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Health Secretary faces legal challenge for failing patients with learning disabilities and autism

The Equality and Human Rights Commission have launched a legal challenge against the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care over the repeated failure to move people with learning disabilities and autism into appropriate accommodation.

Their concerns are about the rights of more than 2,000 people with learning disabilities and autism being detained in secure hospitals, often far away from home and for many years. These concerns increased significantly following the BBC’s exposure of the shocking violation of patients’ human rights at Whorlton Hall, where patients suffered horrific physical and psychological abuse.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission have sent a pre-action letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, arguing that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has breached the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) for failing to meet the targets set in the Transforming Care program and Building the Right Support program.

These targets included moving patients from inappropriate inpatient care to community-based settings, and reducing the reliance on inpatient care for people with learning disabilities and autism.

Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said: 'We cannot afford to miss more deadlines. We cannot afford any more Winterbourne Views or Whorlton Halls. We cannot afford to risk further abuse being inflicted on even a single more person at the distressing and horrific levels we have seen. We need the DHSC to act now."

"These are people who deserve our support and compassion, not abuse and brutality. Inhumane and degrading treatment in place of adequate healthcare cannot be the hallmark of our society. One scandal should have been one too many."

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Souce: Equality and Human Rights Commission, 12 February 2020

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Health secretary could prop up unsafe services with new power, say NHS leaders

New powers given to the health secretary as part of proposed legislation could make local services unsafe, NHS Providers has warned the House of Commons health select committee.

In a letter to committee chair Jeremy Hunt, seen exclusively by HSJ, the membership organisation said proposed new powers over local reconfiguration outlined in the government’s recent health white paper must include an “explicit” test that proves the intervention will not worsen patient safety.

The letter, signed by Chris Hopson and Saffron Cordery, CEO and deputy CEO respectively of NHS Providers, said: “Given the overwhelming importance of patient safety in these considerations, there should be an explicit test that use of the  [reconfiguration] power must maintain or improve safety before the power can be exercised."

“As part of the exercise of the power, the providers and integrated care system concerned, NHS England and the public should all be consulted on the relevant safety issues before the power can be exercised, with those views then made public.”

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Source: HSJ, 20 April 2021

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Health Secretary backs Martha’s Rule giving right to second medical opinion

The government has backed Martha’s rule, a campaign to give families and patients the right to a second assessment if they feel their concerns are not being taken seriously.

Health secretary Steve Barclay said ministers are “committed” to implementing the rule, insisting the case for it is “compelling”.

Martha Mills died after developing sepsis while under the care of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in south London.

Mr Barclay said the case set out by Ms Mills, was “compelling”.

“For everyone that has heard it, it is an absolutely heartbreaking case,” he told the BBC.

Mr Barclay said: “I’m determined that we ensure we learn the lessons from it and very keen to learn from best international practice.”

Mr Barclay said there are “international lessons”, particularly from Ryan’s Rule in Australia, giving patients a direct line to a second opinion.

“And I particularly want to give much more credence to the voice of patients,” Mr Barclay said.

He added: “I think a key part of this measure is ensuring that patients feel heard and can get a second opinion.”

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Source: The Independent, 14 September 2023

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Health secretary admits 'risk of disruption' in NHS overhaul

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is a "risk of disruption" in the NHS as he attempts to overhaul the service and reduce waste, but has promised long-term improvements.

On Thursday, Streeting announced NHS England, a public administrative body, would be scrapped to save money and give ministers more control of health services.

The Labour government expects the move will take two years and save hundreds of millions of pounds that can be spent on frontline NHS services.

Appearing on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Streeting defended the reforms but admitted there would be challenges.

When asked about the impact on patient care, he said: "Of course there are always up-front costs. And yes there is always a risk of disruption."

Streeting said former health secretaries had "not been prepared to take on those sorts of challenges" and argued NHS England "was set up to shield politicians like me from responsibility".

He said: "I've seen waste, inefficiency and duplication. So of course we should go after that."

When asked for a second time if patient care would be disrupted by the government's reorganisation of the NHS, Streeting promised to deliver improvements and said waiting lists for treatment had already been falling.

