Health News Digest

31st July 2020

(covering news from the 24th July 2020)

This weekly digest contains details of the latest health-related news/articles in the general media and press releases from Public Health England and other health related bodies.

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The Health Foundation

https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news

New analysis lays bare government’s failure to protect social care from COVID-19

As we face potential future waves of COVID-19, we must urgently understand how the UK differs from its neighbours and why

NHS People Plan provides a stop-gap but leaves glaring omissions

The government’s strategy is likely to be a missed opportunity to address the root causes of obesity

Low income workers at greater risk of unemployment and mounting ill-health as furlough scheme unwinds

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

https://www.jrf.org.uk/

Nothing to report

The Nuffield Trust

https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/

Nuffield Trust: Pushing power out from the centre key to cutting red tape and supporting NHS people plan

Chart of the week: NHS staff pay and the cost of living

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

http://www.nice.org.uk/

New combination treatment for patients with advanced kidney cancer

NICE publishes new COVID-19 rapid guideline on arranging planned care in hospitals and diagnostic services

Care Quality Commission (formerly Healthcare Commission)

http://www.cqc.org.uk/media

New agreement between CQC and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)

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Statistics and Surveys

http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/

Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2019 to 2020

COVID-19: number of outbreaks in care homes – management information

Legislation

Statutory Instruments and Acts of Parliament

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/whatsnew.htm

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

Latest Health-Related News Links

BBC Health News Online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/default.stm

Coronavirus: Visiting people at home banned in parts of northern England

Coronavirus: ‘Chancellor must protect’ jobs of those shielding

Coronavirus: Care home visits ‘delayed’ over lack of testing

‘Black people need to be included in BMI research’

Coronavirus: England highest level of excess deaths

Covid-19: Why Hong Kong’s ‘third wave’ is a warning

Coronavirus: The shielders turning the word ‘vulnerable’ on its head

‘More Zoom medicine needed’ in NHS says Hancock

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Newspapers

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The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/

Will a heatwave kill off or slow down coronavirus?

Doctors call for research into Covid-19 clot risk for women on birth control

Coronavirus: wearing a face mask does not lead to a ‘false sense of security’, study finds

The Guardian

https://society.guardian.co.uk/health/

‘I’d rather lose my job than my life’: vulnerable people on the end of shielding

‘Heartless and reckless’ to force shielding people back to work, says TUC

Lifestyle changes could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases – study

‘Remote first’ GP appointments must be handled with care

UK extends coronavirus isolation period from seven to 10 days

All GP consultations should be remote by default, says Matt Hancock

New push to raise Covid-19 testing capacity in England to 500,000 a day

UK study finds digital treatment for insomnia more effective than face-to-face therapy

One in three children have dangerous levels of lead in their blood

Thousands of UK public sector jobs to be created in recruitment drive

Coronavirus: UK signs deal for 60m doses of potential vaccine

Average BAME Covid-19 patient decades younger than white Britons in study

Coronavirus: English care homes policy ‘reckless’, MPs say

Bike repair voucher website for England struggles at launch

‘One big wave’ – why the Covid-19 second wave may not exist

Huge growth in free school meals urged to tackle food poverty crisis

National food strategy set out: banishing pollution and poverty for sustainability

Hopes raised for early blood test to help fight Alzheimer’s disease

Covid-19 test a week after UK arrival ‘could halve quarantine time’

Why are weekly deaths in Wales and England now below average?

Cycling ambitions for England move up a gear with No 10 plans

Revealed: NHS could take over social care, swelling budget to £150bn

New UK obesity plan fails to address underlying problems

Web ads for junk food could be banned under UK government plans

Ease restrictions on medical psychedelics to aid research, experts say

Face-mask wearers do not stop washing their hands, study suggests

Over-40s in UK to pay more tax under plans to fix social care crisis

Concern for England’s mental health patients discharged at start of lockdown

‘Eat Out to Help Out’ risks undermining obesity campaign, say experts

Only 19 bereaved families approved for NHS staff coronavirus compensation scheme

UK demand for new vegan food products soars in lockdown

e Books

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