CCG survey: Deficits threaten hopes for radical reform – Health Service Journal  Many clinical commissioning groups plan major changes to their contracting and provider models, with a particular focus on primary and community services, an HSJ survey reveals.

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Former minister calls for NHS land to be sold for care homes – Health Service Journal The former care minister Paul Burstow will say today that NHS trusts should sell surplus land to build enough care homes and supported living apartments to meet increasing demand.

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Parliamentary debates on the future of community hospitals – Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) Helen Tucker, Deputy Chair of the Community Hospital Association, has been asked to produce a series of briefings to help inform today’s parliamentary debate on the future of community hospitals.

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NHS terms and conditions for procuring goods and services – Department of Health  Updated: guidance notes and forms for NHS bodies for procuring goods and services from commercial organisations. The NHS terms and conditions are for the use of NHS bodies procuring goods and services from commercial organisations, not for the procurement of clinical services from other NHS bodies or independent sector providers.

Making mothers aware: The benefits of using midwife led units – Health Service Journal This relatively new model of maternity care has a range of benefits for mothers and NHS maternity services alike. But midwife led units must prove their worth through utilisation and cost effectiveness to ensure their potential is realised, writes Helen Whately.

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Kent community trust rated ‘Good’ by CQC – Health Service Journal Kent Community Health Trust has been rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission following an inspection in June.

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Patient safety alert – resources to support the prompt recognition of sepsis and the rapid initiation of treatment – NHS England A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England to continue to raise awareness of sepsis and to signpost clinicians in the ambulance service, primary and community services and secondary care to a set of resources developed by the UK Sepsis Trust, and others. These resources support the prompt recognition and initiation of treatments for all patients suspected of having sepsis.

Get In Go Far – a new communications toolkit on apprenticeships – NHS Employers Government has recently launch a new campaign, ‘Get In. Go Far’ to promote apprenticeships. Read on to find out more about the new resources available to support employers.

Morecambe Bay seeks maternity services partner – Health Service Journal  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust have answered the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust’s appeal for a ‘maternity stability partner.

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Make or break: How George Eliot secured a future for its paediatric service – Health Service Journal  Facing a bleak future, George Eliot Hospital took the decision to make leadership changes and create a new vision to radically redesigning its paediatric service.

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Implications of a raised retirement age – factsheets for employers and employees – NHS Employers  The NHS Working Longer Group has produced factsheets with key information for employers and employees regarding the implications of a raised retirement age.

HSJ showcases the best places to work in the NHS – Health Service Journal This week HSJ will be celebrating the top 100 places to work in the health service in 2014

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Intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital – NICE quality standards [QS66] This resource helps with quality improvement by providing information on key clinical, cost and service-related issues to consider during the commissioning process and signposting other implementation support tools relating to commissioning for intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital.