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And here’s today’s news from National Health Executive on Wednesday the 5th of June 2024.
Key services at several London hospitals have been severely disrupted by a ransomware attack this week. The attack has impacted hospitals at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust as well as King’s College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The incident is causing disruption to pathology services and has seen some procedures and operations already cancelled.
A spokesperson for the NHS England’s London region said: “We are working urgently to fully understand the impact of the incident with the support of the government’s National Cyber Security Centre and our Cyber Operations team.” The ransomware attack targeted lab services provider, Synnovis, which is a partnership between the two NHS trusts and SYNLAB UK & Ireland.
Local leaders are calling for the next government to develop the first sexual health strategy since 2001, after new figures from the UK Health Security Agency showed a rise in sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhoea and syphilis. The UKHSA annual report compares STI data from 2022 and 2023 while also observing some trends from the last decade. The research indicates that there were 401,800 diagnoses of new STIs last year, which is an increase of 4.7% from 2022.
Responding to the news, the Local Government Association — which represents councils responsible for commissioning sexual health services — says that a 10-year plan is needed to address the growing issue. The call for a national strategy is being backed by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.
The Scottish Government is set to put service leaders, royal colleges, third sector groups and other experts at the heart of NHS Scotland reforms over the next year. Policymakers will collect views on how best to modify services to best cope with changing demands – this is alongside already existing work through the Scottish Partnership Forum to gather views from NHS staff.
This was announced by Scotland’s health secretary, Neil Gray, who outlined NHS Scotland’s central foundations which include improving population health, harnessing prevention and early intervention, providing quality services, and maximising access. Scotland’s cabinet secretary for NHS recovery, health and social care also revealed that five research institutions are set to equally share a pot of £5m to conduct work improving population health. They include the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, St Andrews, and Strathclyde as well as Public Health Scotland.
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