Medical contract negotiations collapse – Health Service Journal 
Contract negotiations between the British Medical Association and NHS Employers suddenly collapsed last night

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NHS Employers’ response as BMA withdraws from pay and contract negotiations – NHS Employers 
Last night BMA junior doctors committee withdrew from negotiations on new contracts for consultants and junior doctors.

RCN North West members prepare to march for fair pay – Royal College of Nursing 
RCN North West members prepare to march for fair pay

New support to enable NHS foundation trusts tackle their challenges – Integrated Care Today 
Monitor is offering NHS foundation trusts a range of tailored and targeted support so they can make better decisions in difficult circumstances and improve services for their patients.

Input and impact indicators
The Department of Health has published updated Impact and input indicators for September 2014. This summary data aims to help assess the effects of Department of Health policies and reforms on the cost and impact of public services. Input indicators show the resources being invested into delivering results. Impact indicators give information on the outcomes of our work.

SIGN Guidance
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network has published two guidance updates.

• Management of patients with stroke: rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning SIGN 118. A minor update has been made in light of the CLOTS3 trial, which demonstrates a reduction in deep vein thrombosis in patients hospitalised with acute stroke with the use of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC). The updated guidelines recommend that IPC should be considered for use in patients immobilised after a stroke.
• Prevention and management of venous thromboembolism SIGN 122. A minor update has been made light of the CLOTS3 trial. The updated guidelines recommend that IPC should be considered for use in patients immobilised after a stroke. The section on heparin induced thrombocytopenia has also been updated to reflect changes in drug licensing and to ensure consistency with guidelines produced by the British Committee for Standards in Haematology.

Decision-making in the NHS
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and NHS Confederation has published Decisions of Value.  This report is a summary of the findings and work of the Decisions of Value project which has spent six months studying what is influencing the decisions made in the NHS. It brings together a large amount of research to show how decisions impact on the value delivered and how this extends beyond Whitehall to the front line.

Exploring the costs of unsafe care in the NHS – Frontier Economics
This report, commissioned by the Department of Health, investigates the costs of unsafe care in the NHS. A rapid review of existing evidence suggests that the costs of preventable, adverse events is likely to be more than £1 billion per year, but could be up to £2.5 billion annually.

Decisions of value – NHS Confederation
This research explores the importance of having the right relationships, behaviours and environment to deliver better value of care in the NHS . It identifies a number of different factors that support good decision-making, focusing on the judgments made every day between clinicians and managers.

Ideas into action: person-centred care in practice – The Health Foundation
This report aims to inform health care professionals, commissioners and providers about what to consider when implementing shared decision making and self-management support as part of their drive to make person-centred care a reality.

Person-centred care: from ideas to action – The Health Foundation
This report seeks to bring together the evidence on shared decision making and self-management support, with the aim of providing greater coherence and clarity in debates about person-centred care.