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And here’s today’s news from National Health Executive on Thursday the 4th of July 2024.
The World Health Organisation is launching its first ever clinical treatment guideline to help adults stop smoking. Among other things, the WHO clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults recommends more intensive behavioural support from healthcare providers, digital interventions, as well as a range of pharmacological options.
WHO is encouraging providers, policymakers and other stakeholders to adopt and implement the guideline. The guideline centres around supporting the more-than 750 million tobacco users who want to quit, which is over 60% of the world’s 1.25 billion tobacco using population.
The Royal College of Physicians has announced that Dr Mumtaz Patel will step in as acting president, following the decision of Dr Sarah Clarke to step down from the role last month. She will perform the duties of the president and will chair meetings of the RCP Council until an election can be held.
Dr Patel is currently senior censor and vice president for education and training at the RCP, but was previously global vice president at the royal college between 2020 and 2023. Dr Patel has said her main priority is to establish a period of stability and work towards regaining the trust of the membership. Planning for the election of the next substantive president has already started, with final elections slated for next April.
In recognition of stellar work caring for bereaved families, midwife Julie Wills of Bristol’s St Michael’s Hospital has been given the Elaine Thorp award from stillbirth and neonatal death charity, Sands. Julie, who has worked in the NHS for 23 years, was nominated by two family members who described her as a shining light and praised her tailored care approach.
The Elaine Thorp Award for Bereavement Care recognises midwives, nurses and other health professionals that care for parents that experience pregnancy loss or the death of their baby. The award is named after Elaine Thorp who is described as a “true pioneer” in the space, after realising the need for better bereavement care in the 1970s before getting involved with Sands in the early 1990s.
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