typically cover populations of more than 1 million people, the key building blocks that sit underneath them are much smaller in scale. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reform of adult social care: vanishing over the horizon
In November 2019, we identified the eight key problems in adult social care that the incoming government – then led by Boris Johnson – would need to address if it were serious about ' fixing ' social care. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Black maternal health
This report calls on the government to set a definitive target to eliminate ' appalling ' disparities in maternal deaths. Black women are almost four times more likely to die from childbirth than white women. Maternal death rates in deprived areas are on the rise, with women in the most deprived areas 2.5 times more likely to die than those in the least deprived areas. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Understanding unpaid carers and their access to support
Unpaid carers play a substantial and vital role in meeting social care needs. The care they provide has enormous value, both for the people they care for and for wider society. Many carers experience great satisfaction from their role, and through the help and support they provide to friends and family members they may also reduce the costs of formal social care provision. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news