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Source: BBC News, 16 March 2025

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Health regulator not fit for purpose - Streeting

The body responsible for regulating NHS and care services in England is not fit for purpose, the health secretary has said.

Wes Streeting's intervention comes after an independent review found significant failings at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), according to headline findings released by the government.

The CQC inspects everything from hospitals and GP practices through to care homes and dental surgeries, covering 90,000 different services. Wes Streeting said he was “stunned” by the scale of the problems as he announced a set of emergency measures.

The CQC said it accepted the findings in full.

Among the failings identified were:

  • Inspectors lacking the necessary experience – including some being asked to inspect hospitals without ever having been into one before
  • Care home inspectors who had never met a person with dementia
  • A backlog of assessments with one in five services never having been given a rating – this is thought to include new care providers, GPs and private health clinics that have opened in the last five years
  • One NHS hospital having gone more than 10 years since its last inspection
  • A lack of consistency with assessments

The full interim report is due to be published on Friday.

Among the measures being taken is the appointment of Sir Mike Richards, a vastly experienced cancer doctor who has previously worked in government as national director of cancer care and spent four years as the chief inspector of hospitals from 2013, to work with senior leaders at the CQC and conduct a "rapid review" of the watchdog.

The regulator has just appointed an interim chief executive, Kate Terroni, who was deputy chief executive until last month when Ian Trenholm announced he was stepping down as head of the CQC.

Mr Streeting told BBC Breakfast he was also looking to appoint a new chief executive and chief inspector of hospitals who the government "can work with to turn the regulator around."

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Source: BBC News, 26 July 2024

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Health regulator accused of moral corrupt

A doctor has accused England's health and care regulator of "moral corruption".

Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Shyam Kumar says the Care Quality Commission misled the public over patient safety.

Mr Kumar alleges he was unfairly dismissed from his role as a special adviser to the CQC because he acted as a whistleblower.

His claims were made during an employment tribunal hearing in Manchester.

Seconded by his employer, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Mr Kumar had been giving the CQC expert advice on surgical departments during hospital inspections.

But he was dismissed from this role, in early 2019.

The CQC said a letter he had written to a colleague he had been in dispute with at his trust was incompatible with the standards expected of its special advisers.

But Mr Kumar claims he was dismissed because, in 2018, he raised concerns with senior CQC figures that he was expected to simply rubber-stamp the final report following an under-resourced inspection.

And he accused the regulator of sweeping his concerns under the carpet and providing false assurances on patient safety.

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Source: BBC News, 25 November 2021

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Health ombudsman issues unprecedented warning over safety and culture

A health watchdog has issued an unprecedented warning over patient safety, culture and leadership at a scandal-hit NHS trust,The Independent has learned.

The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman, the government body that investigates patients’ complaints, has used powers for the very first time to raise “serious concerns” about University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust.

The body does not have its own powers to intervene but the warning has triggered an investigation by NHS England.

Ombudsman Rob Behrens said there needed to be “significant improvements” in culture and leadership at the trust. He also raised concerns that the trust had failed to “fully accept or acknowledge” the impact of findings from investigations on patient safety.

The decision to trigger the alert, known as the emerging concerns protocol, was “not taken lightly”, Mr Behrens said.

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Source: The Independent, 12 February 2023

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Health officials worried as flu season comes five weeks early

The UK's winter flu season has begun five weeks earlier than usual, health officials are warning.

The UK Health Security Agency said cases were rising quickly among children and young people – and warned the virus would soon start to spread across older age groups. The organisation urged people eligible for the flu vaccine to come forward to get protected. But they said it was too early to say how difficult and serious this year's flu season would be.

One of the concerns is that the flu season could peak before the majority of the vulnerable groups have got immunised - the vaccination campaign has only been running a few weeks. Two of the worst winter flu seasons of the past decade have been seen in the last three years, something partly attributed to the bounce-back of the virus after Covid restrictions and when immunity has been low. Last year nearly 8,000 people died from flu and in the 2022-23 flu season there were nearly 16,000 deaths.

