The Knowledge @lert Service

Towards a new partnership between disabled people and health and care services: getting our voices heard – The King’s Fund Disabled people face poorer experiences of – and worse access to – health and care services than people who aren’t disabled and these health inequalities have been exacerbated by the…

Enhancing Junior Doctors’ Working Lives: annual progress report 2022 – Health Education England This is the sixth report that looks at the achievements over the past year of the Enhancing Junior Doctors’ Working Lives programme in providing improved support for doctors in training. The programme was established in March 2016,…

Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care. House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, Third Report of Session 2022–23.   The National Health Service and the social care sector are facing the greatest workforce crisis in their history. As of September 2021, the NHS was advertising 99,460…

NHS staff wellbeing: why investing in organisational and management practices makes business sense – International Public Policy Observatory This is a summary of the findings of a rapid evidence review and economic analysis commissioned by The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) to advise policymakers on how to improve NHS staff…

Improving the blood culture pathway: executive summary – NHS England  This report into blood culture practices outlines key improvement steps in the pre-analytical phase of the blood culture pathway. Through targeted recommendations to trust chief executives, clinical and pathology staff, we have an opportunity to improve the blood culture pathway,…

Introducing learning and pastoral support workers at Portsmouth Hospitals – NHS Employers  Find out why Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust took the decision to introduce a new band three role, the learning pastoral support worker. Draft Mental Health Bill 2022 – Department of Health and Social Care This draft bill…

How Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust introduced “Joy at Work” to their staff – NHS Employers  Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust have developed their people strategy to strive for the strategic objective of their staff finding joy at work. 999 and 112: the UK’s national emergency numbers – Updated DHSC…

The Department of Health and Social Care mandate to Health Education England: April 2022 to March 2023  – Department of Health and Social Care  This document sets out the government’s strategic objectives for Health Education England  to provide healthcare workforce planning, education and training. A reflective learning framework for partnering:…

The King’s Fund responds to the latest NHS hospital performance data  Commenting on the latest monthly NHS hospital performance data, Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst, The King’s Fund said: ‘Despite significant progress being made in reducing the number of people facing very long waits for planned hospital treatment, the overall waiting list…

The digital health and care plan: what must it address? – NHS Confed In June 2022, the government will publish its fully integrated digital plan, bringing together ambitions for both health and social care. The plan will set out the government’s vision for how digital use will support the transformation…