NHS
Why the changes to the NHS should worry us all
12 Jul 2010
The plans for yet another reorganisation of the NHS should worry people greatly especially those who live or care for people in the disadvantaged areas of North Staffordshire. The NHS resembles a pinball being catapulted around at the whim of whatever governing party is in power.
10% Reduction in LSP Funding For City Council
05 Jul 2010
Stoke-on-Trent City Council and its Local Strategic Partners have had 10% cut from their Area Based Grant due to savings handed down to them by the Government. The Area Based Grant, is an amount of money given to local authorities each year. It is used to fund joint projects with other public bodies such as Staffordshire Police and NHS Stoke-on-Trent. The reduction in funding, equating to around £3.4million from areas of work of the Local Strategic Partnership.
Stoke-on-Trent Central Member of Parliament Tristram Hunt gave his maiden Commons speech yesterday [Monday]. Tristram succeeded veteran MP Mark Fisher in the Labour Party stronghold of Stoke Central following a controversial selection procedure prior to the 2010 General Election. However, he has put all that behind him and is tipped as one of the Labour Party’s rising stars. His speech, in full, was as follows:
A series of teddy bears’ picnics will take place across the city’s libraries next month to help celebrate National Breastfeeding Week. The events, where families are encouraged to bring their favourite teddy bears, aim to promote breastfeeding making mums feel proud and comfortable with feeding their babies.
So as the first few days of cavorting as the great and good of Westminster convince us, the great unwashed to put a cross by their party name on the first Thursday in May come to an end, two things said by David Cameron, the gutter press Sun’s new best mate, have stuck out for me.
An independent inquiry into the shortcomings of Stafford Hospital has confirmed people's worst fears that bureaucracy and cost-cutting has come at the expense of patients' welfare, sometimes even leading to loss of life. The Sentinel reported yesterday that the report found patients were "routinely neglected" as managers were consumed with "targets" and "cost-cutting", losing sight of its responsibility of providing safe care.
Plans Unveiled To Halve Smokers By 2020.
01 Feb 2010
Government ministers have unveiled measures that are being considered to further lower the number of smokers in the UK. Numbers have fallen 35% to 21% in the years from 2000, and the target by 2020 is 10%. Some measures being considered are the selling of cigarettes in unbranded packaging and a total ban on cigarette vending machines, witch is to be enforced in Scotland in 2011.
West Midland Ambulance, who supply the North Staffordshire area with it paramedic and hospital Transport service have reported more then 230 verbal and physical assaults on its staff. The last set of figures cover incidents recorded between 1st April and 30th of September 2009 and show a fall compared to the same period in 2008. Numbers have been made public as part of NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Survey.
I have been in and out the UHNS the last few weeks, it happens like that you know. First off, can I use this blog to thank the staff of the Cardiac Lab, Ward 76, and the Intervention team for all the care they once again give me. What I want to talk about is food at the Hospital, which to say the least as come in for a bit of a kicking over the last year or so in the local paper.
Visiting Restricted And Wards Closed At UHNS
25 Nov 2009
Three general wards at UHNS are currently closed to new admissions because of the prevalence of Norovirus and the hospital has today announced a second restriction on hospital visiting times.