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Source: BBC News, 30 October 2025

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Health officials took months to investigate surgeon Sam Eljamel

Health officials waited six months to speak to the surgeon Sam Eljamel after a complaint was made about his conduct that eventually led to his suspension.

Eljamel, who was head of neurosurgery at NHS Tayside in Dundee between 1995 and 2013, harmed dozens of patients before being suspended in 2013. 

Even as NHS Tayside commissioned an external review into Eljamel’s conduct, the surgeon was not suspended. Instead, the health board allowed him to continue practising as long as he was monitored. However, a letter sent to Eljamel by NHS Tayside’s clinical director, dated June 21, 2013, reveals that the surgeon was able to negotiate the extent of his own supervision.

It was during this period of supervision that Jules Rose attended Ninewells Hospital to have a brain tumour removed by the surgeon. He performed two surgeries on her, in August and December, and she later discovered that he had removed her tear gland instead of the tumour.

Since then she has founded and run the Patient’s Action Group, representing 126 of Eljamel’s patients calling for a public inquiry into how he was able to harm so many patients at NHS Tayside.

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Source: The Times, 25 July 2023

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Health officials face urgent calls to investigate deaths linked to black market weight loss jabs

A health minister has acknowledged that restricted access to weight loss drugs on the NHS may be driving individuals to seek unregulated alternatives, as officials face urgent calls to investigate deaths linked to black market obesity jabs.

Health officials were directly challenged by MPs on the Health and Social Committee regarding measures to curb illicit sales of anti-obesity treatments.

A stark warning was issued to NHS and Department of Health officials: "People have already died as a result of this, and there is a chance that this could get worse."

Conservative MP Gregory Stafford questioned whether current NHS access constraints were creating a patient safety risk, citing evidence that barriers were pushing patients to "unregulated and potentially unsafe sources."

Professor Aidan Fowler, national director of patient safety for NHS England, informed MPs that discussions with the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) frequently address risks around medicine safety, including black market issues, drawing parallels with cosmetic surgery.

However, committee chairwoman Layla Moran delivered a harrowing account, stating: "I’ve met with families whose loved ones have tragically passed away because they did access on the black market, they then got sepsis and died, and the coroner report is still ongoing.

“But the concern is it was the injection itself and its administration that caused the death, they don’t feel that the MHRA are on top of it, and I’m not sure that they will have heard today’s evidence and felt that you guys are either, and I really hope, minister, that when you go away and look at this that you bear in mind the fact people have already died as a result of this, and there is a chance that this could get worse."

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Source: The Independent, 3 June 2026

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Health officials ‘ignored evidence of non-Covid deaths’ during lockdown

The Covid inquiry is being urged to investigate if health officials dismissed evidence of collateral deaths during lockdown after a whistleblower claimed that pathologists’ concerns were shut down.

As the inquiry prepares to hold its first full public hearing this week, Prof Sebastian Lucas, who worked as a consultant pathologist at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, claimed that PHE was not interested in what he described as “collateral deaths”.

Prof Lucas wrote to Prof Kevin Fenton, the director of PHE London, on behalf of the London Inner South Jurisdiction Pathology Advisory Group. 

He approached the agency in January 2021 as the UK entered its third lockdown, warning that collateral deaths as a result of the pandemic had not been recorded properly.

The group, which was headed up by a coroner, had identified several deaths that would not have happened had the NHS been functioning as normal. This included people who did not want to bother the doctor or who took their own lives because of lockdowns.

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Source: The Telegraph, 10 June 2023

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Health official defends discharging patients into English care homes

Discharging patients into care homes in England in early April, when the number of coronavirus cases was rapidly increasing, was neither reckless nor wrong, the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) most senior civil servant has claimed.

Faced with aggressive questioning from MPs on the powerful public accounts committee on Monday, Sir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the DHSC, said the guidance for discharge was correct based on the information available at the time.

Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said to Wormald: “You were discharging them from hospital into care homes when care homes were already in dire trouble, some of the most vulnerable people in society, the testing wasn’t available, PPE [personal protective equipment] wasn’t available, the training wasn’t available. Wasn’t this a pretty reckless policy by the government?”

