A&Es and police to share information to help tackle violence – HM Government
The Health and Social Care Information Centre, on behalf of the Standardisation Committee for Care Information, has published a new Standard on Information Sharing to Tackle Violence (ISTV). Under the Standard, major NHS A&E departments in England will collect and share non-confidential, aggregated data about attendances involving violent crime with Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs), including:

• time and date of incident
• time and date of arrival to A&E
• specific location of incident
• primary means of assault i.e. weapon or body part used

Delivering alcohol IBA: broadening the base from health to non-health contexts: review of the literature and scoping – Alcohol Research UK
There is good evidence for the effectiveness of alcohol IBA (identification and brief advice) services in primary care and hospital settings. This briefing explores the evidence for broadening out alcohol IBA services to non-healthcare settings such as criminal justice settings or community-based services such as pharmacies.

NHS faces strike action after Unison poll – Health Service Journal – Workforce news
The NHS could be hit by strike action as soon as next month after a majority of Unison members voted in favour of industrial action over pay.

New MyNHS transparency site goes live – HM Government
MyNHS will link to existing data that has already been published on:

• patient safety
• efficiency
• quality
• public health
• social care commissioning
• hospital food standards

The website is a joint project between the Department of Health, NHS England, Public Health England (PHE), the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). The site will be developed and improved over time by gathering feedback from users. There is a feedback button on every page so that suggestions from the health and care sector can help improve the data and metrics over time. More data from CCGs, GP practices, clinicians and mental health trusts will be added at a later date. Clinicians, managers, patient groups and campaigners will be able to use the data to highlight the best performing areas and improve standards through competition and transparency.