Contact the Library for further information on any of the topics listed below. Paybills and planned care targeted in huge savings drive – Health Service Journal NHS trusts have been given a month to produce plans for merging back-office and pathology services with their neighbours, as part of a three-pronged…

Contact the Library for further information on any of the topics listed below. Working hours protections for NHS staff in doubt after Brexit – HSJ Working hours protections for more than 1 million NHS staff could be in jeopardy in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the EU, HSJ…

Contact the Library for further information on any of the topics listed below. Procurement e-learning tool –  Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) The CMA with the Crown Commercial Service has worked with Builtintelligence to produce a procurement e-learning tool. It is designed to help procurers and supply chain professionals understand…

  Contact the Library for further information on any of the topics listed below. Medical workforce census report 2015 –  Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCOA) This report provides comprehensive data on the anaesthetics workforce in the UK. It finds that while there have been increases in the numbers of consultant and…

Contact the Library for further information on any of the topics listed below. Health leaders’ panel: survey six – footprints, financing and staff morale –  The Nuffield Trust Since July 2014, the Nuffield Trust has regularly surveyed a panel of 100 health and social care leaders in England for their…

Contact the Library for further information on any of the topics listed below. State of the Art Review. Sepsis: pathophysiology and clinical management – BMJ Sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock represent increasingly severe systemic inflammatory responses to infection. Sepsis is common in the aging population, and it disproportionately affects…

  Investigating and learning from deaths The Care Quality Commission has launched a review of how NHS acute, community healthcare and mental health trusts investigate and learn from deaths.  The review will also assess whether opportunities to prevent deaths have been missed.  Following the Mazars report, the Government has asked…