Wormald replied: “We don’t believe that. Now, as Prof [Stephen] Powis [national medical director of NHS England] described, at this point Covid was not considered to be widespread in the community.”

A clearly frustrated Clifton-Brown interrupted him saying there were already 1,000 care homes with coronavirus cases at the beginning of April. He also questioned why detailed advice in relation to coronavirus for the social care sector had not been issued until 15 April, almost a month after the equivalent information was provided to the NHS.

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Source: The Guardian, 23 June 2020

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Health of nation study calls on millions to sign up

Researchers are calling on five million UK adults to join what they hope will be one of the biggest studies in the world, to create the most detailed picture ever of the nation's health.

The aim is it to find better ways to prevent, spot and treat illnesses like cancer and dementia early on. It will involve collecting health and genetic data and creating a long-term repository of health information.

Our Future Health is part-funded by government, industry and charities. They hope to get their first set of results in the next few years.

Chairman of the programme, Prof Sir John Bell, said the ambition is to use the results to fundamentally shift the focus of healthcare systems to earlier diagnosis and prevention.

Invitations will go out this autumn to more than three million people in London, West Yorkshire, West Midlands and Greater Manchester. Over time it will be open to all UK adults.

Volunteers will:

  • fill in questionnaires about their lifestyles and any health problems
  • have blood tests for measurements such as blood sugar and cholesterol
  • have their height, weight and blood pressure measured
  • take genetic tests
  • consent to share their NHS records.

According to the plans the information will be used in a number of different ways.

Scientists will collate and combine this information and store it so that people cannot be identified, building up a bank of health and genetic data.

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Source: BBC News, 24 October 2022

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Health NHS patient feedback is not being used to improve services, report warns

The NHS is spending millions of pounds encouraging patients to give feedback but the information gained is not being used effectively to improve services, experts have warned.  

Widespread collection of patient comments is often “disjointed and standalone” from efforts to improve the quality of care, according to a study by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Nine separate studies of how hospitals collect and use feedback were analysed. They showed that while thousands of patients give hospitals their comments, their reports are often reduced to simple numbers – and in many cases, the NHS lacks the ability to analyse and act on the results.

The research found the NHS had a “managerial focus on bad experiences” meaning positive comments on what went well were “overlooked”.

The NIHR report said: “A lot of resource and energy goes into collecting feedback data but less into analysing it in ways that can lead to change, or into sharing the feedback with staff who see patients on a day-to-day basis.

NHS England's chief nurse, Ruth May, said: "Listening to patient experience is key to understanding our NHS and there is more that that we can hear to improve it. This research gives insight into how data can be analysed and used by frontline staff to make changes that patients tell us are needed."

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Source: 13 January 2020

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Health NHS faces migrant staff exodus as workers feel unwelcome in UK

Two in five international health workers are considering leaving the UK, with many citing feelings of not being welcome amid anti-immigrant rhetoric.

The union Unison warns that government proposals to tighten settlement rules for migrant workers, coupled with escalating visa fees and restrictions, threaten to deepen the ongoing NHS staffing crisis.

A Unison survey of nearly 1,900 international health professionals working in Britain found that 43% are now considering departure, with a quarter feeling unwelcome and a fifth reporting they feel unsafe.

The union’s head of health Helga Pile said: “The UK’s health and care services would collapse without the skilled workers who’ve come here from overseas. How we treat them matters – they should be respected, not taken advantage of and abused.

“It’s shocking so many NHS staff say they don’t feel safe or welcome in this country. No wonder so many are thinking of leaving.

“These findings make it clear ministers must think again about trebling the settlement period for crucial migrant health and care staff. Otherwise, the workforce crisis will get worse.

“Politicians of all stripes need to stop demonising people who are doing crucial work, often for very low pay. They’re the ones shoring up the UK’s crumbling health and care sectors. We simply cannot do without them.”

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Source: The Independent, 14 April 2026

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Health leaders urged to ‘fix situation’ as patients left in hospital corridors for ‘dangerously long periods’

Patients are being left in hospital corridors for “dangerously long periods” health leaders have warned. The long waits mean patients are missing timely access to specialist care.

