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Telegraph
a day ago
- Health
- Telegraph
Heart attack patients will get job advice in hospital
Heart attack patients will get job advice in hospital as part of measures to tackle the worklessness crisis. The NHS will also be set targets to reduce economic inactivity for the first time under radical reforms in the 10-year health plan. Work coaches will be integrated into rehabilitation services for patients, including those recovering from heart attacks or suffering from other heart conditions. It comes after a back-bench rebellion forced Labour to water down its welfare reforms, which aim to tackle rising disability claims and long-term sickness. Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, will use the 10-year plan – due to be published this week – to demonstrate the Government remains serious about tackling the problem. A report produced for the NHS in June found that long-term sickness was shrinking the UK economy by 10 per cent a year. Mr Streeting will give greater power to local NHS services to run in a way that works for them, but in exchange he will demand results, including a new target to reduce long-term sickness in their respective areas by a yet to be determined percentage. He told the Telegraph the NHS could not 'just be a recipient of Treasury funds' and instead it would 'help drive growth and cut economic inactivity'. 'Our 10-year plan will help to get our country back to health and back to work,' he said. 'We have already taken almost 250,000 cases off the waiting list and recruited 6,700 more mental health workers. Now we will put rocket boosters under those efforts.' For the first time patients will also be able to refer themselves via the NHS app for help with back pain and arthritis, as well as mental health issues – the three leading causes of long-term sickness. The NHS will build on a series of pilots that tie work and health together with doctors, saying the two are inextricably linked.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Health
- The Sun
Lucy Letby and Harold Shipman-style NHS killing sprees will be prevented in future with high-tech AI reforms
HI-TECH NHS reforms will help to prevent the next Lucy Letby or Harold Shipman, Wes Streeting has vowed. The Health Secretary has insisted his AI rollout will stop serious incidents slipping through the net. 2 He says he will introduce new measures to identify patterns of abuse, serious injury and deaths via an early alert system — part of a ten-year plan to be unveiled later this week. Mr Streeting last night said: 'Even a single lapse that puts a patient at risk is one too many. 'Behind every safety breach is a person — a life altered, a family devastated, a heartbreaking loss. 'By embracing AI and introducing world-first early warning systems, we'll spot dangerous signs sooner and launch rapid inspections before harm occurs.' Nurse Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven more at the Countess of Chester Hospital. GP Shipman is thought to have killed more than 200 patients over two decades. He was convicted in 2000 and died in 2004. The technology, still in development, will flag safety issues in real time — allowing Care Quality Commission officials to investigate and take immediate action. Top NHS figure Prof Meghana Pandit said it would 'turbo-charge' the speed and efficiency of identifying patient concerns. It came as Mr Streeting last week ordered a national investigation into maternity services. Women and babies had been left at 'considerably higher' risk than what was necessary.
