Publications by staff from across Southport & Ormskirk Hospital Trust
Staff from across the Trust continue to have their work published in leading healthcare journals. [Intranet Link] To view from outside the Trust go to this link

NHS wi-fi access ‘up, but not by enough’ EHI News

A rise in the number of healthcare staff who have wireless internet access is “good but not good enough”, according to the organiser of a survey on NHS wi-fi.

Report calls for more resources for intermediate care – Royal College of Nursing 

A report into intermediate care, which is provided to patients either when they leave hospital or are at risk of being sent to hospital, has found that capacity must double to meet increasing demand due to an aging population.

RCN launches new guidance for handling feedback – Royal College of Nursing

The RCN has published new guidance to help health care workers deal with feedback, concerns, complaints and compliments.

Can valid and practical risk-prediction or casemix adjustment models, including adjustment for comorbidity, be generated from English hospital administrative data (Hospital Episode Statistics)? A national observational study, Health Services and Delivery Research, Vol:2, Iss:40

NHS hospitals collect a wealth of administrative data covering accident and emergency (A&E) department attendances, inpatient and day case activity, and outpatient appointments. Such data are increasingly being used to compare units and services, but adjusting for risk is difficult. Abstract

Duty of candour and fit and proper person for directors – NHS Employers 

On 11 November 2014, the Government published the fundamental standards regulations, and confirmed that the duty of candour and the fit and proper person requirements for directors will come into effect for all NHS bodies (including NHS trusts and Foundation Trusts) from 27 November, 2014. These two new requirements will be extended to all other health and care providers required to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) from April 2014 (still subject to Parliamentary approval).