Now more than ever: why pharmacy’s need to act – Nuffield Trust
This report argues that leadership divisions and fragmented funding arrangements mean that pharmacists could miss out on new plans giving them the chance to treat patients more directly unless the profession can make a coherent case for change.

Specialist rehabilitation for people with Parkinson’s disease in the community: a randomised controlled trial, Health Services and Delivery Research, Vol:2, Iss:51
Authors: Gage H, Grainger L, Ting S, Williams P, Chorley C, Carey G, Borg N, Bryan K, Castleton B, Trend P, Kaye J, Jordan J, Wade D.
Objectives: (1) Implement a specialist domiciliary rehabilitation service for people with Parkinson’s and carers. (2) Provide continuing support from trained care assistants to half receiving the rehabilitation. (3) Evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the service, and the value added by the care assistants, compared with usual care. (4) Assess the costs of the interventions. (5) Investigate the acceptability of the service. (6) Deliver guidance for commissioners.

UK 5 year antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategy 2013 to 2018: annual progress report and implementation plan 2014 – Department of Health 
The report sets out what work is underway and some important achievements in the first year of the strategy. The report also includes detail of what we want to do over the remaining 4 years of the strategy.

Doing, supporting and using public health research
Public Health England has launched a public consultation Doing, supporting and using public health research.  This document sets out PHE’s commitment to research, development and innovation, setting out the steps they will take, alone or with partners, to do research, to support research and to use evidence from research.  Closing date for comments: 3 March 2015.

Explaining variation in emergency admissions: a mixed-methods study of emergency and urgent care systems – Health Services and Delivery Research 
Recent increases in emergency admission rates have caused concern. Some emergency admissions may be avoidable if services in the emergency and urgent care system are available and accessible. A set of 14 conditions, likely to be rich in avoidable emergency admissions, was identified by expert consensus. Finds that deprivation explained most of the variation in avoidable admission rates. Research is needed to understand the complex relationship between deprivation and avoidable admission, and to develop interventions tailored to avoid admissions from deprived communities. Standardisation of coding of admissions would reduce variation.

Pledge reinforces NHS leaders’ commitment to a healthy, engaged workforce –NHS Employers  
At a senior discussion yesterday (10 December) leaders from ten major national healthcare bodies in England signed a pledge committing to improving staff experience in their organisations, including wellbeing and engagement, which underpin quality care for NHS patients.

Doctors’ experiences of adverse events in secondary care: the professional and personal impact – Clinical Medicine article 
A cross-sectional online survey of fellows and members of the Royal College of Physicians to establish physicians’ experiences of adverse patient safety events and near misses, and the professional and personal impact of these.

Bulletin

NHS Workforce Bulletin – 8 December 2014

Statistics

Health Survey for England 2013

Health Survey for England – 2013, Trend Tables

NHS Safety Thermometer Report – November 2013 to November 2014