New data shows fewer than one in five acutely unwell patients are receiving their first assessment in an acute medical unit (AMU), the The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) said.

AMUs are short stay assessment and admission units for patients who need specialist assessment and/or opinion. Patients are referred to AMUs by emergency department (A&E) doctors, other hospital departments, or directly by a GP.

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Source: The Independent, 10 October 2025

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Health leaders question absence of workforce strategy in NHS elective care recovery plan

The government has promised to build more surgical and community diagnostic hubs in England and to give patients greater control over their healthcare provider as part of its long awaited recovery plan for elective care to reduce the NHS backlog and tackle waiting times.

But the targets set out on 8 February will not be met without the staff to run the expanded services, health leaders have warned.

Andrew Goddard, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said that the plan depended on the “recovery of urgent and emergency care, as the two are intimately entwined both with respect to workforce and estate.”

He added, “We will also need to build on it with a full plan for recruiting enough new staff to meet patient demand and the steps we’ll take to retain existing staff, including flexible and remote working for those returning to practice."

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Source: BMJ, 8 February 2022

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Health inspectors: North Midlands NHS Trust maternity unit 'requires significant improvement'

Maternity services at a trust in Staffordshire have been rated as 'requires significant improvement' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent must now make urgent changes by June 30th 2023, to ensure patients are cared for safely.

It follows an inspection in March where inspectors said staff did not have enough effective systems in place to ensure patients were looked after to the standard they should be.

Staff also failed to implement a prioritisation process to ensure delays in the induction of labour were monitored and effectively managed, according to the review of services.

The CQC said midwives evaluating patients and handling triage processes did not effectively assess, document and respond to the ongoing risks associated with safety through triage.

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Source: ITV News, 28 April 2023

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Health inequities lead to early death in many persons with disabilities

A new report by the World Health Organization shows evidence of a higher risk of premature death and illness among many persons with disabilities compared to others in the society. 

The Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities published today shows that because of the systemic and persistent health inequities, many persons with disabilities face the risk of dying much earlier—even up to 20 years earlier—than persons without disabilities.

They have an increased risk of developing chronic conditions, with up to double the risk of asthma, depression, diabetes, obesity, oral diseases, and stroke.  Many of the differences in health outcomes cannot be explained by the underlying health condition or impairment, but by avoidable, unfair and unjust factors.

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Source: WHO, 2 December 2022

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Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’

More than 1 million people in England died prematurely in the decade after 2011 owing to a combination of poverty, austerity and Covid, according to “shocking” new research by one of the UK’s leading public health experts.

The figures are revealed in a study by the Institute of Health Equity at University College London led by Sir Michael Marmot. They demonstrate the extent to which stark economic and social inequalities are leading to poorer people dying early from cancer, heart problems and other diseases.

Using Office for National Statistics figures, the report’s author Prof Peter Goldblatt looked at the life expectancy of people across England who do not live in the wealthiest 10% of areas.

The report, titled Health Inequalities, Lives Cut Short, found that between 2011 and 2019, 1,062,334 people died earlier than they would have done if they lived in areas where the richest 10% of the population reside. A further 151,615 premature deaths were recorded in 2020, although this number was higher than expected because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Source: Guardian, 8 January 2024

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Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

The World Health Organization (WHO) and almost 200 other health associations have made an unprecedented call for a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.

A call to action published on Wednesday, urges governments to agree a legally binding plan to phase out fossil fuel exploration and production, similar to the framework convention on tobacco, which was negotiated under the WHO’s auspices in 2003.

“The modern addiction to fossil fuels is not just an act of environmental vandalism. From the health perspective, it is an act of self-sabotage,” said the WHO president, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, the head of the WHO’s climate change department, said the letter was a watershed moment. “This is the first time the health sector has come together to issue such a statement explicitly about fossil fuels,” he told the Guardian. “The current burden of death and disease from air pollution is comparable to that of tobacco use, while the long-term effects of fossil fuels on the Earth’s climate present an existential threat to humanity – as do nuclear weapons.”

