NHS hospital bed numbers: past, present, future – The King’s Fund This briefing aims to place the debate about hospital beds in a wider context by: presenting data on hospital beds for England over a 30-year period and, where possible, data on other categories of beds used in health care comparing…

Patient safety alert: Risk of severe harm and death from infusing total parenteral nutrition too rapidly in babies – NHS Improvement A warning alert has been issued on the risk of harm and death from infusing total parenteral nutrition too rapidly in babies. Freedom to Speak Up guardian survey 2017:…

Public sector pay: still time for restraint? – Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) The government is considering easing the current restraint on the pay of public sector workers. It had previously announced in 2015 that public sector pay scales would only increase by an average of one per cent per year…

  One year on: the Government response to the review of choice in end of life care – Department of Health This report sets out how the National End of Life Care Programme Board is delivering personalisation and choice in care for people at or near the end of life. Person-centred…

  NHS efficiency map: engaging staff The Healthcare Financial Management Association in partnership with NHS Improvement has updated the NHS efficiency map.  This latest update includes a case study from Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust’s Save 7 programme.   This aims to give all staff the chance to be involved in innovative…

    Type 2 diabetes: prevention in people at high risk – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) This refreshed public health guideline recommends that people at the highest risk of type 2 diabetes should be given intensive exercise and weight loss help by the NHS. NICE has identified…

Seven Day Services Clinical Standards – NHS England Supporting information for trusts implementing the ten seven day hospital services clinical standards, along with the evidence base for each standard. Hip fracture database The Royal College of Physicians has published National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) annual report 2017. This ninth annual report…

A Short Guide to the Department of Health and NHS England – National Audit Office  This short guide summarises what the Department of Health and NHS England do, how much they spend, organisations that oversee, support and deliver health and social care, recent and planned changes, key themes from NAO reports,…

Making sense of social prescribing – Social Prescribing Network This guide, commissioned by NHS England, provides an introduction to social prescribing and outlines different models of social prescribing. It also highlights the key factors for successful social prescribing schemes. Workplace health needs assessment – Public Health England (PHE)  A health needs…

  Sustainability and transformation plans in London – The King’s Fund  This report, commissioned by the Mayor of London and based on work completed in March 2017, looks at the five STPs in London, their contents and common themes. It assesses the main issues and risks to be addressed across the five plans…