Admissions of inequality: emergency hospital use for children and young people – Nuffield Trust Does a child’s socioeconomic background affect rates of admissions to hospital for common conditions such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy? Finds that while there has been progress in reducing the rate of emergency admissions for the most deprived…

    National early warning score The Royal College of Physicians has published National Early Warning Score (NEWS)2: standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS.  This updated report from 2012 has now received formal endorsement from NHS England and NHS Improvement to become the early warning system for…

Supporting change in your NHS : The non-executive community in transformational change – NHS Clinical Commissioners  A summary of discussions held at events that brought together CCG lay members and trust non-executive directors (NEDs) which focused on how they can contribute to the integration and transformation of their local health communities.…

Dementia assessment and improvement framework: Framework/compulsory guidance – NHS Improvement An evidence-based framework to support and enable directors of nursing and medical directors to achieve ‘outstanding’ care standards for those living with dementia during their stay in hospital. Section 136 of the Mental Health Act The Royal College of Emergency Medicine…

  Preparation for winter pressures NHS Providers has published Ready and resilient? How NHS trusts have prepared for winter.  This briefing sets out what has been done locally and nationally to ensure safe, high quality care for patients over the winter period.   It also highlights continuing difficulties and pressures that…

    Comprehensive Care: Older people living with frailty in hospitals – NIHR Dissemination Centre  Comprehensive Care looks at the concept of ‘frailty’ in older people living in hospital.  It covers four key aspects of caring for older people living with frailty in hospital: Assessment; identifying and managing symptoms associated with frailty…

Meeting the quality challenge: sharing examples of best practice from clinical leaders in emergency departments – Care Quality Commission (CQC) This report provides practical examples of positive action that some trusts are taking to help meet the challenges of managing capacity and demand. The examples cover a range of areas including ambulance arrivals,…