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Source: The Guardian, 14 September 2022

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Health Foundation to explore impact of data analytics and technology

The Health Foundation will begin exploring the impact of data analytics and technology on health and care in the UK.

The independent charity has launched its Data Analytics for Better Health strategy, which aims to tackle real-world problems that affect people’s health and develop a greater understanding of the role that technology and data plays in daily life. The strategy sets out how the Health Foundation aims to help policymakers, practitioners and the wider public get to grip with “seismic changes” taking place in the health sector.

Dr Adam Steventon, Director of Data Analytics at the Health Foundation, said: “Data is being used to drive innovation in ways that can revolutionise health care, including early disease detection, easier access to care services and encouraging health promoting behaviours. But such technological advances also carry the risk of harm to patients. As a nation we need to advance our understanding of these fast-moving changes. This new programme of work will help us to do that, enabling us to explore how analytics and data-driven technology can create better heath and care for people across the UK.”

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Source: Digital Health, 6 February 2020

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Health experts rubbish Wes Streeting’s claim ADHD is overdiagnosed in the UK

Experts have disputed Wes Streeting’s claim that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is overdiagnosed in the UK, saying that if anything, the condition is actually likely to be underdiagnosed.

In a paper published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, 32 experts including clinicians, academics, and patients warned the main challenge surrounding ADHD is that services “cannot adequately support”.

“Alarmist” rhetoric around a fear of overdiagnosis of ADHD could work to “deny” people the care they need, the team said.

It comes after health secretary Wes Streeting ordered a review into the diagnosis of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD.

Mr Streeting reportedly tasked leading experts with investigating whether common human emotions have become “over-pathologised”.

Professor Chris Hollis, co-author of the study from the University of Nottingham, said: “While the incidence of ADHD diagnosis has increased significantly since 2020—particularly in women and young adults—NHS administrative data in England shows no evidence of overdiagnosis with the rate of ADHD diagnosis remaining below the expected levels of ADHD in the population."

He described the recent rise in ADHD diagnosis as a “catch-up” of “many years of under recognition and under diagnosis”.

“Hence, rather than ‘overdiagnosis’ the real concern should be the unacceptably long waiting times, sometimes over years, that people experience in the NHS for diagnosis, support and treatment,” he continued.

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Source: The Independent, 6 March 2026

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Health experts criticise UK's failure to track recovered COVID-19 cases

The UK’s failure to report how many people have recovered from COVID-19 has been criticised by public health experts, who say a huge proportion of cases have remained “invisible” to the health service.

Britain is an outlier internationally in not reporting the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 alongside statistics on deaths and numbers of identified cases. Chile is the only other nation not to share this information out of the 25 countries with the highest reported incidence.

A failure to monitor those who test positive for COVID-19 outside of hospital has left people feeling unsupported and alienated from the health system, the experts say. There is concern that because the majority of community cases have not been logged in patient records, it will be more challenging to research the long-term consequences of the disease.

Prof Devi Sridhar, the chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Not tracking people in the community, for me, [is] so astonishing. These people are completely invisible in the health system.”

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Source: The Guardian, 18 June 2020 

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Health experts criticise NHS advice to take ibuprofen for Covid-19

Experts have criticised NHS advice that people self-isolating with Covid-19 should take ibuprofen, saying there is plausible evidence this could aggravate the condition.

The comments came after French authorities warned against taking widely used over the counter anti-inflammatory drugs. The country’s health minister, Olivier Véran, a qualified doctor and neurologist, tweeted on Saturday: “The taking of anti-inflammatories [ibuprofen, cortisone … ] could be a factor in aggravating the infection. In case of fever, take paracetamol. If you are already taking anti-inflammatory drugs, ask your doctor’s advice.”

NHS guidance states that people managing Covid-19 symptoms at home should take paracetamol or ibuprofen.

“I would advise against that,” said Prof Ian Jones, a virologist at the University of Reading. “There’s good scientific evidence for ibuprofen aggravating the condition or prolonging it. That recommendation needs to be updated.”

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Source: The Guardian, 16 March 2020

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