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External review published

Posted Thu, 03/05/2012 - 13:00 by julian grove-haworth

External review published

A review was commissioned in November 2011 by the former Strategic Health Authority for Yorkshire and Humber to assess the actions needed for The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust to become a Foundation Trust. The report from this review has been made public.

The team who carried out the review reported the views of people who were interviewed and expressed their own opinion. Overall, they made 20 recommendations which we have been actively responding to.

Stephen Eames, Interim Chief Executive at the Trust, said: “Since the review was carried out six months ago, we can demonstrate real progress in many of the areas identified by the team.

“We do know however that there is much more to be done. There remain many challenges facing Mid Yorkshire but these are not insurmountable. These will be picked up as part of the wider programme of work we have embarked on to ensure local people can be confident in the services we provide and get the organisation fit for the future.

“The report describes the transformation that will be needed to get the organisation into shape to become a Foundation Trust as a massive challenge. We are determined to take on this challenge and harness the energy of the thousands of people who work in the organisation to ensure that our local communities have access to services that are safe, effective and efficiently managed.”

How Well London is helping deprived communities to better health

Posted Wed, 02/05/2012 - 10:23 by julian grove-haworth

How Well London is helping deprived communities to better health | Healthcare Network | Guardian Professional

Each Tuesday the Buywell food co-op commandeers a community hall on Tower Hamlet's Lansbury Estate and sells fresh fruit and vegetables to a steady stream of local customers. The volunteer-run co-op is one of 20 projects created by Well London, a programme aimed at promoting better eating, mental wellbeing and opportunities for exercise in some of the city's most deprived areas.

Assessment Deadlines NHS Continuing Healthcare

Posted Tue, 01/05/2012 - 13:04 by julian grove-haworth

NHS Kirklees: NHS Continuing Healthcare

Deadlines for assessment of eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) funding for cases during the period 2004-2012

Factsheet

On 15th March 2012, the Department of Health announced the introduction of deadlines for individuals to request an assessment of eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding, for cases during the period 1st April 2004-2012.

We are therefore asking for individuals or their representatives to notify NHS Kirklees in respect of previously un-assessed periods of time where there is evidence that they should have been assessed for eligibility for NHS CHC funding. The time periods and the deadlines for notifying NHS Kirklees are as follows:

Time Period Deadline

1st April 2004 – 30th September 2007 30th September 2012
(Pre National Framework for NHS CHC)

1st October 2007 – 31st March 2011 30th September 2012
(Post National Framework for NHS CHC)

1st April 2011 – 31st March 2012 31st March 2013

The announcement of these deadlines introduces a process which will enable any individuals who should have been assessed from 1st April 2004 onwards to be identified and considered for eligibility as soon as possible, because as time passes, detailed recorded evidence of an individual’s needs for the period of time in question may no longer be available.

If you think that this affects you or a family member, then please contact the Continuing Healthcare Team at NHS Kirklees to obtain further information on the process and to discuss this further. Tel: 01924 317729.

Stroke survivors 'being denied best recovery chance'

Posted Tue, 01/05/2012 - 10:33 by julian grove-haworth

BBC News - Stroke survivors ‘being denied best recovery chance’

Many stroke survivors feel abandoned after they leave hospital and are being denied the chance to make the best recovery because of a lack of post-hospital care, a report suggests.


The Stroke Association review surveyed patients and carers across the UK and found survivors were facing a struggle.

Some went without regular assessments, or had difficulties seeing specialists.

The Department of Health admitted there was work to be done, but the government was focused on “driving up standards”.

The report concluded local government and the NHS must do more to co-ordinate care.

Pontefract A&E to reopen

Posted Tue, 01/05/2012 - 10:31 by julian grove-haworth

BBC News - Pontefract A&E department to reopen overnight

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust said it had tendered for an external provider to supply GPs to allow it to reopen.

Since November last year, the emergency unit has only been open between 08:00 and 22:00 each day.

Stephen Eames, interim chief executive, said: “We made a commitment… to reopen the department overnight as soon as it is safe.”

He added: “There remains a shortage of hospital emergency doctors so we are sub-contracting a team of GPs.”

From 3 September, a team of GPs would work overnight with emergency nursing staff and an anaesthetist, he said.

FEDS Kirklees: Supporting families with eating disorder sufferers

Posted Thu, 19/04/2012 - 11:21 by julian grove-haworth

F.E.D.S. Kirklees | Families Of Eating Disorder Sufferers

FEDS Kirklees is a local support group for Familes of Eating Disorder Sufferers; it was set up on 05 January 2012 and it had its first meeting on 22 February 2012 during “Eating Disorder Awareness” week.

The purpose of the group is to provide a place where “Adult Carers” of eating disorders sufferers can meet up and share their own experiences in dealing with an eating disorder. At the moment we are meeting up every month; the date and place of each meeting is shown on the meetings page

In the future I hope that FEDS Kirklees will do campagning to “raise awareness” of eating disorders and try to get local schools to deal with eating disorders in Personal Health and Social Education PHSE classes . Knowledge is power and FEDS Kirklees want to empower familes .

GMC publishes patient and colleague questionnaires for doctors

Posted Tue, 10/04/2012 - 11:54 by julian grove-haworth

GMC | GMC publishes patient and colleague questionnaires for doctors

The General Medical Council (GMC) has today published final versions of its questionnaires to help employers and doctors collect feedback from patients and colleagues.

The questionnaires we’re publishing today are free for employers and doctors to use - if administered properly, they should enable doctors to understand how their practice is viewed by those they treat and those they work with.
Niall Dickson, the Chief Executive of the GMC

Seeking feedback using a questionnaire enables colleague and patient views about a doctor’s practice to be gathered in a systematic way.

Patient and colleague feedback is one element of supporting information that the GMC requires doctors to collect and reflect upon as part of revalidation.

The questionnaires, based on the GMC’s core guidance Good Medical Practice, have been subject to in depth research over several years and tested with 1,450 doctors, 44,000 patients and 21,000 colleagues in a project led by Professor John Campbell at Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and are available at the GMC website.





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