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Community Network survey on waiting times in children and young people's services
Leaders from 65 community provider organisations shared their views on waiting times in children and young people ' s services. The findings show that despite the best efforts of community providers there are still concerning waits for children and young people ' s services with significant impacts for children and families, and for staff morale. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Caring in a complex world: perspectives from unpaid carers and the organisations that support them
Unpaid carers – anyone who provides care, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support – play a key role in the health and care system. Caring can be a big commitment and carers themselves also need support with their own health and wellbeing. Yet, it ' s also clear that carers are not always able to access the support they need. The King ' s Fund set out to understand the current picture of local support available for unpaid carers in England. We looked at what evidence is available for different types of support, wh...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Patient choice
This letter outlines the key actions being taken within primary care, secondary care and integrated care boards (ICBs) to ensure that patient choice is being enabled, including for example asking referrers to shortlist on average 5 choices from which the patient may choose. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New regulatory pathway set to support safe patient access to innovative medical technologies
The Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP) will facilitate the development of innovative technologies, by providing innovators and manufacturers with a multi-partner support service. Set for launch later in 2023, it will be run by the MHRA, NICE, and other partners. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MHRA announces new recognition routes to facilitate safe access to new medicines with seven international partners
New regulatory recognition routes will be established using approvals from Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore and the US. These mark the start of a new international recognition framework for medicines that will be in place by the first quarter of 2024. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Global AI challenge to investigate veterans' cardiovascular health launched
The Veterans Cardiac Health and AI Model Predictions (V-CHAMPs) Challenge for AI and machine learning developers to build models that can predict heart failure-related health outcomes for veterans, has been launched by the MHRA and US regulators and healthcare organisations. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dementia resources
The following resources: What is dementia? A leaflet for ethnic minority communities, Intercultural dementia care guide, Dementia care activity booklets and e-learning module, aim to reduce health inequalities for people living with dementia from an ethnic minority background. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The case for more geriatricians: strengthening the workforce to care for an ageing population
This report is intended to start the conversation about the workforce needed to provide high-quality care for the ageing population with increasingly complex needs. It explains why training, recruiting and retaining geriatricians should be a priority, and estimates how many geriatricians are needed to provide safe and effective care for older people. It also outlines some of the structural barriers that currently prevent recruitment and concludes with six calls for governments across the UK. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Alcohol treatment services
This report finds that an estimated 10 million people in England regularly exceed the Chief Medical Officers ' low-risk drinking guidelines, including 1.7 million who drink at higher risk and around 600,000 who are dependent on alcohol. It says that 82 per cent of those 600,000 dependent drinkers in England are not in treatment despite success rates of around 60 per cent and evidence that, on average, every £ 1 spent on treatment immediately delivers £ 3 of benefit and significantly more in the longer term. It finds that there has been an increase in alcohol-related deaths, which rose by 89 per cent over the past 20 year...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Latest mpox cases a reminder that the infection has not gone away, UKHSA (published 25th May 2023)
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) urges people to remain vigilant as a further 10 cases of mpox (monkeypox) have been diagnosed in the UK. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Monkeypox outbreak: epidemiological overview, UKHSA (updated 25th May 2023)
Overview of the current mpox (monkeypox) outbreak in the UK. 25 May 2023Uploaded report for 25 May 2023 (interim update). 4 May 2023Uploaded report for 4 May 2023. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hepatitis A: outbreak information, UKHSA (updated 25th May 2023)
Information about the risks, symptoms and how to seek treatment for hepatitis A. 25 May 2023Added video on hepatitis A risks, symptoms and vaccination. 19 May 2022Added links to translated versions. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hot weather and health: supporting vulnerable people, UKHSA ( updated 26th May 2023)
This information aims to assist professionals in protecting vulnerable people from the health impacts of severe heat in England. 26 May 2023Added guidance on supporting people homeless and sleeping rough before and during hot weather. 10 May 2023First published. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Midwives need support to involve women in decision-making during labour
Midwives can find it challenging to involve women fully in decision-making during labour, a study found. They may struggle to balance women ' s choices with their own concerns about following standard practice. However, most women were satisfied with how decision-making took place, and with the care they received. An exception was when they had to ask multiple times for strong pain relief (such as opiates). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Black women around the world have worse pregnancy outcomes
An analysis of more than 2 million pregnancies found that babies born to Black women worldwide had poorer outcomes (such as baby death and stillbirth) than White women. This was true even after controlling for older age and a lower level of education among mothers (an indicator of poorer economic and social status). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news