KEY RESOURCE: Lessons Learned Bulletin – November 2014

Focus on: Maladministration of a potassium-containing solution. [via Trust Intranet only]

Death or severe harm can result from the maladministration of a potassium-containing solution. This is listed as a Never Event as defined by the Department of Health.

• Read the case studies and learning points in November’s Lessons Learned Bulletin. [via Trust Intranet only]

5 Examples of Great Health Care Management – Harvard Business Review Blog

Here are just five examples of the dozens of great innovations in health care management:

• Transparency at University of Utah Health Care
• Culture of shared responsibility at Mayo Clinic
• Teamwork at Northwestern’s Integrated Pelvic Health Program
• Addressing socioeconomic issues at Contra Costa
• Consolidating care with the London Stroke Initiative

18 week waits, September 2014: explore the maps – Health Service Journal 

See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty

Antimicrobial prescribing: resources for professional development and practice – Public Health England 

Tools and guidance for continuing professional development and practical support in antibiotic prescribing. These resources can be used by pharmacists and healthcare professionals for continuing professional development (CPD), and as sources of information and reference material about antibiotic prescribing in both primary and secondary care.

Commissioning for value

A second series of commissioning for value packs for all 211 clinical commissioning groups has been published by NHS England and NHS Right Care. The pathways on a page packs are the latest in a series of commissioning for value support packs for CCGs. The first released in October 2013 contained information on a range of improvement opportunities to help each CCG identify where its local health economy could focus its efforts. This new pack provides in depth ‘pathways on a page’ for thirteen patient conditions, within those programmes that were most commonly identified as offering the greatest potential improvements in the first pack. To support the work of NHS Right Care towards Parity of Esteem, two mental health pathways for common mental health disorders and psychosis have also been included.

NICE consultations

• Dupuytren’s contracture – collagenase clostridium histolyticum: appraisal consultation. Closing date for comment 28 November 2014
• Improving outcomes in breast cancer: surveillance review proposal. Closing date for comment 18 November 2014.
• Leukaemia (chronic lymphocytic) – ofatumumab (previously untreated): appraisal consultation. Closing date for comment 25 November 2014
• Drug allergy-diagnosis and management: topic engagement exercise. Closing date for comment 17 November 2014.
• The safe use and management of controlled drugs: scope consultation. Closing date for comment 1 December 2014

Statistics

• Cancelled operation, England: July to September 2014
• VTE risk assessment data collection: August 2014
• Hospital Activity Data: September 2014
• Mental health community teams activity: July to September 2014

Bulletins

• Bulletin for CCGs: Issue 71
• NHS Workforce Bulletin: 3 November 2014
• Independent provider bulletin November 2014