How Monitor, CQC and the NHS Trust Development Authority will work together to assess how well led-organisations are. – Care Quality Commission (CQC)  

One of the five questions CQC now asks of all providers is ‘how well-led is this organisation?’. The quality of leadership is one of the most important determinants of the quality and safety of services. This framework outlines the dimensions of leadership that organisations will be assessed on and allows organisations to align themselves with the common expectation of what good looks like.

• Framework
• CQC news

NHS foundation trust directory and register of licence holders

A directory of NHS foundation trusts and a register of licence holders is now available via the Monitor website. You can search for an NHS foundation trust in the directory by entering all or part of its name , using the A-Z listing or by searching on the interactive map.

Streamlining Programme, Support and Resources – Skills for Health

The Streamlining Programme was a collaboration between Skills for Health, HR for London and NHS Employers, the programme has saved millions of pounds and improved efficiency and quality in three key areas:

• Junior doctors’ rotations
• Employment checks
• Statutory and mandatory training

By working together to benchmark performance and share best practices, the 39 London trusts have increased performance in respect of training compliance, reduced duplication and achieved a dramatic reduction in costs. Simultaneously, the programme has delivered higher quality, improved efficiency and greater productivity.

Age and gender in the NHS
NHS Employers has published two infographics relating to NHS staff:

• Age in the NHS provides a breakdown of age groups within pay bands, job roles and regional location.
• Gender in the NHS details statistics on gender within job roles, types and pay bands.

Statistics

• BMA survey – Lack of time hinders GP collaboration
• NHS staff earnings estimates to February 2014 – provisional statistics
• Sickness absence rates in the NHS – January 2014, provisional statistics
• NHS workforce statistics – February 2014, provisional statistics
• Public Health England prompt payment data 2014 to 2015
• Referral to treatment waiting times statistics, March 2014
• Bed availability and occupancy: quarter ending March 2014
• Direct access audiology waiting times, March 2014
• Discharging vulnerable patients at night