Health News Digest
13th May 2022
(covering news from the 6th May 2022)
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Health News Digest
Get in on the Act: The Environment Act 2021
The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2022
Call for global strategy to monitor effect of airborne plastic pollution on oceans
Committee launches Defence & Climate Change inquiry
Tree death contributes to climate change more than you’d think
Peak rainfall climate change allowances by management catchment
Shifting the baseline for UK heatwaves
LGA responds to ADASS adult social care assessments survey
LGA: Understanding health and care reforms: opportunities and implications for local government
King’s Fund: Adding value: a strategic vision for volunteering in NHS trusts
How can the NHS Staff Survey data help you to meet the core needs of your people?
Reform of adult social care: some progress, but nowhere near enough
Health Foundation: Continued pressure on emergency services not safe or sustainable
Health Foundation: Government must go further to level up the health recovery
Nuffield Trust: Appalling delays in emergency and routine care will remain for some time
Nuffield Trust: NHS patients are more likely to die – it is right to ask why
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust rating remains as good following CQC inspection
Innovation in general practice and regulation
The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2022
Ambulance wait times endangering patients, doctors say
Social care: Half a million adults waiting for help in England
NHS England waiting list reaches another record high in March
Nurses top UK poll on who makes biggest contribution to society
Hundreds of organisations breached patient data rules, reveals BMJ
Dentist shortage in south-west England leaves patients doing DIY treatments
Monkeypox case confirmed in England
Weekly Statistics for NHS Test and Trace (England): 21 April to 4 May 2022
COVID-19 vaccine weekly surveillance reports (weeks 39 to 19, 2021 to 2022)
Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2022
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2022
SARS-CoV-2 variants of public health interest
Covid inquiry broadens scope to include children
Unequal impact of Covid should be part of UK inquiry, says chair
UK supermarkets recall cooked chicken in salmonella scare
Fourth Covid jab can give higher immunity than initial booster, study finds
Alarm after EHRC says long Covid should not be treated as disability
Vaccine to stop Covid transmission should now be top priority, says leading UK scientist
LGA: Traveller Site Fund a Q&A session with DLUHC
Over 18,000 affordable houses lost in office-to-residential conversions
The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Amendment) (England) Order 2022
Queen's Speech: Social housing reform is the very least tenants deserve
Queen’s Speech 2022: sector responds to new housing bills
William and Kate send message to tackle loneliness
People in performing arts twice as likely to have depression, Equity finds
Joe Wicks says millions of parents suffering mental health issues after lockdown
Ukraine refugees in UK face waits of up to two years for war trauma therapy
Standup comedy course for men at risk of suicide wins NHS funding
‘Antiquated’ mental health laws in England and Wales set for overhaul
Older people encouraged to ditch 'stiff upper lip' approach to mental health
Offer women oral tablet to treat fibroids, NHS advised
Lack of drugs for use in pregnancy ‘resulting in needless deaths’ in UK
Short-term use of ibuprofen may increase chance of chronic pain, study suggests
Boots, Superdrug and other chemists report hay fever pill shortages
Covid vaccines safe for pregnant women and cut stillbirth risk, says review
Fourth Covid jab can give higher immunity than initial booster, study finds
Europe’s first psychedelic drug trial firm to open in London
Weekly Statistics for NHS Test and Trace (England): 21 April to 4 May 2022
SIncreased mental health support for children and young people
ARS-CoV-2 variants of public health interest
Little Troopers: cross-agency partnership to support young, vulnerable families in Swindon
Pollen levels prompt warning to UK asthma and hay fever sufferers
Alarm after EHRC says long Covid should not be treated as disability
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2021 to 2022
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2022
GP in hours: weekly bulletins for 2022
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2022
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2022
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2022
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2022
Offer women oral tablet to treat fibroids, NHS advised
HRT products could be sent to UK from mainland Europe next week
Lack of drugs for use in pregnancy ‘resulting in needless deaths’ in UK
Covid vaccines safe for pregnant women and cut stillbirth risk, says review
Lack of research on heart disease in women is risking lives, say experts
What are four signs of ADHD in women?