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Promises to shift care from hospitals to community have not been matched by transfer of spending, analysis finds

Health department lacks grip on spending and clinical negligence payouts, MPs warn

Plans to tighten up disability benefits are attacked by health and disability representatives

Proposals to overhaul the UK’s disability benefits and make them more targeted to people with the greatest need have been described as “cruel” and “ineffective” by doctors’ leaders. The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on reforming the disability benefits system, which proposes removing the need for personal independence payment (PIP) assessments for people with certain long term health conditions or disabilities, including terminal illnesses. Under the plans, however, people with mild anxiety and depression would no longer receive the PIP, while others could be offered treatment for their condition instead of a regular PIP. The aim of the health and disability green paper1 is to cut bureaucracy while targeting and improving support for the people who need it …

Teaching beyond retirement: the consultant neuroradiologist

Consultant neuroradiologist Ian Turnbull tells Adrian O’Dowd why he was determined to remain involved in training doctors despite retiring Retirement does not mean a doctor has to stop loving medicine or wanting to be involved in training the next generation of clinicians, says Ian Turnbull. Edinburgh born Turnbull was a consultant neuroradiologist at North Manchester General Hospital for 19 years and then at Salford Royal Hospital until his retirement in 2008. Since then, until very recently, he was an honorary consultant neuroradiologist to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in a teaching role for fourth year medical students at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, Wales, and a teaching lead at Glan Clwyd Hospital. Turnbull has never lost his enthusiasm for medicine. “To this day …

Experts call for school focused support to overhaul children's mental health services

Badly needed support for children’s mental health in England should be focused on schools with the creation of “one stop shop” information hubs, according to experts. A new report1 calls for a radical overhaul of the system that provides mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people and warns that currently around a fifth of this population may have a mental health condition. The report published on 26 April by the Centre for Young Lives think tank and the Child of the North initiative a partnership between Health Equity North and N8 Research Partnership calls on the government to boost children’s mental health through the education system. Its authors argue that schools have a vital role to play in supporting and promoting children’s mental health and …